Travel - Finestre sull'Arte

The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, a Gothic masterpiece that holds a Baroque treasure

It is inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Antwerp, located in the middle of the narrow streets of the Grote Markt, that some of Flanders' most important artistic treasures are to be found. And it is the Cathedral itself that is one of Belgium's most...
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The Farnese Palace in Caprarola, a masterpiece of Italian Mannerism

In Caprarola, a small village in Tuscia in the province of Viterbo, surrounded by the Cimini Mountains, is Palazzo Farnese, one of the most extraordinary residences built in Italy in the 16th century. It is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant jewel...
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Alexandria celebrates its 857th birthday by opening the hidden gems of its historic buildings

The city of Alexandria turns 857 years old and does so by celebrating its history with an event that highlights its gems. Indeed, on May 3 and 4, 2025, the long-awaited Palazzi nella Storia event returns, now in its third year and already established...
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Ten places to see and learn about Rubens in Antwerp

Antwerp is the city that more than any other tells the story of the life, art and genius of Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen, 1577 - Antwerp, 1640) , the greatest Flemish painter of the seventeenth century and one of the absolute protagonists of European ar...
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Siena, the capital of elegance

Siena was perhaps the Italian city best loved by Vittorio Alfieri, who in his Autobiography, published in 1806, did not fail to praise itselegance, a quality peculiar to this city. "So great is the force of the beautiful and the true," Alfieri wrote ...
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Grosseto and the Maremma, the strength of the land

In one of his 1948 articles, Carlo Cassola had compared Grosseto to Kansas City: or rather, the comparison was attributed to an American serviceman who had passed through the Tuscan town during the war and noted the similarities between the two citie...
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Livorno and the sea, a thousand-year history that begins with the Etruscans

If there is a place where the sea is not just a geographic boundary, but a soul that has shaped its history and brings it to life, that place is the province of Livorno. Here, the sea is not just an element of the landscape, but an essential componen...
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The mystery of the parish church of Montesorbo in Romagna

Distant from the hubbub of the road, at 441 meters above sea level, isolated midway between the villages of Sarsina and Ciola, in inland Romagna, a small but precious church of mysterious age insists on the path of San Vicinio. It is the parish churc...
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