JACKIE ROBINSON

Jackie Robinson was the first African-American Major League Baseball player. Robinson is especially known for breaking the ''baseball color barrier '' when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. So, he had a big role in bringing an end to racial segregation in professional baseball; because up to that point African-Americans could only play in the ''Negro League'' that was a sort of racial segregation symbol.  His character challenged the usual basis of segregation , so( thanks to his activities and his abilities) Robinson contributed a lot to the development of civil rights movements. Apart from his cultural impact , Robinson had a good baseball career and became a member of the '' Major League Hall of Fame''. He was also known for his activities out of baseball as establishing , in 1960s, the ''Freedom National Bank''( an African-American owned controlled financial buisness). In honour of his achivements , he was awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom after his death.

                 

                                                  XMAS DOWNUNDER

"DownUnder", so in Australia, the weather is hot at this time of the year, with temperatures of 30ͦ C! Well, in Australia, at Christmas time it's summer. In fact, gardens are full of flowers and people do Christmas shopping wearing T-shirt and short pants. Anyway, Australian's houses are decorated normally, with Christmas wreaths and tree; but the Christmas tree may not be a fir tree but a branch taken from an Australian gum tree, a plant native to Australia. The majority of Australian people usually celebrate December  25th around a swimming pool or on the beach and Santa arrives on a surfboard! In Australia, the  Christmas dinner is not a classic turkey but an estival barbecue; so the Anglo-Saxon  traditional food is not a trend and Australians have personalyzed their Christmas lunch and dinner with their typical dishes. December 26th brings ( all around the country) sport events, and this is just the beginning of summer holidays!!

                                                         ROCCA DRAGONIS


Rocca Dragonis ( from Latin ) is a castle made of stone, built between the 8th and 9th centuries and it was late changed by the Aragonese dynasty that was from Spain. Anyway during the Middle Age , this castle belonged to important families as the dynasty of Duchi Carafa. The castle is situated on Mount Petrino in Mondragone ( South of Italy ), it was  Sinuessa's main castle, Sinuessa was an ancient colony of the Roman Empire that was covered by the water 10 metres below the sea level around 296 b. C . Today , Rocca Dragonis , is an important attraction of Mondragone and it is usually visited at Easter holidays.

                              










                                              MUSEUM OF MONDRAGONE


The museum of Mondragone has got different archeologicals collections from the prehistory to the Middle age and it is divided in 4 rooms. The first represents the local prehistory and also olds finds of the Roman colony "sinuessa" ; the second exhibits ancients finds  of the archaic age , while the third and the fourth room are dedicated to the Roman age and finds of that time.
But one of the most important thing inside the museum is the " Venere of Sinuessa". It was found in 1911 and , probably , was made by Prassitele , that was the most important Greek sculptor of the 4th century. In ancient times , this wonderful statue, decorated the old house of Marco Tullio Cicerone in Sinuessa