Tag Archive | "italy"

Behold, the Devil’s Bridge

Thursday, August 28, 2008

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Behold, the Devil’s Bridge

Having been adequately convinced since childhood that the devil was safely locked away in the cracks of the footpath – or wherever – imagine our shock and horror when we discovered the horny beast has been hiding out in Italy the whole time. In medival times a master mason from Tuscany who was buidling a bridge struck a bargain with the devil: finish the bridge in exchange for a soul.

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‘Unicorn’ Spotted in Italy

Friday, June 13, 2008

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image via discovery Kiddie’s fiction is always full of unicorns (which are always horses, preferably white, with a horn on their head). However, fiction may have become a reality, when a single-horned deer was spotted in an Italian natural reserve.

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The Adriatic Sea is Closing

Saturday, January 26, 2008

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Scientists have identified a new fault in the seafloor which could close off the Adriatic sea in the next 50 million years. One of the Dalmatian Islands The newly found fault runs under the Adriatic sea, the body of water between Italy and the Grecian peninsula. The fault is [...]

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