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the title

The title, "Dedalo", comes from the story of the most famous of legendary labyrinths, Knossos on Crete. According to Greek mythology, Minos, king of Crete, had craftsman Daedalus construct the Labyrinth in order to conceal the Minotaur, the half-bull, half-human offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a bull. The maze was so complex that no one entering it could find a way out. "Dedalo" is an italian noun: it's the translation of the name Daedalus and it's also synonym with maze, labyrinth.
(Credit goes to Elwe for this information)

mazes and labyrinths

A maze is a puzzle where the goal is to find a path from a starting point to a finishing point, through a series of 'walls', usually drawn or printed on paper. Mazes are a simple kind of puzzle, where persistence is more useful than skill. They entertain young and old alike. Mazes for young children usually ask them to guide some character through the maze to some relevant reward - e.g. "Can you help Bunny the Rabbit get to the Juicy Carrot?". Mazes for older people are more complex, sometimes covering several pages. Labyrinths are unicursal. They have one well-defined path that leads into the center. There are no tricks to it, no dead ends or cul-de-sacs, no intersecting paths. Mazes, on the other hand, are multicursal. They offer a choice of paths, some with many entrances and exits.

Mazes can also be found in formal gardens, consisting of intricate paths or alleys walled with tall hedges, and having a center and exit that are difficult to find. It was a prominent feature in the formal English gardens of the 17th and 18th century, the most notable being that of Hampton Court Palace, London.
(Taken from Eluzions.com)