Venus, Roman goddess of love, beauty, and desire, strides proudly out and surveys the land. She sees the gorgeous Italian coast with its powerful seas and unparalleled coastline. She looks at the groves of prospering olives, the thriving vineyards and lush landscape, and a mothers pride washes over her. The abundance, the beauty, the heart- it is all there in the Italy she loves and, as a gift, she bestows an additional blessing on the land and its people: that they may live with the hearts…
