Giovanni Vale

I’m very excited to announce the beginning of a new adventure! We’ve just put online @excountries, a new guidebook series about countries that no longer exist. The idea is to go beyond today’s borders and nationalisms, with a new way of traveling (1/3) extinguishedcountries.com

30 years after the end of the Siege of #Sarajevo, photographer Mario Boccia brings his work to Zagreb. "Sarajevo 1992–1996 – The Longest Siege" Come join us for the opening on May 5th at the @IICZagabria. Free entry. 📸

Next book presentations! 🚀 22/11 Udine 24/11 Zagreb #HabsburgEmpire

@DomagojBabi1 Ahahhaha

un Italiano salta in aria, affonda, una nave nemica da 20.000t, salvando a mala pena la vita, fu arrestato e probabilmente bastonato ... e poi si lamenta della qualità del caffè in prigionia (nel quinto anno della g. guerra) ☕️

For those who read me in @LaCroix or listen to me on @RSIonline, don't worry, I will continue to work as a correspondent from the Balkans for these two publications. 2/2

I am happy to announce the start of a new adventure! After ten years as a correspondent, today I joined the editorial team at @BalcaniCaucaso, the leading Italian news portal covering the region. You can find me at vale@balcanicaucaso.org 🤩🚀 balcanicaucaso.org 1/2

Per @BalcaniCaucaso sono andato sulle isole #Brioni per raccontare l'incredibile storia di questo luogo, che fu zona malarica, resort turistico asburgico e residenza estiva di Tito. Ne è nato un podcast in due puntate. Buon ascolto e buon viaggio! balcanicaucaso.org/Progetti/Cohes…

@ScheerTamara @excountries It was grat to finally meet you!

Had a wonderful evening in #Koper #capodistria - @giov_vale travel Guide to Habsburg Monarchy IS Out @excountries 🤗🤗🤗

Over 100 votes in just 24h! 🚀 One vanished state is far ahead… but the poll is still open until the end of the month. 🗳️ Vote, share, and help shape the future of Extinguished Countries — your feedback is key! Link: forms.gle/gdzyQHWuAbHw7R…

Sve ok @VisitKorcula ?

Italian weekly magazine @ilvenerdi published today a review of our second guidebook Habsburg Empire 😎

Oggi su @ilvenerdi di Repubblica una bella recensione della seconda guida degli Stati scomparsi - @excountries : Impero asburgico 🤩 la trovate in libreria e su statiscomparsi.it

So, how could we forget to publish such a great news? Well, this is a crowdfunded project. We’ve started shipping hundreds of books to early online buyers — and we’re not done yet! 😅 But you can order your copy now at extinguishedcountries.com 3/3

We travelled from Trento to Lviv, from Prague to Sarajevo, spoke with dozens of historians and experts.. to find out what was this "extinguished" country, what heritage did it leave and what do people think of it. What can we learn from the #HabsburgEmpire today? 2/3

Something BIG happened in the past weeks and we were so busy that we forgot to tell you! Our second guidebook to a country that no longer exists is OUT. Please, meet the #HabsburgEmpire – a 250-page full-color guide with maps, photos and illustrations! 1/3

This Sunday, people in Zagreb vote for their next mayor. During tonight’s TV debate, outgoing mayor Tomašević and challenger Selak Raspudić were asked: What is “ajngemahtec”? Only a true Purger would know—or anyone who’s read our next @excountries guide to the Habsburg Empire 😎

La seconda guida di @excountries è pronta: Impero asburgico! Stiamo rileggendo prima della stampa (fine mese), ma siamo indecisi sulla copertina: 1) una foto illustrata del museo di storia naturale di Vienna 2) o un'immagine aerea del castello di Miramare a Trieste? Votate! 👇

Kada ćemo dobiti nekoliko stabala na Ozaljskoj, @GradZagrebHr ?

I just asked ChatGPT to draw a map of Austria-Hungary's railways. It's so messed up it's sort of beautiful :-D Also, it offends all the Empire's nations without discrimination

Happy to see your project on a #Habsburg Empire (after one on the Venetian empire) travel guide progressing @excountries @giov_vale :-) Now 3 interviews available on Vienna&Austria with me - @glegry on Budapest&Hungary @fbieber on Western Balkans extinguishedcountries.com/blog/

Between 1869 and 1910, Vienna's population grew from 630,000 to over 2M. The Austrian capital was then the centre of a multi-ethnic empire that now encompasses 13 states. As such, the city is home to many palaces of power, but for those who know how to look...