Travel

The Art of Hard Stones

September 2020 |
Another adventure off the typical tourist route in Florence is the small museum Museo Opificio delle Pietre Dure which showcases the art of Pietre Dure. Perhaps more familiar are the artistic techniques of mosaic, using small pieces of cut stone or...

Packs of Wolves in Florence

September 2020 |
Una cosa sorprendente che ha successo quest’estate a Firenze - due branchi di lupi sono arrivati in centro città. Un branco sta davanti al palazzo Pitti e l'altro sta davanti la Chiesa Santissima Annunziata. Molti turisti sono rimasti scioccati...

Museo Storico della Liberazione

August 2020 |
Museo storico della Liberazione, the museum recording the liberation of Rome from the Nazi occupation, is housed in a non-descript apartment building not far from the Basilica of St John Laterna in Rome. In it, visitors will find records of the...

A Day at the Beach of Roseto degli Abruzzi

August 2020 |
Knowing I will not be able to return to Italy anytime soon, I frequently catch myself thinking about spending days at the beach of Roseto degli Abruzzi on previous trips. We would get ready to head to the coast after lunch, around 2 p.m. We drove...

The Culture of the Portico Extends Across Nations

August 2020 |
The sidewalks of Bologna, Italy are shared by hundreds of people every day, many of them expertly engineered and covered as a part of the city’s treasured porticos. Throughout the many kilometers of portico walkway that extend over the city,...

Civitas Vetusta – A City Of Art

May 2020 |
At first it seems surreal, but this town, set within Italy’s hillside, radiates beauty. To the east, it faces the Adriatic Sea. To the west, the Apennine Mountains can be seen. On a clear, bright day, you can see the Great Rock of Italy’s peak. The...

Youth in Fano

May 2020 |
Have you ever dreamed of visiting a mystical place like Atlantis or Asgard? The real-life, small town of Fano Adriano has all the characteristics that one dreams to see in a mystical location. If you ever have the chance to visit the town in the...

Amalfi Coast Hotels Offer Dream Getaways to Support COVID-19 Research

May 2020 |
Quest’articolo tratta di un’opportunità per le persone di avere una vacanza completa in qualche albergo di Amalfi, per una donazione di €5.000 al laboratorio che studia per trovare una cura al virus COVID-19, cinque alberghi danno una piccola...

The Veneto Canal Museum and the Last Bargeman

April 2020 |
I often wonder when Ruskin wrote his great work “The Stones of Venice” whether he knew where the stones actually came from and how they were transported there.  In the sleepy faded spa town of Battaglia Terme not far from Padua lies the key...
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