/* common styling */
/* set up the overall width of the menu div, the font and the margins */

.menu {
font-family: sans, arial;
width:205px;
margin:0; 
margin:20px 0 60px 0;
position:relative;
z-index:100;
}
/* remove the bullets and set the margin and padding to zero for the unordered list */
.menu ul {
padding:0; 
margin:0;
list-style-type: none;
}
/* float the list so that the items are in a line and their position relative so that the drop down list will appear in the right place underneath each list item */
.menu ul li {
float:left;
position:relative;
border: 0px solid #f00;
margin: 0px; padding: 0px;

}
div.newsletter  {
   clear: both;
   margin-top: 470px;
   border: 0px solid #f00;
}
div.newsletter a{
  display:block;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-family: sans;
  text-decoration:none;
  width: 155px; 
  margin: 2px 2px; padding: 3px 12px;
  text-align:center; color:#000052;
  background-color: #b6c3fa;
  border: 2px solid #000052;
}
div.newsletter a:hover {
   background-color: #000052;
   color: #b6c3fa;
}
/* style the links to be 104px wide by 30px high with a top and right border 1px solid white. Set the background color and the font size. */
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited{
  display:block;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-family: sans;
  text-decoration:none;
  border: 2px solid #000052;
  width: 155px; height: 19px;
  margin: 2px 2px; padding: 5px 0px 6px 20px;
  text-align:left; color:#000052;
  background-image: url(images/bg_menu.jpg);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: left;
  overflow:hidden;
  color:#000;
  background-color: #b6c3fa;
}
/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
display: none;
}

/* specific to non IE browsers */
/* set the background and foreground color of the main menu li on hover */
.menu ul li:hover a {
color: #b6c3fa;
background:#000052;
}
/* make the sub menu ul visible and position it beneath the main menu list item */
.menu ul li:hover ul {
display:block; 
position:absolute; 
top:31px; 
left:0; 
width:105px;
}
/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a{
display:block;
font-size: 18px;
  font-family: sans;
  text-decoration:none;
  border: 2px solid #000052;
  width: 155px; height: 19px;
  margin: 2px 2px; padding: 5px 0px 6px 20px;
  text-align:left; color:#000052;
  background-image: url(images/bg_menu.jpg);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: left;
  background-color: #b6c3fa;
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul {
   border: 0px solid #f00;
   margin: -31px 0px 0px 180px;
}
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
background:#000052;
color:#b6c3fa;
}

/* sottomenu' */
ul.sottomenu {
  font-variant: small-caps;
  font-size: 14px;
  list-style-image: url(/assets/images/punto_sottoelenco.gif);
  border: 0px solid #f00;
  margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;
}
ul.sottomenu li {
  margin: 2px 2px; padding: 3px 1px 4px 1px;
  border: 0px solid #ff0;
}
ul.sottomenu li a, ul.sottomenu li a:visited {
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-family: sans;
  text-decoration: underline;
  
  text-align:left; color:#000052;
}
ul.sottomenu li a:hover {
   color: #df6516;
}