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Birdland is at 315 West 44th Street in Manhattan. Taxis can drop you at the door.

You've heard of Lake Como , home to over-the-top palazzos, super-sleek yachts, and George Clooney's exploits.

It may be possible to spend an entire lifetime discovering Italy and still many stones would be left unturned.

Italy's high court on Tuesday faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions and ordering the new appeals court to look at all the evidence to determine whether Knox helped kill the teen.

Amanda Knox breaks in tears after hearing the verdict that overturns her conviction and acquits her of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher, at the Perugia court, central Italy, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011.

The gold that will be used to replace the gilding on the state Capitol dome is back in Colorado after being transformed into gold leaf in Italy.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has congratulated Hassan Rohani over his victory in Iran's June 14 presidential election, Press TV reported.

ABOARD THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS - Standing on the open-air observation platform as the train lumbered noisily along the tracks, I nursed one of those tropical drinks noted for its jade green color and pyramid of fruit perched precariously on the rim of the glass.

Writers Jasmina Tesanovic and Bruce Sterling visit the Sardinia Radio Telescope, a large, fully steerable radio telescope currently which was recently completed near San Basilio, in province of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy.

In the photo below, Francesco Foti appears in his one-man comedy "Niuiorc Niuiorc," the story of an Italian man who comes to New York City, which was presented on June 14 as part of "In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY."

At Anzola dell'Emilia, a short drive from the Italian city of Bologna, people from all over the world are lining up for courses in gelato-making.

ITS NEIGHBOURING island Elba is best-known for being Napoleon's prison before his escape and march to ruin at Waterloo.

Alessandro Ortenzi, 26, entered the University of Bologna in 2006 to study pharmacy.

Savonarola's preaching attracted huge crowds to Florence Cathedral - like much of the city, Botticelli had come under his sway.

File - A worker checking a wheel of seasoned Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in a factory in Valestra, near Reggio Emilia.

A British pilot has died after his light aircraft crashed into a mountain in thick fog, Italian police have confirmed.

Thousands of people have fled fast-moving wildfires in Colorado as state officials also evacuated more than 900 inmates from a prison threatened by a blaze.

The Cinque Terre is five villages on the coastline between Genoa and La Spezia. The villages used to be very isolated and the locals lived by fishing and working the terraced hillsides.

But climate-proofing a city or coastline is expensive, as shown by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's $20 billion plan to build floodwalls, levees and other defenses against rising seas.

The series finale of " The Borgias " premieres on Showtime on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at 10 p.m. ET, according to an announcement from Showtime Networks .