Laveno - Italy

Laveno-Mombello is a small town in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km northwest of Varese. 

As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,991 and an area of 25.9 km². The municipality was formed in 1927 to encompass the previously separate centres of Laveno, Mombello and Cerro. The name of Laveno comes from the Latin word "labes", that means "landslide".

It is common thought that the name comes from the Roman general Titus Labienus, but actually just the main road of the town, via Labiena, is named after him. Titus Labienus is considered responsible for naming Mombello too, after a battle against the Gauls ("mons belli" means "war hill"). 

A different interpretation says that the meaning is "monte bello", that is "beautiful hill". In the 19th Century, Laveno Mombello was home to important ceramic industries. Today, it is a port town that connects the province of Varese with Verbania and the famous Borromean Islands across Lake Maggiore.

This picture were taken from the docks of the gorgeous view of the lake.

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Empire State Building - NYC - USA

The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. 

It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (381 meters), and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft (443.2 m) high. 

Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for 40 years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. 

Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York (although it was no longer the tallest in the world). The Empire State Building was once again demoted to second tallest building in New York on April 30, 2012, when the new One World Trade Center reached a greater height.

The Empire State Building is currently the third tallest completed skyscraper in the United States (after the Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower, both in Chicago), and the 15th tallest in the world (The tallest now is Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai). It is also the fourth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.

It is still an icon for the American and world-wide culture.

This picture was taken from Rockefeller Center.

Tonale - Italy

The Adamello-Presanella Alps Alpine group is a mountain range in the Southern Limestone Alps mountain group of the Eastern Alps. 

It is located in northern Italy, in the provinces of Trentino and Brescia. The name stems from its highest peaks: Adamello and Presanella. 

The Adamello-Presanella Group is separated from the Ortler Alps in the north by the Tonale Pass; from the Bergamo Alps in the west by the Oglio valley (Val Camonica); from the Brenta Group in the east by the Campo Carlo Magno Pass and the river Sarca; to the south it continues towards Lake Iseo.

This picture represents the Mount Presanella (3558 mt).

Silk Worms - Part 2

Here is a quick follow up of my previous post regarding silk worms! Amazing creatures!

After they've eaten about 10 kg of leaves, the close up in a silk ball like this:

Eventually, after about 1 week they will crawl out of the silk ball and...

Tadaaaaa! This is how it looks like after the transformation is complete!

Not quite a beautiful butterfly, but after all this time together I kinda start liking the little fellow :)

And off you go! :)