Antonio Ligabue is a self-taught artist who primarily paints wild and exotic creatures. The artist used his artwork to express emotions that he couldn't articulate verbally. Childhood memories, landscapes, everyday occurrences, films, postcards, and books all become part of his iconographic legacy. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2022/06/07/the-wild-art-of-antonio-ligabue/

The Borges Labyrinth is a replica of the labyrinth constructed in honor of the famed Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges by English diplomat and "labyrinthologist" Randoll Coate on the picturesque island of San Giorgio in Venice. This episode is also available as a blog post: The Enigmatic Borges Maze in Venice

Amico Aspertini was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor whose complicated, eccentric, and eclectic style foreshadowed Mannerism.  This episode is also available as a blog post: The Work of Amico Aspertini

The wolf population in Italy is made up of 3,300 individuals who live in the Alps and Apennines mountain ranges. Since the Italian government began safeguarding endangered animals in the country more than four decades ago, there are more wolves in the wild than ever before. This episode is also available as a blog post: Wild population of wolves in Italy grows in size

Ciao is the most popular informal and friendly greeting in Italian, and it may be used to say "hi" or "goodbye."  This episode is also available as a blog post: https://weirditaly.com/2022/05/15/etymology-of-the-word-ciao/

The anatomical machines, which are on display in Naples' Cappella Sansevero, are two anatomical models that reproduce the human circulatory system. In the second half of the 18th century, they were constructed from a male and female human skeleton. MORE: The Bizarre Anatomical Machines of the Prince of Sansevero

The Luigi Broglio space facility in Malindi, Kenya, is an Italian space center maintained by the Italian Space Agency outside of the national territory.

It's a good location for launch activities and ground-based satellite monitoring because of its equatorial location on the Indian Ocean coast. MORE: The Italian Space Center in Kenya

Lucian of Samosata's A True Story is the first known work of science fiction. The novel is a satire and the first known work of fiction to incorporate interplanetary warfare, space travel, and extraterrestrial lifeforms. However, the work defies genre conventions by including sarcastic, mythological, and fantastic aspects. Read more: A True Story by Lucian of Samosata, the earliest example of Science Fiction in Literature