Umbria
Discovering Gubbio: 10 places to get to know the city
ByRedazione | 27/12/2024
Ten places to discover Gubbio: an itinerary through art and history to discover the city.
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Emilia-Romagna
Discovering Modena: 10 places to get to know the city
ByRedazione | 26/12/2024
Ten places not to miss in Modena: an itinerary to discover the city of the Este.
Emilia-Romagna
The Fortress of Ravaldino: Caterina Sforza's fortress symbol of Forli.
ByRedazione | 17/12/2024
From its construction ordered by Pino III Ordelaffi to the historic resistance led by Caterina Sforza against Cesare Borgia, the Rocca di Ravaldino represents an iconic monument of the city of Forlì. Restored and ready to host cultural events, it is a journey into the past between history and architecture.
Emilia Romagna
A new museum in Ravenna dedicated to Lord Byron and the Risorgimento
ByRedazione | 10/12/2024
In Ravenna, on the central Via Cavour, Palazzo Guiccioli has been reopened after a long and complex restoration. The historic building has become home to the Byron and Risorgimento Museum.
Emilia Romagna
Discovering Marco Palmezzano and Luca Longhi, masters of the Renaissance in Romagna
ByRedazione | 09/12/2024
On the trail of two Renaissance masters in Romagna: Marco Palmezzano and Luca Longhi. An itinerary to discover their works through churches, picture galleries and villages, among evocative landscapes and works of extraordinary beauty.
Austria
Journey to Vienna among the places of Johann Strauss son, who popularized the waltz
ByRedazione | 01/12/2024
There are many places you can visit in Vienna to follow in the footsteps of Johann Strauss the son, the great composer who spread the fashion of the waltz throughout Europe, author of the Blue Danube and other successful music. Here is an itinerary to learn more about this extraordinary figure.
Emilia-Romagna
Journey to discover the Malatesta Castles in the heart of Romagna
ByRedazione | 28/11/2024
A fascinating itinerary through the symbolic places of the Malatesta Seignory, from Rimini to Cesena, passing through castles, fortresses and abbeys that tell of the greatness of a dynasty that marked the medieval and Renaissance history of Romagna.
Val d'Aosta
The Snow Labyrinth of Chamois, a work of Land Art in the most unspoiled Aosta Valley
ByRedazione | 26/11/2024
In Chamois, Aosta Valley, the only municipality in the Alps that cannot be reached by car, the Snow Labyrinth, a Land Art work by Gian Mario Navillod, celebrates ephemeral art and nature. The snowy path becomes a unique experience of meditation and beauty.
Emilia-Romagna
Journey through the Medici fortresses of Romagna
ByRedazione | 25/11/2024
In the Renaissance, part of Romagna was placed under the rule of Florence. Today, several Medici fortresses in the region recall this history: here is an itinerary among ten castles linked to the Tuscan presence in Romagna.
Umbria
Valnerina, what to see: 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 23/11/2024
What to see in Valnerina: a 10-step itinerary of villages, art and nature.
Piemonte
The labyrinth overlooking the Po: the Castle of Gabiano
ByRedazione | 23/11/2024
Set on a hill overlooking the Po River, Gabiano Castle is not only a manor house steeped in history: it is also set in a park whose heart is occupied by a 1930s labyrinth.
Umbria
Monte Vibiano Vecchio, a labyrinth and a castle in the heart of Umbria
ByRedazione | 18/11/2024
Amid the rolling hills of Umbria, the village of Monte Vibiano Vecchio, in the municipality of Marsciano, is home to a castle, the Castello di Monte Vibiano Vecchio, which is distinguished by a unique feature: a hedge maze designed in the early decades of the 20th century.
Sardegna
The Museum of Mediterranean Weaving in Castelsardo: a museum for an ancient craft technique
ByRedazione | 01/11/2024
In Castelsardo, Sardinia, there is a museum that stands as a witness and protector of the very ancient tradition of weaving by which artifacts of daily use have always been made in the area, and today it is considered a true intangible cultural asset worthy of protection.
Austria
The Advent Market in Hall in Tirol:?the magic of Christmas in the heart of Tyrol
ByRedazione | 31/10/2024
From November 22 to December 23, Hall in Tirol is dressed in magic with the Advent Market. Discover the enchantment of the old town, including local crafts and culinary delights, to experience an unforgettable Christmas in the beautiful Tyrolean town.
Veneto
Veronese villages among history, autumn colors and centuries-old traditions
ByRedazione | 29/10/2024
The villages of the province of Verona, where history and nature meet in the autumn foliage. From Soave to Valeggio, each place tells the story of Verona's culture on a journey through medieval castles, ancient legends and enchanting landscapes.
Austria
The Salzburg Fortress has introduced a unique attraction for the public: a set of games
ByRedazione | 25/10/2024
At Hohensalzburg Fortress comes Festungsspiele, an open-air trail that allows visitors to discover the history of the place through thematic games, interactive challenges and stories of historical figures. An engaging and accessible experience for all ages.
Austria
In Austria there is a winter jazz festival held inside museums and churches: the 3 Tage Jazz in Saalfelden
ByRedazione | 20/10/2024
Did you know that in the heart of the Austrian Alps, in Saalfelden, every winter there is a jazz festival with an intimate and sought-after character, but still known to fans, with concerts inside museums and churches? We're talking about the 3 Tage Jazz festival in Saalfelden. Here's what it's like, and who's at the 2025 edition.
Emilia-Romagna
An end and not a means. The 100 years of the Ravenna Mosaic School.
ByRedazione | 18/10/2024
To mark the centennial of the Mosaic School, the Ravenna Academy of Fine Arts is celebrating its anniversary with a series of initiatives designed to engage the city's community. But what is there to know about the ancient mosaic technique that has defined Ravenna as the "City of Mosaics"?
Emilia-Romagna
Ferrara's Spazio Antonioni, a museum to learn about the great director
ByRedazione | 15/10/2024
Opening in the spring of 2024, Ferrara's Spazio Antonioni is a museum dedicated to the figure of Michelangelo Antonioni, one of the greatest Italian directors ever. A museum, but also a laboratory of ideas and more.
Emilia-Romagna
Savio Valley, what to see: 6-step itinerary
ByRedazione | 10/10/2024
A 6-stop itinerary not to be missed on the Savio Valley, an area of southern Romagna that combines historic villages, natural landscapes and art.
Toscana
The Republic of Cospaia: history of a state born by mistake in Valtiberina
ByRedazione | 29/09/2024
In 1441, due to a mistake, a new state was created between the Republic of Florence and the Papal States: the Republic of Cospaia. A tiny state that remained independent for almost 400 years.
Toscana
Robert Morris' Labyrinth at Celle Farm: a journey between art and life?
ByRedazione | 23/09/2024
At the Fattoria di Celle - Gori Collection, Robert Morris' Labyrinth transforms the landscape into a reflection on life, with a path without alternatives symbolizing human existence.
Puglia
What to see in Lecce: 10 places to discover ancient Lupiae
ByRedazione | 22/09/2024
What to see in Lecce: 10 places to discover the Salento city.
Toscana
Pisa, what to see: 15 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 19/09/2024
What to see in Pisa: 15 places not to miss while visiting the Tuscan city.
Trentino-Alto Adige
The Kr?nzelhof Labyrinth, a maze among the vineyards
ByRedazione | 11/09/2024
In South Tyrol, near Merano, there is a labyrinth nestled in the vineyards: it is that of the Kränzelhof Estate, located in Cermes. Its special feature? It is made of vines.
Toscana
The Labyrinth of Villa Garzoni in Collodi, a maze for lovers
ByRedazione | 04/09/2024
Collodi is not only known for Pinocchio: Villa Garzoni, a Baroque mansion known for its magnificent, spectacular and scenic garden, is located here. Which also conceals a labyrinth.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Vallagarina, what to see: the 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 01/09/2024
What to see in Vallagarina, beautiful valley of Trentino: here are the 10 places not to miss.
Lombardia
Mantua, what to see: the 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 24/08/2024
What to see in Mantua: here are the 10 must-see places to discover the city.
Toscana
The museum of ordinary lives: the Little Diary Museum in Pieve Santo Stefano
ByRedazione | 21/08/2024
In Pieve Santo Stefano, Tuscany, there is a museum dedicated to ordinary lives: it is the Small Diary Museum, an extraordinary collection of autobiographical documents that, since 2013, have been open to visitors from around the world.
Val d'Aosta
Val Ferret, what to see: 10 places to visit
ByRedazione | 20/08/2024
What to see in Val Ferret: 10 must-see places to discover its beauty.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Valsugana, what to see: 10 places to visit
ByRedazione | 18/08/2024
What to see in Valsugana: here are 10 places to discover its historical and natural beauty.
Piemonte
Maira Valley, what to see: 10 places to regenerate yourself
ByRedazione | 10/08/2024
What to see in Maira Valley, Piedmont: here are 10 places to regenerate between art and nature.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Funes Valley, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 04/08/2024
What to see in Val di Funes, in the Dolomites: 10 places not to miss among greenery, nature, characteristic villages.
Trentino Alto Aldige
The Palafitte of Fiavé: in Trentino to discover one of the most important settlements of European prehistory
ByRedazione | 02/08/2024
In Trentino, Fiavé is home to the remains of one of the most important settlements of European prehistory. Take a plunge into the past 3500 years ago with the Fiavé Pile Dwelling Museum, the Archeo Natura Park, and the UNESCO World Heritage archaeological area.
Veneto
Leogra Valley, what to see: 10 places to discover
ByRedazione | 28/07/2024
What to see in Leogra Valley (Vicenza): here are the 10 places to discover.
Liguria
Savona, what to see and do: 11 travel tips
ByRedazione | 24/07/2024
What to do and see in Savona: 11 suggestions for a trip to the largest center of the Riviera del Ponente Ligure, the city of ceramics and chinotto.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Val di Non, 10 places to immerse yourself in its nuances
ByRedazione | 21/07/2024
What to see in Non Valley: 10 places to discover its colors and thousand-year history.
Veneto
At the garden of Villa Barbarigo, in the world's oldest maze of greenery.
ByRedazione | 18/07/2024
The labyrinth of Villa Barbarigo in Valsanzibio (Padua) has many special features: it is the oldest maze of greenery in the world and is at the center of a garden that was built as a colossal votive offering after the Barbarigo family was saved from the Manzoni plague of 1630-1631.
Toscana
The true story of the Giants of Peccioli
ByAndrea Laratta | 16/07/2024
The landscape of Peccioli, Tuscany, has for years now featured a number of Giants sculptures, the work of a local artisan company. But what are the giants doing there? How did they come into being? What is their origin? Here is the whole real story behind these works.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
The labyrinth of the Cordovado Castle, where you can walk in the scent of roses
ByRedazione | 15/07/2024
The labyrinth of Cordovado Castle is a singular maze: it was not created to disorient, but to provide well-being, calm and serenity, breathing in the scent of the thousands of damask roses that make it up.
Piemonte
Val Chisone, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 14/07/2024
What to see in Val Chisone: 10 must-see places to enjoy the tranquility of the mountains.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Cembra Valley, what to see: 10 places among villages and forests
ByRedazione | 06/07/2024
What to see in Cembra Valley, in the heart of Trentino: here are 10 places, surrounded by villages and forests, not to be missed.
Spagna
Spain, 5 destinations away from mass tourism to try
ByRedazione | 01/07/2024
Not just Ibiza and Barcelona: here are 5 destinations in Spain off the beaten path of mass tourism. Did you know them?
Giordania
Petra and its ruins: places and experiences to discover the fascination of its history
ByNoemi Capoccia | 28/06/2024
Here are the places to visit and experiences to enjoy in Petra, Jordan's UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lombardia
Cremona, what to see: 10 places to discover the home of violin and nougat
ByRedazione | 26/06/2024
What to see in Cremona: 10 places to discover the Lombard city.
Veneto
The Labyrinth of Villa Pisani in Stra, suggestions of D'Annunzio and an intricate pathway
ByRedazione | 24/06/2024
The Labyrinth of Villa Pisani in Stra is one of the largest labyrinths in Europe and is best known for two reasons: its presence in one of Gabriele D'Annunzio's most beautiful novels and the difficulty of its path, one of the most complex in the world.
Umbria
Orvieto, what to see: 10 places to discover it
ByRedazione | 22/06/2024
What to see in Orvieto: 10 places to discover the city in the heart of Umbria.
Lombardia
Val Brembana, what to see. A journey in 10 stages
ByRedazione | 18/06/2024
What to see in Val Brembana: a 10-step sightseeing itinerary among villages, art and nature.
Austria
Austria, in Hall-Wattens a new hiking trail on the trail of mountain legends
ByRedazione | 16/06/2024
From summer 2024, the new Berglegen long-distance hiking trail opens in the Hall-Wattens region of Austria. Through five stages, mountain legends will be encountered along the way: from mysterious Alpine spirits to fairy tale giants.
Puglia
Taranto, what to see: 10 places in the city at the center of Magna Graecia
ByRedazione | 15/06/2024
What to see in Taranto: 10 places to discover ancient Taras, including necropolis, museums and churches
Toscana
The Luminara of San Ranieri in Pisa: origins and history of the festival of lights
ByRedazione | 11/06/2024
Every year, on June 16, Pisa celebrates the Luminara di San Ranieri, a festival of lights with ancient origins. Its history.
Marche
Fabriano, what to see: 10 places to discover in the city of paper
ByRedazione | 10/06/2024
What to see in Fabriano, the city of paper: here are 10 places to discover its treasures.
Puglia
A labyrinth in the heart of Salento. Masseria Terre di Corillo
ByRedazione | 09/06/2024
The renovation of an ancient farmhouse in Salento, Terre di Corillo, has led to the creation of a unique volute labyrinth, which encloses works of art inside.
Austria
Austria, fortresses and castles in Salzburg to experience the magic of the Middle Ages
ByRedazione | 08/06/2024
Hohensalzburg Fortress, Hohenwerfen Castle and Mauterndorf Castle: three majestic medieval complexes in the Salzburg region of Austria. Rich in historical charm, they offer a journey through the centuries through guided tours, programs and events.
Veneto
Vicenza, what to see: 10 places in the city of Palladio
ByRedazione | 07/06/2024
What to see in Vicenza: 10 places not to miss in the city of Palladio, including museums, operas, villas.
Lazio
A labyrinth that is not a labyrinth: the garden of Villa Barberini at Castel Gandolfo
ByRedazione | 03/06/2024
In the garden of Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo it is possible to find a curious labyrinth that has no entrances or exits.
Umbria
Foligno, what to see: 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 30/05/2024
What to see in Foligno, an Umbrian city with a rich past: the 10 places not to miss.
Austria
Gold and Torment: the poetics of Klimt and Schiele at the Leopold Museum in Vienna
ByNoemi Capoccia | 25/05/2024
In Vienna, the Leopold Museum holds one of the world's most important collections of Austrian art from the second half of the 19th century and Modernism. Among its major works are masterpieces by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt.
Toscana
Tuscan Valtiberina, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 23/05/2024
What to see in Valtiberina: an itinerary among 10 must-see places.
Umbria
The labyrinth of Bufalini Castle in Umbria, one of the oldest in the world
ByRedazione | 22/05/2024
Built between 1692 and 1706 and remaining largely unchanged since then, the labyrinth of Bufalini Castle, located in San Giustino in Umbria, is one of the oldest in the world that have retained their forms. Here are all its special features.
Giordania
Jordan, a country that smiles at you: hints for an itinerary
BySonia Pallai | 22/05/2024
An itinerary in Jordan, from Amman to Petra via UNESCO heritage sites. What to see in Jordan, why go, where to start, what to do.
Lombardia
Arnaldo Pomodoro's Labyrinth: a journey through history and the human psyche
ByFrancesca Anita Gigli | 20/05/2024
Milan is home to a special place, the Labyrinth created by Arnaldo Pomodoro: walking through it is like taking a journey through art history and the human psyche.
Estonia
Tallinn, what to see: the 5 places not to miss in Estonia's capital city
ByRedazione | 14/05/2024
What to see in Tallinn, capital of Estonia: the 5 places not to miss
Campania
The cities of Vesuvius: the five sites to see in and around Pompeii
ByRedazione | 05/05/2024
The eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. buried Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, Boscoreale and Oplontis. Today, archaeological parks make it possible to explore their historical evidence. So here is what you need to know before exploring the five sites buried by the volcanic eruption.
Piemonte
The 10 must-see exhibits at the Egyptian Museum in Turin
ByNoemi Capoccia | 04/05/2024
The Egyptian Museum in Turin is one of the largest Egyptian collections and with its 30,000 artifacts gives an opportunity to understand its history. Therefore, we have selected the ten works not to be missed during a visit.
Austria
Hall-Wattens, in the Tyrolean mountains nature hikes and fascinating medieval towns
ByRedazione | 30/04/2024
In the heart of the Tyrolean mountains, Austria's Hall-Wattens region offers plenty of opportunities to fully enjoy nature. And in the medieval town of Hall is the Mint Museum with the world's largest silver thaler.
Toscana
Touring the Rognosi Mountains, in a little-known and unspoiled corner of Tuscany
ByRedazione | 30/04/2024
The Rognosi Mountains are one of the most unspoiled places in Tuscany: a nature reserve in the Valtiberina that satisfies nature lovers and medieval history buffs alike. Here is what there is to see.
Austria
Austria, in the Saalfelden Leogang region nature, traditions, music and adventurous experiences
ByRedazione | 23/04/2024
In Salzburg, the Austrian region of Saalfelden Leogang is renowned not only for its enchanting natural landscape but also for the richness of its cultural and musical offerings, particularly jazz.
Toscana
On the Tiber floodplain in Valtiberina, in the landscapes beloved by Pliny the Younger
ByRedazione | 14/04/2024
Among the gems of the Valtiberina is the Golena del Tevere Protected Natural Area, a place of unspoiled nature on the border between Tuscany and Umbria. A landscape that in ancient times was loved even by Pliny the Younger.
Lazio
Rome, the route to discover ten of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's most famous works
ByRedazione | 11/04/2024
From the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Avila to the Salvator Mundi: ten works in Rome to immerse yourself in the world of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Trentino-Alto Adige
The labyrinth of Trauttmansdorff Castle: a green maze at the foot of the Alps
ByRedazione | 09/04/2024
Castle Trauttmansdorff in Merano is famous because Empress Sissi once stayed here. And since 2001 it has also been home to a small yew maze.
Spagna
Pablo Gargallo and his sculptures. In Zaragoza, the museum dedicated to him
ByRedazione | 02/04/2024
Pablo Gargallo is considered one of the most important and influential Spanish sculptors of the 20th century. In Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon, there is a museum dedicated to him, inside the late Renaissance Palace of the Counts of Argillo.
Piemonte
Villa Silvio Pellico, the garden and the labyrinth: Russell Page's Italian masterpiece
ByRedazione | 02/04/2024
In the postwar period, one of the world's best-known landscape architects, Russell Page, was called to Moncalieri to rearrange the garden of Villa Pellico. Here he created one of his masterpieces.
Spagna
In Zaragoza on the trail of Pablo Serrano, Spanish sculptor of the 20th century
ByRedazione | 30/03/2024
Let's go to Spain, with an itinerary in the footsteps of Pablo Serrano, Spanish 20th-century sculptor, in Zaragoza: from the Basilica of Our Lady of Pilar to the monographic museum dedicated to him, the IAACC Pablo Serrano.
Marche
Urbino, what to see: the 10 places to visit in the city of the Renaissance
ByRedazione | 28/03/2024
What to see in Urbino: here are the 10 places not to miss in the ideal city of the Renaissance.
Lazio
Rome, definitive guide to the monuments of the Roman Forum and the Imperial Fora
ByRedazione | 23/03/2024
Do you find yourself in Rome walking along Via dei Fori Imperiali and have difficulty recognizing all the monuments? We have prepared the ultimate guide to recognize everything you see during your walk!
Austria
Art, castles, nature, sports and entertainment: here's why Austria is attractive year-round
ByRedazione | 23/03/2024
The variety of landscapes, the presence of beautiful palaces and castles, the wealth of art treasures, museums and places to visit, the combination of adventure, culture and relaxation-this is why Austria is attractive at any season of the year.
Piemonte
The labyrinth of Masino Castle, an intricate eighteenth-century maze
ByRedazione | 18/03/2024
In Caravino, Piedmont, stands a majestic manor house, Masino Castle, which in its grounds houses a mysterious, crescent-shaped labyrinth whose origins we do not know. It is one of the largest in Italy.
Toscana
Amidst ancient legends and medieval vestiges, a tour on the Alpe della Luna
ByRedazione | 17/03/2024
The Alpe della Luna Nature Reserve is one of the most unspoiled places in the Apennines. Located in Tuscany's Valtiberina Valley, it is a place of ancient legends and medieval remains.
Emilia Romagna
Renaissance Romagna: between delights and nature with sustainable hikes following the Rings of the Po
ByRedazione | 02/03/2024
The journey to discover Renaissance Romagna concludes with two itineraries where nature is the protagonist. Sustainable hikes following the Rings of the Po and the Towers.
Toscana
What to see in Sansepolcro: a historical-artistic itinerary through the streets of the center
ByJacopo Suggi | 25/02/2024
What to visit in Sansepolcro: the town in the Valtiberina valley has a layered and valuable artistic heritage, and we suggest some places to visit to discover its beauty.
Puglia
Magna Graecia in Salento, what to see: 10 places to visit
ByNoemi Capoccia | 22/02/2024
Through its past, Salento brings with it the history of Magna Graecia through its cities, settlements and ruins: here are 10 places to see to breathe Magna Graecia in Salento.
Veneto
An ancient maze in the center of Verona: the Labyrinth of the Giusti Garden
ByRedazione | 17/02/2024
It is one of the oldest labyrinths in Italy: it existed as early as the 16th century (although today's one dates back to the renovation of 1732). It is the labyrinth of the Giusti Garden, located in the park of the palace of the same name in the center of Verona.
Spagna
In Aragon in the footsteps of Goya, from Fuendetodos to Zaragoza.
ByRedazione | 14/02/2024
An itinerary on the biographical and artistic traces in Aragon of one of the greatest Spanish artists who lived at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. From his hometown, Fuendetodos, to Zaragoza.
Emilia-Romagna
Contemporary art in Bologna: 10 places to see it
ByRedazione | 31/01/2024
Bologna is one of the oldest cities in Europe, but also a city of contemporary art and experimentation in the visual arts: here are 10 places to see contemporary art in Bologna!
Toscana
The places of St. Francis in Valtiberina: an itinerary among devotion, art and nature
ByJacopo Suggi | 28/01/2024
In Tuscany's Valtiberina valley, not far from the city of Arezzo, there are still many evocative reminders of the places that arose when St. Francis of Assisi passed through.
Toscana
Modigliani's places in Livorno: 10 sites to learn about the artist
ByRedazione | 23/01/2024
Livorno still bears clear traces of Amedeo Modigliani's passage. Here are Modigliani's 10 places in Livorno to see to learn more about the great artist.
Marche
Pesaro, what to see: 10 must-see places in the city
ByRedazione | 21/01/2024
What to see in Pesaro: the 10 must-see places in the city, including museums, monuments, historical sites.
Austria
Kitzbühel, the pearl of Tyrol: what to see and do in the city of chamois
ByAndrea Laratta | 19/01/2024
Kitzbühel, a destination for alpine skiers known for the Streif slope, one of the most difficult in the world, is also a beautiful town with ancient origins: here's what to see and do in the pearl of Tyrol.
Toscana
Massa-Carrara, what to see: the 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 14/01/2024
What to see in the Province of Massa-Carrara, Italy's only destination for a trip in 2024 according to the New York Times: here are the 10 places to see.
Inghilterra
The ancient Roman baths ... of England: discovering Bath
ByAndrea Laratta | 12/01/2024
Bath is an English spa town of very ancient foundation: already the Romans discovered its springs, and opened spa facilities here that are still visible today. A tour to discover the city.
Sicilia
The Labyrinth of Donnafugata, a maze among the legends of Sicily
ByRedazione | 06/01/2024
Donnafugata Castle evokes 15th-century Sicily and its legends. And the stone labyrinth found here, with its curious trapezoidal shape, is almost an invitation to... get lost in the island's history.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Val Badia, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 30/12/2023
What to see in Val Badia, including history and splendid views: here are 10 places not to be missed!
Toscana
The Busatti weaving mill in Anghiari, between art and craftsmanship for nearly 200 years
ByRedazione | 30/12/2023
In the heart of Anghiari, in a 16th-century palace, is home to a historic weaving mill that has been in continuous operation since 1842: this is Busatti Weaving, the success story of a family business that uses handcrafted products to create fine fabrics with designs inspired by the fabrics of the Renaissance and beyond.
Toscana
Museums in Valtiberina, which ones to see: the 10 not to be missed
ByRedazione | 26/12/2023
Which museums to see in Valtiberina: here are 10 museums to learn about the history, art and culture of the area.
Emilia Romagna
Christmas in Romagna: must-see events from Rimini to Ferrara
ByRedazione | 20/12/2023
Looking forward to Christmas and the New Year, Romagna concludes 2023 with many initiatives in the sign of art and culture. Here are what are the main events of the Christmas season in the provinces of Rimini, Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna and Ferrara.
Lombardia
Discovering the most beautiful villages between ValSeriana and Val di Scalve
ByRedazione | 18/12/2023
Between ValSeriana and Val di Scalve, less than an hour from Bergamo, you can reach enchanting villages that offer charming views, artistic and architectural works to discover, and ancient knowledge to learn about. Here are which ones are the most beautiful.
Emilia Romagna
Renaissance Romagna: Piero della Francesca and Leon Battista Alberti in Rimini and the Ravenna Renaissance.
ByRedazione | 15/12/2023
We continue our discovery of Renaissance Romagna with two more itineraries that will take you between Rimini, Ferrara and Ravenna.
Lombardia
Bergamo Brescia Capital of Culture, in Palazzolo sull'Oglio two portraits by Ceruti and Ghislandi compared
ByRedazione | 06/12/2023
The year of Bergamo Brescia Capital of Culture 2023 concludes in Palazzolo sull'Oglio (Brescia) with the exhibition "Ceruti and Ghislandi: portraits comparing Brescia and Bergamo," open to the public from Dec. 8, 2023 to Jan. 7, 2024.
Turchia
Cleopatra's pool at Hierapolis-Pamukkale: bathing in the ancient baths
ByAndrea Laratta | 05/12/2023
It is one of the oldest hot springs there is, and you can bathe in it: we are talking about Cleopatra's Pool, a site located in Turkey's UNESCO site of Hierapolis-Pamukkale.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-South Tyrol Christmas markets, which ones to see: the 10 most beautiful ones
ByRedazione | 05/12/2023
Which Christmas markets to see in Trentino-South Tyrol? Here is a guide to the ten most beautiful, large and original markets.
Ungheria
Budapest spas, which ones to visit: 10 baths not to be missed
ByAndrea Laratta | 04/12/2023
What Budapest spas to visit: here are 10 must-see spas and baths in the Hungarian capital.
Calabria
The centerless labyrinth of Catanzaro's Mediterranean Biodiversity Park
ByRedazione | 29/11/2023
In Catanzaro, in the beautiful Mediterranean Biodiversity Park, one of the most important green creation projects in recent years, there is a peculiar labyrinth... without a center. The goal is to find the exit. An attractive challenge in one of the most beautiful parks in the South.
Emilia Romagna
Renaissance Romagna: on the trail of Leonardo da Vinci and Lucrezia Borgia
ByRedazione | 28/11/2023
We begin today a series of articles that will take you on a discovery of Renaissance Romagna: six itineraries through the provinces and municipalities of this territory, between art and nature. The first two itineraries are dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci and Lucrezia Borgia.
Toscana
Bagno Vignoni, the village with a bath instead of a square
ByAndrea Laratta | 27/11/2023
Bagno Vignoni, a small hamlet of San Quirico d'Orcia (Siena), is world famous for its unique piazza, consisting of a large pool. But it is also known for its free hot springs: hot, healing water flows here.
Veneto
Between the Minotaur and D'Annunzio, the two labyrinths of the Castle of San Pelagio
ByRedazione | 23/11/2023
In the countryside of Padua, in Due Carrare, there is a castle with two green labyrinths: it is the Castle of San Pelagio, with its mazes dedicated one to the story of Theseus and the Minotaur, and one to Gabriele d'Annunzio's "Forse che sì forse che no."
Sardegna
A very ancient labyrinth -- nuragic. The labyrinth of the Domus de Janas of Luzzanas.
ByFrancesca Anita Gigli | 21/11/2023
In one of the Domus de Janas, ancient tombs that were believed to be the homes of the Janas, the fairies of Sardinian folklore, there is a strange carving in the shape of a labyrinth. Why in a pre-Nuragic tomb did the ancient inhabitants of the island leave this motif?
Molise
A British labyrinth in Molise: the caerdrome of Petrella Tifernina
ByRedazione | 17/10/2023
In Molise, in the Romanesque church of San Giorgio in Petrella Tifernina, one can see an ancient graffito with the image of a singular labyrinth: it is a caerdroia, a labyrinth typical of Wales. The one in Petrella Tifernina is the only one in the Mediterranean area.
Lombardia
Mantua: exhibitions dedicated to Rubens, a new park and more. Why (return to) visit the city?
ByRedazione | 15/10/2023
Visiting Mantua is always a good idea, both for those who choose it for the first time and for those who have already known it. Between novelties and great classics, exhibitions dedicated to Rubens, a new park and much more.
Toscana
Pinocchio's Labyrinth: a symbol of the vicissitudes of the world's most famous puppet
ByRedazione | 09/10/2023
In Pinocchio Park in Collodi, Pistoia, it is possible to walk the Pinocchio Labyrinth, a maze designed by one of Italy's greatest landscape architects, Pietro Porcinai: it symbolizes the vicissitudes experienced by the world's most famous puppet.
Marche
A corn maze that changes every year: the Hort Labyrinth in the Marche region of Italy
ByRedazione | 29/09/2023
Since 2012, in the Marche region near Senigallia, there has been a corn maze that changes every year in a different pattern, often inspired by the region's beauty: it is the Hort Labyrinth, which has now become one of the area's best-known attractions.
Lombardia
The labyrinth mosaic of Cremona: a testimony from the ancient Roman city
ByRedazione | 28/09/2023
Very little remains today of ancient Roman Cremona. Among the few vestiges is the mysterious labyrinth mosaic: one of the most beautiful and best preserved of its kind. It is located in the San Lorenzo Archaeological Museum.
Veneto
A labyrinth... vertical: the Labyrinth of Sigurtà Garden Park
ByRedazione | 27/09/2023
The Labyrinth of the Sigurtà Garden Park in Valeggio sul Mincio, which opened in 2011, has a special feature: in addition to being one of the most beautiful in Italy, it is in fact one of the very rare mazes that can also be walked...vertically. And in the future it will be enriched with other new features.
Germania
Bayreuth is not just Wagner. A fully preserved court opera house is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
ByRedazione | 22/09/2023
Bayreuth, in northern Bavaria, is known for being the city of Richard Wagner, because he spent the last ten years of his life here, but there is much more to discover. There is also a fully preserved court opera house that has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Campania
The House of the Labyrinth in Pompeii: the first known labyrinth mosaic
ByRedazione | 20/09/2023
Pompeii's first labyrinth mosaic? It is the one that gives its name to the house that holds it: the House of the Labyrinth. It is also the oldest known Roman mosaic.
Germania
Saxony: did you know that it shares its two UNESCO sites with two other countries?
ByRedazione | 15/09/2023
The only two Unesco World Heritage sites in Saxony, in eastern Germany, have one feature in common: each Unesco site is shared with another country. One with Poland and the other with the Czech Republic.What are they?
Sicilia
The Enchanted Garden of Gigliopoli, a labyrinth on the sea of Sicily
ByRedazione | 15/09/2023
Its name is very evocative: the Enchanted Garden. It is a very curiously shaped labyrinth located at Gigliopoli, a nature theme park opening in 2019 in Milazzo, on the coast of Sicily, as a project to let everyone discover the wonder of the landscape and convey the importance of respect for nature.
Emilia-Romagna
A maze in the Renaissance palace: the labyrinth of Palazzo Costabili in Ferrara
ByRedazione | 14/09/2023
In the gardens of Palazzo Costabili, one of the best examples of Renaissance architecture in Ferrara, there is a labyrinth hidden. However, which does not date back to the era of the palace, as one might think: it is in fact much more recent.
Piemonte
Cenischia Valley and Moncenisio, what to see: 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 14/09/2023
What to see in and around Cenischia Valley: the 10 places not to miss.
Toscana
Jeff Saward's glass labyrinth at Chianti Sculpture Park
ByRedazione | 13/09/2023
Jeff Saward is one of the world's leading experts on mazes, which he has studied since 1976. And he often delights in designing them. He is responsible for the glass labyrinth that has been in the Chianti Sculpture Park in Tuscany since 2007, which draws on the region's historical precedents.
Piemonte
A Labyrinth on the Environmental Crisis. Piero Gilardi's Labyrinthic Anthropocene.
ByRedazione | 12/09/2023
Can one talk about the climate crisis with a labyrinth? According to Piero Gilardi, the answer is yes, and he wanted to demonstrate this with his 2018 "Labyrinthic Anthropocene," a work created at the Living Art Park in Turin.
Basilicata
A labyrinth in the archaeological park: the Basileus Archaeopark in Basilicata
ByRedazione | 07/09/2023
A unique case of a labyrinth built to enrich the visit to an archaeological site: this is the labyrinth of the Basileus Archaeopark, an educational archaeological park in central Basilicata.
Sicilia
Ariadne's Labyrinth, a journey to the origins of life in the heart of the Nebrodi Mountains in Sicily
ByRedazione | 06/09/2023
The Labyrinth of Ariadne, Italo Lanfredini's masterpiece, is one of Italy's most famous works of Land Art: located in the heart of the Nebrodi Mountains in Sicily, it is part of the Fiumara d'Arte park and is a journey to the origins of life.
Emilia-Romagna
The Carlic Labyrinth, a maze in the orchard among the hills of Bologna
ByRedazione | 05/09/2023
The Carlico Labyrinth is an original labyrinth rising above an earlier orchard. It is part of Palazzo di Varignana, a large resort opened following the restoration of a sumptuous 18th-century mansion.
Lazio
A maze in the heart of the Republic. The labyrinth of the Quirinal
ByRedazione | 03/09/2023
Hidden in the splendid gardens of the Quirinal Palace is a labyrinth, made of boxwood hedges and commissioned by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839. It symbolizes the Christian's path to the knowledge of God. Did you know.
Lombardia
The labyrinths of Mantua, between the Ducal Palace and the Virgilian Woods
ByRedazione | 01/09/2023
In the 16th century in Mantua there was a real passion for labyrinths: as many as two can be found in the Ducal Palace. And the most famous one inspired, in 1929, the creation of the Bosco Virgiliano labyrinth, one of the largest mazes in Italy. Where it is easy to get lost!
Germania
Germany and its UNESCO sites: which ones to celebrate in 2023/2024
ByRedazione | 01/09/2023
With its fifty-one UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Germany ranks third after Italy and China. Natural and cultural treasures to learn about and visit. One could start with the very sites whose anniversaries of inscription on the List fall in 2023 and 2024. Here are which ones are.
Trentino Alto-Adige
Ledro Valley, what to see: the 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 31/08/2023
What to see in Ledro Valley, Trentino: the 10 places not to miss between art and nature.
Puglia
Lake Hvar, what to see: the 5 places to visit
ByRedazione | 29/08/2023
What to see on Lake Lesina in Puglia: here are the 5 places to visit.
Sardegna
Cagliari, what to see: 10 must-see places in the city
ByRedazione | 28/08/2023
What to see in Cagliari: the 10 places not to miss in the capital of Sardinia.
Lombardia
Salò, what to see: 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 27/08/2023
What to see in Salò: ten must-see sights in the charming town on Lake Garda.
Lazio
Along the former Capranica-Civitavecchia railway, among archaeological sites and abandoned stations
ByRedazione | 25/08/2023
The Capranica-Civitavecchia railroad, decommissioned in the 1960s, is now a popular trekking route that runs through vast countryside, abandoned stations, and little-known archaeological sites.
Lombardia
Valchiavenna, what to see: 10 places between art and nature
ByRedazione | 24/08/2023
What to see in Valchiavenna: an itinerary in 10 places among art, villages and nature.
Lazio
Catacombs of Rome, which ones to see: guide to the 10 most interesting ones
ByRedazione | 23/08/2023
What are the most interesting catacombs in Rome? Here is a guide to the best ten.
Lombardia
Villas on Lake Como, which ones to see: the 10 not to miss
ByRedazione | 22/08/2023
What are the best villas on Lake Como? Here in our opinion are the 10 not to be missed!
Lazio
Among forests and Etruscan necropolises: the Marturanum Regional Park
ByRedazione | 21/08/2023
The Marturanum Regional Park, established in 1984, is located in Barbarano Romano (Viterbo) and offers a unique environment with numerous archaeological remains, starting with the Etruscan necropolis.
Toscana
Garfagnana, what to see: the 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 20/08/2023
What to see in Garfagnana: here are the 10 must-see places in the Upper Serchio Valley.
Sicilia
The Places of Giovanni Verga in and around Catania: which ones to see
ByRedazione | 19/08/2023
What are the places of Giovanni Verga in and around Catania? Here are 12 to visit in the footsteps of his works.
Abruzzo
Hermitages of Majella, which ones to see: the 10 most spectacular ones
ByRedazione | 18/08/2023
What are the most spectacular and interesting hermitages in Majella? Here are ten to see!
Trentino Alto-Adige
Val di Fassa, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 17/08/2023
What to see in Val di Fassa: 10 places not to miss among villages and nature.
Sicilia
Ortigia, what to see: 10 places in the heart of Syracuse
ByRedazione | 16/08/2023
What to see on the island of Ortigia, in the heart of Syracuse: 10 places not to miss.
Toscana
Lunigiana, villages to see: the 10 not to be missed
ByRedazione | 14/08/2023
Which villages to see in Lunigiana: here are in our opinion the 10 not to be missed.
Umbria
Discover the history of St. Francis in 10 places between Umbria and Tuscany
ByRedazione | 13/08/2023
The 10 places to discover the history of St. Francis: an itinerary between Umbria and Tuscany.
Piemonte
Varaita Valley, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 12/08/2023
What to see in Val Varaita, at the foot of Monviso: 10 must-see stops.
Umbria
Assisi, what to see: 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 11/08/2023
What to see in Assisi: 10 places not to miss in the city of St. Francis.
Piemonte
Ossola Valley, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 09/08/2023
What to see in Ossola Valley: here are the 10 must-see stops during your own trip.
Sicilia
Catania, what to see: 10 must-see stops
ByRedazione | 08/08/2023
What to see in Catania: the 10 places not to miss and where to start the city tour.
Piemonte
Val Formazza, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 07/08/2023
What to see in Val Formazza, last northern edge of Piedmont: 10 places not to be missed.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Trieste, what to see: the 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 06/08/2023
What to see in Trieste: guide to 10 must-see places in the capital of Venezia Giulia.
Trentino Alto-Adige
A museum on the shores of the lake. The MAG of Riva del Garda
ByRedazione | 05/08/2023
The MAG - Museo dell'Alto Garda in Riva del Garda is one of the most comprehensive museums to be found on the shores of Lake Garda. Archaeology, a picture gallery (there is also a beautiful work by Hayez), sculptures, landscapes. In an ancient medieval fortress.
Toscana
Free spas in Tuscany: 8 sites where you can bathe for free
ByRedazione | 04/08/2023
Where are the free spas in Tuscany? Here are eight sites, including tubs, pools and puddles, where you can bathe for free.
Toscana
Carrara, what to see: the 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 03/08/2023
What to see in Carrara: the 10 must-see sights in the marble capital of the world.
Toscana
Garfagnana and Middle Valley villages, which ones to see: top 10
ByRedazione | 02/08/2023
Which villages to see in Garfagnana and the Middle Serchio Valley? Here are the ten most beautiful.
Lombardia
Stelvio National Park, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 01/08/2023
What to see in Stelvio National Park: here are the 10 places not to miss.
Toscana
Elba Island, what to see: the 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 31/07/2023
What to see on Elba Island, Italy's third largest island: here are the 10 places not to miss.
Lazio
Tarquinia, what to see: the 10 must-see places in town
ByRedazione | 30/07/2023
What to see in Tarquinia, beautiful Etruscan and medieval city: the 10 places not to miss.
Trentino Alto-Adige
Venosta Valley, what to see: the 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 29/07/2023
What to see in Vinschgau Valley: 10 must-see places among villages, art and nature.
Veneto
Palladian villas, which ones to see: the 10 not to miss
ByRedazione | 28/07/2023
Which Palladian villas are not to be missed? Here are the 10 most significant ones to understand Palladio.
Calabria
Tropea, what to see: the 5 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 27/07/2023
What to see in Tropea: the 5 must-see places when visiting the city of Calabria.
Toscana
Lunigiana, what to see: the 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 24/07/2023
What to see in Lunigiana: here are the 10 must-see places in this magical and beautiful land of upper Tuscany.
Campania
Cilento museums, which ones to visit: the 10 not to be missed
ByRedazione | 17/07/2023
Which museums to visit in Cilento, a land that offers a rich and varied museum scene: here are 10 not to be missed.
Campania
Ravello Cathedral, a concentration of medieval art on the Amalfi Coast
ByRedazione | 08/07/2023
Ravello Cathedral is the main monument in this Amalfi Coast town: a concentration of important medieval works of art.
Piemonte
Monferrato, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 02/07/2023
What to see in Monferrato: 10 places not to miss among villages, castles, history and wine.
Lombardia
The Scaliger Castle in Sirmione, a medieval jewel on Lake Garda
ByFrancesca Anita Gigli | 01/07/2023
Sirmione Castle, the lake town's Scaliger fortress, is a medieval jewel on Lake Garda, the scene of ancient legends and one of the most fascinating places in Lombardy.
Emilia Romagna
Renaissance in Romagna: on the trail of Piero della Francesca and Leon Battista Alberti between Rimini and Ferrara
ByRedazione | 29/06/2023
The itinerary "Leon Battista Alberti and Piero della Francesca. The Rebirth of the Arts between Ferrara and Rimini" leads to the discovery of the historical-artistic and intellectual heritage that these artists left us in Romagna.
Emilia Romagna
At Faenza's Pinacoteca, the most important art collection in Romagna from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
ByRedazione | 28/06/2023
After the flood that hit Emilia Romagna, the Pinacoteca di Faenza has returned to welcome visitors to its recently renovated spaces. It holds the most important collection of art in Romagna from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Sicilia
Agrigento, what to see: the 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 25/06/2023
What to see in Agrigento: archaeological sites, museums, churches. The 10 places not to miss.
Emilia Romagna
Ferrara, three bike and boat routes to discover the Delights and nature
ByRedazione | 23/06/2023
Passionate about art, nature and bicycle touring? Three new loop itineraries organized by Visit Ferrara lead by bike and boat to discover the area, between the Delights and nature.
Lazio
Bisentina Island, what to see on the largest island of Lake Bolsena
ByRedazione | 22/06/2023
Isola Bisentina is the largest island in Lake Bolsena and has been open for visits since 2022: here's what there is to see.
Lombardia
Como, what to see: 10 must-see places in the city
ByRedazione | 18/06/2023
What to see in Como: an itinerary of 10 must-see places in the city.
Lombardia
Bergamo, what to see: 10 places not to miss
ByAndrea Laratta | 11/06/2023
What to see in Bergamo: 10 must-see places for an itinerary between art and history.
Emilia Romagna
Street art: where to find the most beautiful murals in Romagna
ByRedazione | 10/06/2023
The land of Romagna is rich in. street art. Here you can find the most beautiful murals in Romagna, including cities and villages.
Toscana
Crete Senesi, what to see: itinerary in 10 steps
ByRedazione | 04/06/2023
What to see in the Crete Senesi: a 10-step itinerary of must-see villages, art and nature.
Malta
Malta, itinerary in the footsteps of Caravaggio and the Order of the Knights, from Valletta to the Three Cities
ByRedazione | 23/05/2023
From Valletta to the Three Cities: an itinerary in Malta in the footsteps of Caravaggio and the Order of the Knights. Among artistic and scenic masterpieces.
Liguria
Golfo dei Poeti, what to see: 10 villages not to be missed
ByRedazione | 19/05/2023
What to see on the Gulf of Poets: an itinerary among 10 must-see villages.
Lombardia
Brescia, what to see: 10 places with art
ByAndrea Laratta | 01/05/2023
What to see in Brescia: 10 places in an itinerary for those who love art, history, and archaeology.
Umbria
Perugino in Umbria, what to see: 10 places that preserve his works
ByRedazione | 29/04/2023
Where to see Perugino's works in Umbria: an itinerary to 10 places where his works are kept.
Campania
Naples, 10 unusual places off the beaten path of mass tourism
ByAndrea Laratta | 28/04/2023
10 unusual places in Naples, off the beaten path of mass tourism: here are which ones to visit.
Veneto
Venice, 10 unusual places off the beaten path of mass tourism
ByAndrea Laratta | 24/04/2023
What are the unusual and quiet places to see in Venice, outside of mass tourism? Here are 10 places to play it safe!
Sicilia
Sicily of the Florios: what to see, 8 stops
ByAndrea Laratta | 15/04/2023
What to see in the Sicily of the Florios: an itinerary in eight must-see stops.
Liguria
Genoa, 10 unusual places off the beaten path of mass tourism
ByAndrea Laratta | 09/04/2023
10 unusual, little-known and off the beaten path places to see in Genoa: not just the Aquarium and Palazzo Ducale!
Umbria
Discovering Perugino's places: thematic itineraries
ByRedazione | 22/03/2023
On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of Pietro Vannucci known as Perugino, several thematic itineraries will lead to the territories linked to Perugino, combining art, landscapes, villages and local artisan and food and wine traditions.
Lombardia
10 unusual or little-known places to see in Milan
ByAndrea Laratta | 14/03/2023
Unusual and little-known places in Milan: a tour of 10 different than usual stops in the Lombard capital.
Lazio
Rome, 10 unusual places far from mass tourism
ByAndrea Laratta | 05/03/2023
Looking for unusual places in Rome? Here are 10 artful stops away from mass tourism!
Toscana
Val d'Orcia, what to see. Itinerary in 10 stages
ByAndrea Laratta | 20/02/2023
What to see in Val d'Orcia, Tuscany: a 10-step itinerary of must-see art and villages.
Toscana
The Museum of San Marco in Florence, the former convent of Beato Angelico
ByFrancesca Di Lupo | 31/01/2023
In the San Marco Museum complex in Florence, consisting of the monastery, library and basilica, there are countless masterpieces to discover, including Beato Angelico's fresco cycle.
Lazio
Lake Vico, what to see: 10 must-see stops
ByAndrea Laratta | 29/01/2023
What to see on and around Lake Vico: 10 stops between nature and art, not to be missed.
Lazio
The Crypta Balbi, a journey into the everyday life of ancient Rome
ByRedazione | 28/01/2023
Among the world's first urban archaeology laboratories, Rome's Crypta Balbi is more than a museum: it is a journey into ancient Rome.
Abruzzo
Majella Park, what to see: 10 stops among nature, history, art
ByAndrea Laratta | 22/01/2023
What to see in Majella National Park: 10-step itinerary among nature, history and art.
Toscana
Florence, the Museo degli Innocenti and its unique history
ByFrancesca Di Lupo | 17/01/2023
The Museo degli Innocenti in Florence collects its works inside the Spedale degli Innocenti, a splendid Renaissance building designed by the great architect Filippo Brunelleschi.
Piemonte
Susa Valley, what to see: 10-stop itinerary not to be missed
ByRedazione | 16/01/2023
What to see in the Susa Valley: a 10-stop itinerary not to be missed, including villages, castles, abbeys, parks.
Lazio
Villa Borghese, what to see: 10 stops in the green heart of Rome
ByAndrea Laratta | 15/01/2023
What to see in Villa Borghese: a 10-stop itinerary in the green heart of Rome, the great park, between art and nature.
Lazio
The MAXXI in Rome, Art within Art.
ByFrancesca Di Lupo | 11/01/2023
In Rome, within the walls of the MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts, you can enjoy a unique experience by immersing yourself in its art and architecture collections.
Toscana
Monte Argentario, what to see. Itinerary in 10 stages
ByAndrea Laratta | 06/01/2023
What to see on and around Monte Argentario: a 10-step itinerary of art, history and nature.
Abruzzo
Gran Sasso Park, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByAndrea Laratta | 05/01/2023
What to see in Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park: the 10 places not to miss.
Toscana
Vasari House in Arezzo: the history and new life of the museum
ByFrancesca Di Lupo | 27/12/2022
Casa Vasari, Giorgio Vasari's home in his Arezzo, now houses a remarkable picture gallery among the walls frescoed by the painter himself.
Piemonte
Vigezzo Valley, what to see: 10-step itinerary
ByAndrea Laratta | 17/12/2022
What to see in Vigezzo Valley: 10 places for an itinerary among nature, art, history.
Lombardia
Lake Pusiano, what to see: 5 stops between art and nature
ByAndrea Laratta | 11/12/2022
What to see on Lake Pusiano in Brianza: 5-step itinerary between art and nature.
Piemonte
Lake Mergozzo, what to see: 5-point itinerary
ByAndrea Laratta | 10/12/2022
What to see on Lake Mergozzo: a 5-point itinerary among history, art and nature.
Campania
Capri, what to see: the 10 must-see stops on the island
ByAndrea Laratta | 06/12/2022
What to see in Capri: the 10 must-see stops during a trip to the island.
Toscana
Buti, the Tuscan oil village celebrated by D'Annunzio
ByAndrea Laratta | 28/11/2022
What to see in Buti, in the Pisan Mountains, an ancient village famous for its oil but not only.
Piemonte
Lake Viverone, what to see. Itinerary between nature and history
ByAndrea Laratta | 25/11/2022
What to see on Lake Viverone, Piedmont: a five-step itinerary between nature and history.
Toscana
Florence, Pitti Palace. History and masterpieces of the Florentine museum
ByRedazione | 23/11/2022
Palazzo Pitti is the former Medici palace and is now an important museum home to remarkable masterpieces from Raphael to Caravaggio.
Toscana
Holy Island, what to see in the beautiful village between the Apuan Alps and Garfagnana
ByRedazione | 13/11/2022
What to see in Isola Santa, the beautiful stone village nestled between the Apuan Alps and Garfagnana.
Austria
The places of Empress Sisi: an itinerary in her footsteps in Vienna
ByRedazione | 09/11/2022
An itinerary to discover the places of Empress Elisabeth Amalia Eugenie of Wittelsbach, better known as Sisi, in the Austrian capital.
Lombardia
Cremona: an itinerary to discover the places of music
ByRedazione | 05/11/2022
Cremona is considered the city of music and violin making. An itinerary to discover the places of music in and around the city.
Veneto
Berici Hills, what to see: itinerary in 10 stages
ByRedazione | 03/11/2022
What to see in the Berici Hills, in the Palladian areas: a 10-stage itinerary of art and more.
Lazio
Lake Nemi, what to see: 5-step itinerary
ByRedazione | 02/11/2022
What to see on Lake Nemi, among the Alban Hills: a five-step itinerary.
Lombardia
City Life, what to see in the modern heart of Milan: 10 stops
ByRedazione | 01/11/2022
What to see in City Life, the modern heart of Milan: a 10-step itinerary among skyscrapers and contemporary art.
Lombardia
Lake Idro, what to see: 10 must-see stops
ByRedazione | 23/10/2022
What to see on Lake Idro: 10 must-see stops for an itinerary among lake, mountains, villages, and art.
Austria
Viennale, Vienna's international film festival, kicks off. To be directed by Italian Eva Sangiorgi
ByRedazione | 18/10/2022
From Oct. 20 to Nov. 1, 2022, Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, Austria's most important international film festival, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, will be held in the Austrian capital. At the direction is the Italian Eva Sangiorgi.
Lombardia
Do you know how a violin is made? Visit the violin-making workshops of Cremona
ByRedazione | 15/10/2022
Do you know how a violin is made and what woods are used to make it? You can find out in Cremonese violin-making workshops.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
San Daniele del Friuli, what to see: itinerary in 10 steps
ByRedazione | 09/10/2022
What to see in San Daniele del Friuli, the land of San Daniele ham: a 10-step itinerary.
Piemonte
Guardabosone, village Museum alive. What to see in the ancient medieval village of Vercelli
ByRedazione | 05/10/2022
On a scenic hillside between Valsesia and Valsessera, in the province of Vercelli, stands an ancient village with medieval origins: this is Guardabosone, known as the Museo vivo village. Here's why.
Emilia-Romagna
Bologna in the Renaissance, what to see: a 9-step itinerary
ByRedazione | 30/09/2022
What to see of Renaissance Bologna: a 9-step itinerary promoted by three museum institutions.
Lombardia
Mantua city of water, art and nature
ByRedazione | 23/09/2022
Mantua city of water, art and nature. An itinerary to discover the many artistic and natural beauties of the city of the Gonzaga, to be experienced at any time of the year.
Piemonte
The Diocesan Museum of Cuneo turns 10 years old. Its history and what to see
ByRedazione | 15/09/2022
The San Sebastiano Diocesan Museum in Cuneo is celebrating its first 10 years of operation with various initiatives in September. Here is its history, halls and works.
Valle d'Aosta
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Aosta Valley
ByRedazione | 13/09/2022
Last leg of the journey to discover fantastic animals in Italian museums: today we discover the creatures of the Aosta Valley.
Austria
The Kunsthistorisches Museum: history and masterpieces of Vienna's most famous museum
ByRedazione | 13/09/2022
Among the most important museums in the world, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna was built at the behest of Emperor Franz Joseph to house and display the imperial collections of the Habsburgs. History and masterpieces of the Viennese museum.
Lombardia
San Benedetto Po, a thousand-year-old village of Lower Mantua. Art, nature and enogastronomy
ByRedazione | 12/09/2022
What to see in San Benedetto Po, a village with a thousand-year history in Basso Mantovano. An itinerary among art, nature and food and wine to discover its beauty.
Piemonte
Five Varallo churches to visit with masterpieces by Gaudenzio Ferrari
ByRedazione | 09/09/2022
In Varallo, in the province of Vercelli, there is not only the Sacro Monte and the Pinacoteca Civica to see, but it also offers its visitors churches and places of faith within which masterpieces, particularly by Gaudenzio Ferrari, are kept.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Animals and fantastic places in the museums of Italy: Trentino-South Tyrol
ByRedazione | 06/09/2022
Nineteenth and penultimate leg of the journey to discover animals and fantastic places in Italian museums: we go today to Trentino-Alto Adige.
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Maniago's Museum of Craftsmanship and Cutlery: shared tradition becomes storytelling
ByRedazione | 03/09/2022
Maniago is world famous for its production of knives and cutting implements. The Museum of the Art of Manufacture and Cutlery chronicles this ancient tradition whose roots date back to the mid-15th century.
Toscana
Mugello's museums, between tradition, arts and landscape
ByRedazione | 02/09/2022
The museum system of Mugello, a Tuscan territory a few kilometers from Florence, is a widespread museum organized into four different thematic itineraries: ethnographic, artistic, naturalistic and archaeological. Here are what they are.
Sicilia
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Sicily
ByRedazione | 30/08/2022
To Sicily for the third-to-last leg of our journey to discover animals and fantastic places in Italian museums.
Campania
Casertavecchia, what to see: eight-step itinerary
ByRedazione | 29/08/2022
What to see in Casertavecchia, one of the most beautiful villages in southern Italy: an eight-step itinerary.
Lombardia
Oltrepò pavese, what to see: itinerary in 10 stages
ByRedazione | 27/08/2022
What to see in Oltrepò pavese, land of wines, villages and castles: a 10-step itinerary.
Austria
Austria's most beautiful palaces and castles
ByRedazione | 26/08/2022
Austria is rich in palaces and castles. Let's find out which are the most beautiful in the various regions of the country, starting with the capital.
Abruzzo
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Abruzzo
ByRedazione | 23/08/2022
Stage number seventeen of the journey to discover fantastic animals in Italian museums: the itinerary takes us today to Abruzzo.
Austria
The Mozarthaus: the only Viennese apartment in which Mozart lived that can still be visited
ByRedazione | 12/08/2022
At No. 5 Domgasse in Vienna, you can visit the Mozarthaus, the only Viennese apartment of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that has been preserved to this day. A permanent museum tour was opened in 2006 to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth
Piemonte
Borromean Islands, what to see: the 5 must-see stops
ByRedazione | 10/08/2022
What to see at the Borromean Islands on Lake Maggiore: the 5 must-see stops on a trip.
Sardegna
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Sardinia
ByRedazione | 09/08/2022
Stage number fifteen on our journey to discover animals and fantastic places in Italian museums-we go to Sardinia today.
Puglia
Porto Cesareo, what to see: 5 places not to miss between sea and history
ByRedazione | 08/08/2022
What to see in Porto Cesareo in Salento: 5 places not to miss among historical sites and a wonderful sea.
Toscana
Casentino forests, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 07/08/2022
What to see in the Casentino Forests: 10 places not to miss on a trip to Casentino and Valtiberina between art and nature.
Emilia-Romagna
Cattolica, what to see: not only sea, 8-step itinerary
ByRedazione | 05/08/2022
What to see in Cattolica (Rimini): not only sea and beaches, but also history and culture. 8 places to see.
Emilia-Romagna
Colli Bolognesi, what to see: 10 must-see stops
ByRedazione | 03/08/2022
What to see in the Bolognese Hills: 10 places not to be missed on an itinerary between art and nature.
Austria
The Esterházy family and their palace in Eisenstadt, a Baroque masterpiece of Austria
ByRedazione | 02/08/2022
The Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt is the most important residence of the Esterházy family of the same name, among Hungary's oldest noble families. Today it is one of the most beautiful Baroque palaces in Austria and through its opulent rooms tells the story of this ancient lineage.
Toscana
Apuan Alps, what to see: 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 02/08/2022
What to see in the Apuan Alps: 10 must-see places in the mountains in northern Tuscany.
Liguria
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Liguria
ByRedazione | 02/08/2022
Fourteenth leg of our journey through Italian museums to discover fantastic animals and creatures: let's find out today what's hiding in Liguria.
San Marino
San Marino, what to see: 10 places not to miss in the Republic of Titan
ByRedazione | 28/07/2022
What to see in San Marino: the 10 places to visit in and around the capital of the small Titan Republic.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
On Pasolini's trail in Friuli, from Casarsa della Delizia to Grado
ByRedazione | 28/07/2022
Itinerary in the footsteps of Pier Paolo Pasolini in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: some places are still intimately linked to the life and education of one of the greatest poets and intellectuals of the 20th century.
Calabria
Animals and fantastic places in the museums of Italy: Calabria
ByRedazione | 26/07/2022
New stop on our journey among museums in Italy to discover fantastic animals and creatures: here's what we found in Calabria.
Austria
Not only Salzburg. Vienna also has a Mozart House.
ByRedazione | 22/07/2022
Mozart's House is not only located in Salzburg. The famous composer also lived in Vienna and the largest, most distinguished and most expensive apartment Mozart ever lived in can still be visited.
Austria
The Vienna House of Music: an immersive and playful journey into the world of sound
ByRedazione | 19/07/2022
In the center of Vienna, it is possible to visit the House of Music (Haus der Musik), a sound museum inside which visitors are invited on a journey into the world of music, including workshops and immersive experiences.
Marche
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Marche
ByRedazione | 19/07/2022
Marche is the twelfth stop on our journey to discover fantastic animals and creatures in Italian museums. A project in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture.
Veneto
Animals and fantastic places in the museums of Italy: Veneto
ByRedazione | 12/07/2022
Eleventh leg of the journey to discover animals, creatures and fantastic places in Italian museums: today we go among the museums of Veneto.
Sicilia
Selinunte, what to see: 11 stops at the archaeological site
ByRedazione | 12/07/2022
What to see in Selinunte: Here is an 11-stop must-see itinerary of the archaeological site, a piece of Greece in Sicily.
Puglia
Tremiti Islands, what to see: 7 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 11/07/2022
What to see in the Tremiti Islands: not only sea, but also art and history in a 7-step itinerary.
Lombardia
Franciacorta, what to see: itinerary in 10 steps
ByRedazione | 06/07/2022
What to see in Franciacorta: among vineyards, villages and art, a 10-step itinerary.
Basilicata
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Basilicata
ByRedazione | 05/07/2022
Tenth leg of our journey through Italian museums to discover animals and fantastic places: we set off for Basilicata.
Umbria
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Umbria
ByRedazione | 28/06/2022
The ninth leg of our trip to Italy to discover animals and fantastic places in museums, we travel to Umbria today to see what's hiding in the region's museums.
Emilia-Romagna
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Emilia Romagna
ByRedazione | 21/06/2022
The journey through Italy to discover animals and fantastic places in museums across the peninsula continues. Here we are in Emilia Romagna, the eighth stop on the itinerary.
Austria
Esterházy Palace and the St. Margarethen Quarry: two treasures of Burgenland, Austria
ByRedazione | 20/06/2022
Eisenstadt, in the Burgenland region of Austria, is home to two outstanding treasures: the Esterházy Palace, one of the country's most beautiful Baroque castles, and the St. Margarethen Quarry, one of the oldest stone quarries in Europe.
Veneto
Soave, what to see: 8 places in the Veronese village
ByRedazione | 17/06/2022
What to see in Soave, a village in the Verona area famous for its wine. An eight-stage itinerary through history and art.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Friuli-Venezia Giulia
ByRedazione | 14/06/2022
Seventh leg of the journey through Italian museums to discover animals and fantastic places. Today in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Basilicata
Venosa, what to see: 10 places in the city of Horace
ByRedazione | 12/06/2022
What to see in Venosa, the city of Horace, a center of ancient origins: a 10-step itinerary.
Piemonte
The castles of the Vercelli area, places of charm and history: which ones to see
ByRedazione | 09/06/2022
The territory of Vercelli is dotted with ancient and wonderful castles, usually surrounded by nature. Here are which ones to see.
Toscana
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Tuscany
ByRedazione | 07/06/2022
Sixth leg of the journey to discover fantastic animals in Italian museums: we go to Tuscany. Jellyfish, sphinxes, centaurs, assorted fantastic creatures await you in the region's museums!
Lazio
Vatican Museums, what to see: the museums of the popes in 10 steps
ByRedazione | 06/06/2022
What to see at the Vatican Museums, the great museum complex of the popes: a 10-step itinerary.
Calabria
Pollino Park, what to see: 10 stops among villages, art and nature
ByRedazione | 02/06/2022
What to see in Pollino Park: a 10-step itinerary of villages, art and nature.
Molise
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Molise
ByRedazione | 31/05/2022
Fifth leg of the journey through Italy's museums to discover animals and fantastic places: today it's Molise's turn. A project of Finestre Sull'Arte in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture.
Lazio
Tuscia, what to see: journey in 10 must-see stops
ByRedazione | 30/05/2022
What to see in Tuscia, between Viterbo and Tarquinia: a trip to 10 must-see places.
Toscana
Chianti, what to see: 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 26/05/2022
What to see in Chianti: not only wine, but splendid villages, art treasures, landscapes among the most beautiful in Italy. Here are 10 must-see places.
Lombardia
Lake Varese, what to see: 10 must-see places
ByRedazione | 25/05/2022
What to see on Lake Varese: a ten-step itinerary among art, nature and villages.
Piemonte
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Piedmont
ByRedazione | 24/05/2022
Sphinxes, sea monsters, winged horses and more: we discover the fantastic animals in Piedmont's museums.
Campania
Underground Naples: how to see it, what to see, which sites to visit
ByRedazione | 23/05/2022
There is another Naples, an underground Naples made of tunnels, galleries, aqueducts, catacombs: here is what to see and how.
Toscana
Colonnata, what to see in the village of lard and marble
ByRedazione | 22/05/2022
What to see in Colonnata, a village in the mountains of Carrara, near the marble quarries, famous for its lard.
Lazio
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Lazio
ByRedazione | 17/05/2022
From Andersen's centaurs to Luca Longhi's unicorn, from the monsters of Bomarzo to the wolf-man of the Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia: a journey among the fantastic creatures of Lazio. A Finestre Sull'Arte project in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture.
Piemonte
Vercelli, five beautiful parishes surrounded by rice fields
ByRedazione | 12/05/2022
The Vercelli area is famous for rice cultivation: this activity has led, over the centuries, to the birth of many small rural villages, where ancient churches and parish churches stand. In this article we present five of them of great charm.
Campania
Animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums: Campania
ByRedazione | 10/05/2022
From Naples to Paestum, Pompeii to the Reggia di Caserta: fantastic animals in Campania's museums.
Lombardia
Animals and fantastic places in the museums of Italy: Lombardy
ByRedazione | 03/05/2022
The journey through animals and fantastic places in Italian museums begins. We start in Lombardy: from the Pinacoteca di Brera to the frescoes of Palazzo Teglio, from Palazzo Ducale in Mantua to the Certosa di Pavia.
Lazio
Lake Turano, what to see: five-step itinerary
ByRedazione | 19/04/2022
What to see on Lake Turano, Lazio, near Rieti: a five-stop itinerary not to be missed.
Sicilia
Val di Noto, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 10/04/2022
What to see in Val di Noto: among baroque cities, an itinerary of ten must-see places.
Lombardia
San Pellegrino Terme, what to see: five-step itinerary
ByRedazione | 09/04/2022
Not just water: San Pellegrino Terme is also known for its architectural gems. Here is what to see, five-step itinerary.
Piemonte
Bernardino Lanino, protagonist of the Piedmontese Renaissance. Works in Vercelli and Valsesia.
ByRedazione | 07/04/2022
Bernardino Lanino was one of the leading Renaissance artists in Piedmont. Here is where to find his works in the area in an itinerary between Vercelli and Valsesia.
Lombardia
Villages on Lake Garda, which ones to see: 10-step itinerary
ByRedazione | 31/03/2022
Which are the most beautiful villages on Lake Garda? Here are which ones to see: a 10-step itinerary in three regions.
Toscana
Maremma, what to see: 10 villages not to be missed
ByRedazione | 30/03/2022
What to see in Maremma: an itinerary through 10 must-see villages.
Toscana
Mount Amiata, what to see: itinerary in 10 steps
ByRedazione | 26/03/2022
What to see in the lands of Mount Amiata: a 10-step itinerary in this lesser-known corner of Tuscany.
Marche
Conero, what to see: itinerary in 10 steps
ByRedazione | 21/03/2022
What to see on the Conero Riviera: a 10-step itinerary of villages and art.
Toscana
San Miniato, what to see: 8 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 20/03/2022
What to see in San Miniato, one of the most beautiful cities in Tuscany: an itinerary of eight must-see places.
Lombardia
Valtellina, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 18/03/2022
What to see in Valtellina: itinerary in 10 places among nature, villages and art.
Marche
Sibillini Mountains, what to see: 10 stops among villages, nature and art
ByRedazione | 17/03/2022
What to see in the Sibillini Mountains, one of the most beautiful places in central Italy: a 10-stage journey through villages, nature, art.
Toscana
Getting to know the Etruscan princes. An itinerary from Chianti to Valdichiana
ByRedazione | 14/03/2022
The province of Siena contains numerous records of the life of Etruscan princes. An itinerary in the museums of the area, from Chianti to Valdichiana via Val di Merse.
Sicilia
What to see in the Aeolian Islands. 10 must-see stops
ByRedazione | 13/03/2022
Aeolian Islands, what to see: a 10-stop trip not to be missed among nature, museums and villages.
Piemonte
Discovering the Mastallone Valley: what to see among art and culture
ByRedazione | 12/03/2022
The Mastallone Valley is one of the three main valleys of Valsesia, along with Valgrande and Valsermenza. An itinerary of places to discover, including art and culture.
Emilia-Romagna
Po Delta, what to see: journey in 10 stages
ByRedazione | 12/03/2022
What to see on the Po Delta: a journey to discover 10 must-see places.
Lazio
Lake Bracciano, what to see: 10 must-see stops
ByRedazione | 11/03/2022
What to see on Lake Bracciano: a trip to 10 must-see places.
Campania
Paestum, what to see: the 8 must-see stops
ByRedazione | 07/03/2022
What to see in Paestum: here are the 8 must-see stops during one's visit to the archaeological site.
Lombardia
Lake Iseo, what to see: 10 stops not to be missed
ByRedazione | 06/03/2022
What to see on Lake Iseo: here are 10 places to visit, must-see stops during a stay.
Sicilia
Western Sicily, what to see: 10 towns and villages not to be missed
ByRedazione | 05/03/2022
What to see in Western Sicily: 10 towns and villages to visit and not to be missed.
Puglia
Santa Maria di Leuca, what to see: 5 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 04/03/2022
What to see in Santa Maria di Leuca: 5 places to visit at the tip of the boot.
Puglia
Salento, what to see: 10 places to visit in and around Lecce
ByRedazione | 03/03/2022
What to see in Salento: here are 10 must-see places in and around Lecce.
Veneto
Euganean Hills, what to see: 10 places to visit
ByRedazione | 01/03/2022
What to see in the Euganean Hills: 10 places to visit including villages, art, museums, castles, villas.
Campania
Cilento, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 27/02/2022
What to see in Cilento: 10 places not to miss, including art, villages, nature, archaeological sites.
Puglia
Gargano, what to see: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 25/02/2022
What to see in the Gargano: the Park, ancient churches, museums and more. 10 places not to be missed.
Ucraina
Ukraine has seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Here are what they are
ByRedazione | 24/02/2022
Ukraine is also a very important land in terms of culture. There are seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites in its territory. Here are what they are.
Lazio
Lake Bolsena, what to see: 10 places not to miss
ByRedazione | 24/02/2022
What to see on Lake Bolsena, here are 10 places not to miss: villages, churches, museums, archaeological parks.
Sicilia
Modica, what to see: 10 places in the baroque city
ByRedazione | 23/02/2022
What to see in Modica: 10 places not to miss while visiting the city, among the major Baroque centers of the Val di Noto.
Toscana
Perfumes, mirrors and jewelry: the beauty of the Etruscan woman in Siena's museums
ByRedazione | 22/02/2022
Etruscan women loved to take care of their bodies and spent a lot of time making themselves beautiful. The archaeological museums of the Sienese Museums Foundation hold several objects that testify to this. Here is a Sienese itinerary to discover the beauty of the Etruscan woman.
Piemonte
Langhe, what to see: 10 destinations among ancient and contemporary art and landscapes
ByRedazione | 21/02/2022
What to see in the Langhe: 10 destinations to compose a beautiful itinerary among ancient and contemporary art masterpieces, landscapes and lots of wine.
Umbria
Lake Trasimeno, what to see: 10 places of art
ByRedazione | 19/02/2022
What to see on Lake Trasimeno among villages, frescoed palaces, ancient churches, museums: 10 places not to be missed.
Piemonte
Lake Maggiore, what to see among art and villages: 10 places not to be missed
ByRedazione | 18/02/2022
What to see on Lake Maggiore: here are ten places not to be missed. Castles, villas, wonderful villages, churches with art treasures.
Campania
What to see on the Amalfi Coast: 10 art treasures between Amalfi and Ravello
ByRedazione | 17/02/2022
What to see on the Amalfi Coast if you are an art lover: not only sights and landscapes but treasures of great value.
Lombardia
What to see on Lake Como: 10 places among basilicas and art treasures
ByRedazione | 16/02/2022
Lake Como is not only a glamorous desination but also a place rich in art. Here are 10 must-see stops to discover the artistic and cultural treasures of the Lario.
Lombardia
What to see on Lake Garda: 10 artful destinations
ByRedazione | 15/02/2022
The shores of Lake Garda are rich in art: here are ten places to see on a trip.
Piemonte
Val Grande churches: four little-known art treasures in the Vercelli area
ByRedazione | 12/02/2022
Churches in the Val Grande, the largest of the Valsesia valleys, preserve an extraordinary artistic heritage: here is an itinerary to discover four wonderful churches in the area.
Toscana
Siena, an itinerary through the places of memory
ByRedazione | 31/01/2022
From the Ghetto to the Rooms of Remembrance, from the Synagogue to the Stumbling Stones, in Siena an itinerary through the places of memory to remember the tragedy of the Holocaust as seen from the Tuscan city.
Toscana
Real and fantastic animals in the lands of Siena: itinerary to discover the Sienese bestiary
ByRedazione | 18/01/2022
In the lands of Siena it is possible to find depicted many species of animals in sculptures, paintings or in objects. An itinerary to discover an all-Sienese bestiary, on the trail of fantastic and non-fantastic animals from Prehistory to the present day.
Austria
Maria Lassnig's Self-Portrait narrated by Peter Assmann
ByRedazione | 29/12/2021
Innsbruck Tiroler Landesmuseen director Peter Assmann discusses Maria Lassnig's Self-Portrait in a short video. The painting is kept at the Ferdinandeum and is about everyone's awareness of their own body.
Austria
Peter Assmann narrates Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Josef Pembauer.
ByRedazione | 19/12/2021
The director of the Tiroler Landesmuseen in Innsbruck, Peter Assmann, talks about Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Josef Pembauer in a short video. The painting is preserved in the Ferdinandeum.
Toscana
An itinerary in Val d'Orcia in the footsteps of Pope Pius II, great humanist of the 15th century
ByRedazione | 16/12/2021
An itinerary between Pienza and the Val d'Orcia in the footsteps of Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Piccolomini, one of the greatest humanists of the 15th century.
Austria
Angelika Kauffmann's Self-Portrait in the words of the director of the Tiroler Landesmuseen
ByRedazione | 11/12/2021
Director of the Tiroler Landesmuseen in Innsbruck, Peter Assmann, talks in a short video about Angelika Kauffmann's Self-Portrait preserved at the Ferdinandeum.
Austria
Bernardo Strozzi's Portrait of Monteverdi narrated by the director of the Tiroler Landesmuseen
ByRedazione | 05/12/2021
The director of the Tiroler Landesmuseen in Innsbruck, Peter Assmann, talks in a short video about the Portrait of Claudio Monteverdi made by Bernardo Strozzi and preserved in the Ferdinandeum.
Austria
Innsbruck city of art: 5 museums to learn about art in the capital of Tyrol
ByRedazione | 01/12/2021
Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol and the fifth largest city in Austria, is also a wonderful city of art, full of magnificent artworks and monuments, as well as museums: in this itinerary we look at five museums to learn about all the art in Innsbruck.
Toscana
The fifteenth century in San Gimignano: works and artists between Florence and Siena
ByRedazione | 30/11/2021
San Gimignano is known for its extraordinary history related to the 14th century, but even in the following century it experienced intense artistic activity: in the 15th century there were many artists, both Sienese and Florentine, active in the city. An itinerary to discover the fifteenth century in San Gimignano.
Umbria
Assisi, an itinerary in 15 works to learn about St. Francis through art
ByRedazione | 29/11/2021
Discover the life and works of St. Francis through works of art: here is a 15-step itinerary, corresponding to as many works, to do in Assisi.
Italia
Where to see Andrea Mantegna's works in Italy. Journey through 11 cities
ByRedazione | 27/11/2021
There are many cities in Italy where you can see works by Andrea Mantegna, some of them still in the places for which they were intended. Here is a journey in 11 stages.
Lombardia
The Renaissance in Milan: 10 places to see in the city
ByRedazione | 20/11/2021
Milan is one of the capitals of the Italian Renaissance, although it may not seem like it: here are 10 places to see to learn about Renaissance art in the center of the Lombard capital.
Toscana
10 quiet places to see in Florence off the beaten path of mass tourism
ByRedazione | 13/11/2021
Are you in Florence but already tired of mass tourism? No problem: Here are 10 quiet places to see with no queues and little crowds, but plenty of masterpieces.
Lombardia
10 little-known gems of art and history to see in and around Mantua
ByRedazione | 09/11/2021
Mantua, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, is known for the Ducal Palace, Palazzo Te, and the Basilica of Sant'Andrea. But the city and province have true hidden, little-known and wonderful treasures to offer. We have chosen ten of them to suggest for a trip.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Art in Val di Fiemme: 10 places to see
ByRedazione | 19/10/2021
Not only mountain tourism and winter sports: Val di Fiemme, in Trentino, is also an art destination. Here are 10 places to see to discover art in Val di Fiemme.
Piemonte
In the footsteps of Gaudenzio Ferrari, in Piedmont between Valduggia, Vercelli and Varallo
ByRedazione | 18/10/2021
Gaudenzio Ferrari was one of the greatest 16th-century artists in northern Italy and is the true genius loci of the Vercelli area: some of his most important works are preserved in the Vercelli area. Here is an itinerary between Valduggia, Vercelli and Varallo to discover them.
Toscana
Art in Livorno: 10 places to visit in the city
ByRedazione | 17/10/2021
Livorno, one of the least considered cities in Tuscany in terms of art, actually has a lot to offer those who love art and culture. Here are 10 places (among many) to visit.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Discovering Friuli Venezia Giulia at low cost: the benefits of the FVGcard
ByRedazione | 04/10/2021
The FVG card is a digital named card that allows free entry to affiliated facilities and special discounts to discover the beauty and treasures of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Available is the FVGcard 48h and the FVGcard 1 week or the FVGcard Aquileia. Discover the boasts
Emilia-Romagna
10 places to see in Parma during Mercanteinfiera
ByRedazione | 22/09/2021
From October 2-10, 2021, Parma will host the 40th edition of Mercanteinfiera, the traditional event of antiques, collectibles and historical design. A chance to discover the city: here are 10 places not to be missed.
Liguria
Art in the Cinque Terre: 10 places to see between Riomaggiore and Monterosso al Mare
ByRedazione | 16/09/2021
The Cinque Terre are famous for their beautiful views, but there is also a lot of art in the five villages of eastern Liguria: here are 10 places to see!
Lombardia
Contemporary art in Milan: 10 places (plus 1) to visit in the city
ByRedazione | 13/09/2021
Where to find great contemporary art in Milan? Here's a tour among 10 places (plus one) in the city!
Lombardia
Ten archaeological areas and parks to see in Lombardy
ByRedazione | 06/09/2021
From the Alps to the Po Valley, Lombardy is a region rich in archaeological sites. Here are ten areas and parks to see in the region for an archaeological itinerary.
Inghilterra
All the creativity of human beings in one museum: the Victoria & Albert Museum in London
ByRedazione | 11/07/2021
Can a single museum encapsulate all the creativity of human beings throughout five thousand years of history? That is precisely the goal of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Belgio
The Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Ghent, the oldest museum in Belgium
ByRedazione | 02/07/2021
The oldest museum in Belgium is the Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Ghent, Flanders: it was opened in the late 18th century and houses one of the country's most interesting art collections.
Spagna
The Prado in Madrid, the museum born from the collections of the kings of Spain
ByRedazione | 01/07/2021
With more than three million visitors a year, the Prado Museum in Madrid is one of the world's most visited museums, home to a vast collection as well as the most important collection of Spanish art in existence.
Germania
The Pergamonmuseum in Berlin, the home of the great Pergamon altar
ByRedazione | 30/06/2021
The Pergamonmuseum, at the center of Berlin's Museum Island, is one of the world's best-known museums of antiquities and home to the great and spectacular Pergamon altar, a masterpiece of Hellenistic art.
Francia
A museum inside a station: the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the home of the Impressionists
ByRedazione | 29/06/2021
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris is a unique museum housed inside a large former train station, but it is above all the home of the Impressionists: the world's most important collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art is here.
Paesi Bassi
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, a museum entirely dedicated to the work of Vincent van Gogh
ByRedazione | 28/06/2021
It is among the most visited museums in the world and perhaps the most famous dedicated to a single artist: it is the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, home to the world's largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh.
Portogallo
The Castle of the Moors in Sintra, the ancient medieval fortress that dominates the Portuguese city
ByRedazione | 27/06/2021
The Moors' Castle of Sintra, a fortress overlooking the Portuguese city near Lisbon, dates back to the time when the Arabs ruled the Iberian Peninsula and is now one of Portugal's most popular destinations.
Austria
Schoenbrunn Palace, the magnificent Habsburg residence from Eleanor Gonzaga to Sissi
ByRedazione | 26/06/2021
Schoenbrunn Palace, the magnificent residence just outside the center of Vienna, is one of the symbols of the Habsburg monarchy with its five-hundred-year history.
Croazia
Zagreb's amazing Archaeological Museum, home to the longest Etruscan text in existence
ByRedazione | 25/06/2021
The Zagreb Archaeological Museum may be little known, but it is one of the most interesting archaeological institutes in Europe: it boasts a collection of 450,000 items including such extraordinary finds as the longest known Etruscan text, the Vučedol dove, and other works.
Svezia
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden's third largest museum, between Rubens and Van Gogh
ByRedazione | 24/06/2021
The Göteborgs Konstmuseum is the third largest museum in Sweden and houses an extensive collection from the 15th century to the present, with masterpieces by Rubens, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Picasso and many Nordic artists.
Polonia
The Czartoryski Museum in Kraków, the home of Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine
ByRedazione | 23/06/2021
The Czartoryski Museum in Kraków is probably the most famous museum in Poland: in fact, it is the institution that houses one of the great masterpieces of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine.
Stati Uniti
Visiting the USA and its museums: how to apply for ESTA?
ByRedazione | 22/06/2021
To go to the U.S. and visit its cities and museums, you need to apply for ESTA in advance. What is it all about? Who has to apply for it? How quickly can it be obtained? All the info in this article.
Repubblica Ceca
Prague Castle, the ancient complex that is among the largest castles in the world
ByRedazione | 22/06/2021
Prague Castle, located on a hill overlooking the capital of the Czech Republic, is famous for being one of the largest castles in the world. And today it is also a national symbol.
Russia
The Hermitage in St. Petersburg: five buildings, one of the world's largest art collections
ByRedazione | 21/06/2021
The Hermitage in St. Petersburg is a museum that needs little introduction: spread over five buildings, it contains one of the world's largest art collections.
Galles
Cardiff Castle, where the Middle Ages and the 19th century coexist harmoniously
ByRedazione | 20/06/2021
Cardiff Castle is the best-known monument in the capital of Wales: it is a fortress with two thousand years of history, and which also retains a sumptuous Victorian soul.
Slovacchia
The Slovenská Národná Galéria: a museum on several locations to tell the story of all Slovak art
ByRedazione | 19/06/2021
Spread over several locations throughout the country, the Slovenská Národná Galéria, or Slovak National Gallery, is a very young but ambitious museum: it wants to tell the whole story of Slovakia's art and continue to follow its development.
Finlandia
A museum--in which 800 people live. Suomenlinna Fortress in Helsinki
ByRedazione | 18/06/2021
The Suomenlinna Fortress in Helsinki, one of the symbols of Finland's capital, is much more than a collection of museums: it is a highly articulated complex as well as a living community inhabited by 800 people.
Veneto
Five spectacular churches to see for free in Venice
ByRedazione | 17/06/2021
There are many churches in Venice where you pay a ticket to enter, but there are also some spectacular houses of worship, filled with masterpieces, where you can enter for free. Let's take a look at five of them!
Ungheria
The Szépművészeti Múzeum in Budapest, Hungary's largest art museum
ByRedazione | 17/06/2021
The Szépművészeti Múzeum (Museum of Fine Arts) in Budapest is the largest art museum in Hungary: founded in 1896, it houses important masterpieces, including by Italian artists, from Raphael to Correggio.
Piemonte
Piedmont: 13 places to see in Stura Valley, including culture, art and nature
ByRedazione | 16/06/2021
The Stura di Demonte Valley, nestled in the Alps, is one of the most beautiful places in Piedmont: let's take a look at 13 places to visit in this area of Piedmont for a journey through culture, art and nature.
Scozia
The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, the official residence of British kings in Scotland
ByRedazione | 16/06/2021
Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the sovereigns of the United Kingdom during their stays in Scotland, and has long been the palace of Scottish kings. It has very ancient origins and today stands in its 17th-century appearance.
Macedonia del Nord
Stobi, the ancient capital of Macedonia Salutaris, an important Macedonian archaeological site
ByRedazione | 15/06/2021
The city of Stobi, the ancient capital of the Roman province of Macedonia Salutaris, is one of the most important archaeological sites in North Macedonia.
Danimarca
The Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen: the largest art museum in Denmark
ByRedazione | 14/06/2021
Denmark's largest art museum: the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen and its masterpieces, from Mantegna to Matisse, Titian to Picasso.
Svizzera
The engaging Tinguely Museum in Basel, the institution where Jean Tinguely's work lives on
ByRedazione | 13/06/2021
It is one of the most immersive museums there is: it is the Tinguely Museum in Basel, home to the world's most important collection of works by Jean Tinguely, the extraordinary kinetic artist who created works that could move on their own.
Turchia
Topkapı Palace, the huge palace of the Ottoman sultans in Istanbul
ByRedazione | 12/06/2021
Topkapı Palace, which stands on the promontory overlooking Istanbul, is the former residence of the Ottoman sultans, but it is not like all the residences of European rulers: it is a very diverse and uneven complex.
Toscana
A journey into the sculpture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance: the Bargello Museum in Florence
ByRedazione | 11/06/2021
Home to one of the world's most important collections of medieval and Renaissance sculpture, the National Museum of the Bargello in Florence is a must-see on a tour of the city.
Piemonte
A new museum opens in Domodossola: the Gian Giacomo Galletti Civic Museums
ByRedazione | 31/05/2021
A new museum opens in Domodossola on June 18, 2021: they are the Gian Giacomo Galletti Civic Museums, open to the public after decades of construction. They include a natural science museum, an archaeological museum, an art gallery, a sacred art section and a graphic art section.
Piemonte
Alexandria and Napoleon: the places that tell the story of the Battle of Marengo
ByRedazione | 12/05/2021
The city of Alexandria and its surroundings are one of the most "Napoleonic" territories in Italy. Here are the places that tell of a crucial fact of Napoleon's epic, namely the Battle of Marengo on June 14, 1800.
Marche
A kilometer of mosaics: the artistic promenade of Marotta in the Marche region
ByRedazione | 09/05/2021
For the past few years, the town of Marotta in the Marche region has kicked off a project to decorate its waterfront with mosaics, which already cover one kilometer of promenade. And in the coming months hundreds more meters will be added.
Lazio
Places of Mannerism in Tuscia and the Viterbo area: five sites to see in two days
ByRedazione | 06/05/2021
Tuscia, or the territory that roughly corresponds to the current province of Viterbo, is home to several landmarks of Mannerism. Here are five sites to visit in two days.
Emilia-Romagna
Journey to Byzantine Ravenna: five places to see in two days
ByRedazione | 22/04/2021
Finestre Sull'Arte's travels continue: we discover Byzantine Ravenna through five must-see places to see in two days.
Lombardia
The Leonardeschi: five museums in Milan to learn about their masterpieces
ByRedazione | 01/04/2021
Five museums to see in two days in Milan to learn about the masterpieces of the Leonardeschi, the artists of Leonardo da Vinci's circle.
Liguria
Ancient art in San Remo: five places to see in the city, in two days
ByRedazione | 04/03/2021
Sanremo is not just about the Festival: here is an itinerary to discover unexpected and very interesting pieces of ancient art in the city, in a five-step itinerary to be completed in two days.
Campania
Medieval art masterpieces on the Amalfi Coast: five places in two days
ByRedazione | 11/02/2021
Discovering the medieval Amalfi Coast: five must-see places to see in and around Amalfi in a weekend.
Lazio
Raphael's works in Rome: five places to see in two days
ByRedazione | 04/02/2021
What are the works of Raphael to see in Rome? For our weekend travel format, let's find out what Urbinate's masterpieces to see in five places in the capital over two days.
Sicilia
The spectacle of Baroque in Palermo: five churches to see in two days in the city
ByRedazione | 28/01/2021
Five churches to see in two days in Palermo, so as not to miss the spectacle of Baroque art in the capital of Sicily.
Toscana
Five places in Tuscany to see lesser-known works by Michelangelo in two days
ByRedazione | 21/01/2021
In this new installment of the "Five Places in Two Days" format, we discover five sites in Tuscany where you can admire some lesser-known masterpieces by the great Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Emilia-Romagna
Works by Parmigianino in five places in and around Parma to see in two days
ByRedazione | 14/01/2021
An itinerary in and around Parma, to be accomplished in two days, to discover the works of Parmigianino in the city and its territory.
Lombardia
Five places to learn about Giulio Romano in and around Mantua in two days
ByRedazione | 09/01/2021
An itinerary for discovering Giulio Romano in Mantua, in five of the city's best-known places that are inextricably linked to the name of the great 16th-century artist.
Toscana
Volterra's Amphitheater: discoveries from the most astounding archaeological excavation of 2020
ByRedazione | 29/12/2020
It will be remembered as the archaeological excavation of 2020: the Volterra Amphitheater, discovered in 2015, has been thoroughly excavated since 2019 and this year revealed outstanding discoveries.
Svizzera
Zentrum Paul Klee, the world's largest collection of the artist in Renzo Piano's Three Hills
ByRedazione | 25/11/2020
Bern is home to the museum that brings together the world's largest collection of Paul Klee's works-a cultural center suitable for all ages nestled in an agricultural area.
Toscana
Coreglia, the ancient village of emigrants who brought plaster figurines to the world
ByRedazione | 20/11/2020
The village of Coreglia Antelminelli in the Middle Serchio Valley is famous for two things: plaster figurines and emigration. And they are closely linked. A journey through the village that has taken the "figurines" created by its inhabitants into the world.
Toscana
Poppi, between hermitages and castles in the silent forests of Casentino
ByRedazione | 12/11/2020
A trip to the village of Poppi, the "capital" of Casentino, in a silent land of Romanesque parish churches, hermitages, castles, literary, artistic and fairy-tale suggestions.
Svizzera
Winterthur, the heart of Swiss photography, between past, contemporary and experimental
ByRedazione | 11/11/2020
In Switzerland, photography has a name, that of the city of Winterthur, home to one of Europe's most important photography museums, the Fotozentrum.
Toscana
Barga, the town of two sunsets: a little mountain Florence
ByRedazione | 05/11/2020
Barga is a richly evocative place: medieval art, elegant Renaissance palaces, the village dear to Giovanni Pascoli. A tour of the town in the Middle Serchio Valley.
Toscana
As in a fifteenth-century painting: Cetona, the village beloved by Berenson
ByRedazione | 29/10/2020
The great Bernard Berenson said that there are only two places in Italy that have preserved the spirit of the 15th century: Asolo in the Veneto region and Cetona in Tuscany. Cetona, in particular, is in an area that has changed little over time. And the same is true of the village.
Svizzera
A museum in constant change: the MAMCO in Geneva
ByRedazione | 28/10/2020
MAMCO in Geneva is one of the most interesting contemporary art museums in Switzerland and beyond, organized with a decidedly interesting formula. Here are what new things it offers.
Toscana
Casole d'Elsa, ten centuries of art in the hills of Siena
ByRedazione | 22/10/2020
The journey through the villages of Tuscany continues with Casole d'Elsa, a place where art and nature have been inextricably linked for centuries.
Toscana
A trek through art, nature and foliage in the Casentino Forests towards Camaldoli
ByRedazione | 19/10/2020
A trekking route just right for autumn and suitable for those who love both art and nature: the Casentino Forests and the monastery and hermitage of Camaldoli.
Toscana
Pienza, the ideal city of the 15th century born at the behest of a pope
ByRedazione | 15/10/2020
Pienza is known to be the ideal city of the 15th century: it is the result of the rearrangement of an ancient village, Corsignano, based on the most up-to-date ideas of Renaissance town planning.
Toscana
Calci, from the splendors and rigors of the Charterhouse to the marbles of the Romanesque parish church
ByRedazione | 08/10/2020
Discovering the village of Calci, in the Gracious Valley, an important religious center thanks to the presence of the Charterhouse and a relevant Romanesque parish church.
Toscana
Palazzuolo sul Senio, a remote piece of Romagna in the mountains of Tuscany
ByRedazione | 30/09/2020
In Tuscany there is a strip of land that is already Romagna. And one of its villages is Palazzuolo sul Senio. We discover it in this article.
Toscana
Lucignano, a medieval castle in the Chiana Valley countryside
ByRedazione | 24/09/2020
A visit to the village of Lucignano, in the province of Arezzo, which still retains its layout as a medieval fortified village and where there are valuable works of art, including the famous Lucignano tree.
Toscana
Collodi, the ancient and steep village of Pinocchio
ByRedazione | 16/09/2020
Everyone knows Pinocchio, but perhaps not everyone knows the village where its author, Carlo Lorenzini, grew up: it is Collodi, a place so dear to the writer that it became his pseudonym.
Svizzera
Ten must-see villages in Switzerland
ByRedazione | 16/09/2020
In the mountains, among verdant valleys, dotted with ancient bell towers and medieval castles: here are ten villages to visit in Switzerland.
Toscana
Loro Ciuffenna: in Valdarno among hills dotted with Romanesque churches
ByRedazione | 10/09/2020
The village of Loro Ciuffenna is located in the Arezzo Valdarno, in an area dotted with Romanesque parish churches. The oldest mill in Tuscany is located here, and there is also considerable artistic evidence here, from the Romanesque to the 20th century.
Toscana
The village of Montescudaio, an ancient terrace overlooking the Cecina Valley and the sea
ByRedazione | 03/09/2020
Located at the beginning of the Cecina Valley, the village of Montescudaio, in the province of Pisa, is a quiet piece of Tuscany untouched by mass tourism.
Toscana
Buonconvento, the "happy place" in the center of the Arbia valley, in the Crete Senesi
ByRedazione | 27/08/2020
The village of Buonconvento, in the center of the Arbia valley, has a name that means 'happy place' in Latin. And indeed, visiting it confirms its etymon.
Marche
Cingoli, in the Marche hills where Lorenzo Lotto and a pope meet.
ByRedazione | 25/08/2020
Journey to the village of Cingoli, Marche, famous for Lorenzo Lotto's extraordinary altarpiece but not only.
Toscana
Montaione, a mystical village in the woods of the Florentine Valdelsa
ByRedazione | 19/08/2020
Nestled in the woods of the Valdelsa Fiorentina, the ancient village of Montaione is the site of Tuscany's only sacred mountain, the Jerusalem of San Vivaldo.
Umbria
Melancholy serenity: Spello, the Roman, medieval and Renaissance village
ByRedazione | 18/08/2020
A trip to Spello, a village of Roman origin, for a journey through the Middle Ages and Renaissance among masterpieces of art history.
Toscana
Pitigliano, the little Jerusalem "fantastic appearance in the tranquility of the landscape"
ByRedazione | 13/08/2020
Rising on a high spur of tuff is the village of Pitigliano in Maremma: the geographer Bertarelli had called it, a "fantastic apparition in the tranquility of the landscape." But the village is also home to an ancient Jewish community.
Toscana
The two lives of Populonia, ancient land of iron
ByRedazione | 06/08/2020
Populonia, a splendid village overlooking the Gulf of Baratti from above, was one of the most prosperous Etruscan cities. Fallen, it managed to be reborn.
Toscana
Certaldo, a piece of the Middle Ages in Boccaccio's hometown
ByRedazione | 30/07/2020
Discovering the town of Certaldo, Tuscany, the birthplace of the great Giovanni Boccaccio.
Toscana
Anghiari, the village of battle amid Renaissance masterpieces and street dining
ByRedazione | 24/07/2020
What lies hidden in the beautiful village of Anghiari, the hamlet known for the battle depicted by Leonardo. A journey of discovery.
Veneto
Montagnana, between medieval walls and Giorgionesque ghosts
ByRedazione | 20/07/2020
A trip to Montagnana, a village enclosed within its medieval walls, among the best examples in Europe.
Liguria
Tellaro, the "eternal song of the sea" that captivated David Herbert Lawrence
ByRedazione | 11/07/2020
A trip to the beautiful village of Tellaro, amid literary memories, in the southernmost part of Liguria.
Emilia-Romagna
On the square of Castell'Arquato. A journey through the Middle Ages in Emilia
ByRedazione | 07/07/2020
The village of Castell'Arquato, in the province of Piacenza, is one of the best preserved in Emilia. A brief journey through its alleys.
Sardegna
Pinuccio Sciola's Giardino Sonoro in Sardinia, the park where sculptures play
ByRedazione | 06/07/2020
In San Sperate, a few kilometers from Cagliari, Sardinia, you can visit Pinuccio Sciola's Sound Garden, the contemporary art park famous for its sounding sculptures.
Lazio
There is a fairy tale town in Tuscia all decorated with street art works
ByRedazione | 01/07/2020
Sant'Angelo di Roccalvecce, in the province of Viterbo, is the Land of Fairy Tales: street art works decorate the walls of the small village.
Emilia-Romagna
Toscana
Art in parks: 10 outdoor contemporary art collections to see in Tuscany
ByRedazione | 25/06/2020
Tuscany is a land of contemporary art: we discover ten outdoor art collections to see in as many parks scattered throughout the region.
Toscana
10 beautiful artist parks to visit in Tuscany
ByRedazione | 20/06/2020
Sculptures that play with the wind, monumental giants, works immersed in nature, beautiful landscapes: Tuscany is a land of contemporary art, where man dialogues with nature. And where many contemporary artists have created splendid sculpture parks.
Toscana
Ten archaeological sites to see in Tuscany, including Etruscans, Romans and the early Middle Ages
ByRedazione | 12/06/2020
Discovering ten archaeological areas to visit in Tuscany, including Etruscan sites, Roman sites and early medieval sites.
Fiandre
St. Peter's Church in Leuven, a jewel of Brabant Gothic. In 12 stages
ByRedazione | 17/05/2020
St. Peter's Church in Leuven is one of the greatest masterpieces of Brabant Gothic. Let's discover it with a 12-step itinerary.
Puglia
Ten villages to visit in Puglia
ByRedazione | 08/05/2020
Travel to Puglia to discover ten wonderful villages to visit in this southern region.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Ten villages to visit in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
ByRedazione | 07/05/2020
A trip to this borderland to discover ten villages to visit in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Abruzzo
Ten villages to visit in Abruzzo
ByRedazione | 06/05/2020
From the Apennines to the coast, a trip to Abruzzo to discover ten must-visit villages in the region.
Marche
Ten villages to visit in the Marche region
ByRedazione | 05/05/2020
Into the heart of Italy to visit Le Marche in search of ten beautiful villages, in a new leg of our journey.
Fiandre
Getting to know the Flemish Renaissance... in Flanders: a journey in ten stages
ByRedazione | 04/05/2020
A ten-stage journey through Flanders to learn about the masters and masterpieces of the Flemish Renaissance.
Sardegna
Ten villages to visit in Sardinia
ByRedazione | 04/05/2020
A trip to Sardinia to discover ten must-see villages on the island.
Toscana
Ten villages to visit in Tuscany
ByRedazione | 03/05/2020
The journey in Italy continues and today's stop is Tuscany: here are ten villages to visit throughout the region.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Ten villages to visit in Trentino-Alto Adige
ByRedazione | 02/05/2020
Journey to Italy's northernmost region to discover ten must-visit villages among the wonders of Trentino-Alto Adige.
Campania
Ten villages to visit in Campania
ByRedazione | 30/04/2020
Still traveling among the villages of Italy, discovering ten must-see locations in the lands of Campania, between sea and mountains.
Valle d'Aosta
Ten villages to visit in the Aosta Valley
ByRedazione | 30/04/2020
Aosta Valley is the new stop on our journey through Italy's most beautiful villages: here are ten to visit in the mountains.
Basilicata
Ten villages to visit in Basilicata
ByRedazione | 29/04/2020
A new installment of our journey through the villages of Italy takes us to Basilicata (or Lucania) to discover ten wonderful locations in the region.
Sicilia
Ten villages to visit in Sicily
ByRedazione | 28/04/2020
Sicily is the region we touch on in the latest installment of our journey to discover the villages of Italy.
Piemonte
Ten villages to visit in Piedmont
ByRedazione | 26/04/2020
Piedmont is the new stop on the journey to discover the villages of Italy: here are ten to visit in the region.
Lazio
Ten villages to visit in Lazio
ByRedazione | 25/04/2020
The trip to Italy continues with ten suggestions for villages to visit in Lazio.
Liguria
Ten villages to visit in Liguria
ByRedazione | 21/04/2020
Liguria is the star of this new roundup of villages to visit: here are ten villages throughout the region.
Molise
Ten villages to visit in Molise
ByRedazione | 19/04/2020
Our journey through the villages of Italy continues: here are ten ancient villages to see in Molise.
Emilia-Romagna
Ten villages to visit in Emilia Romagna
ByRedazione | 16/04/2020
New appointment with the ten villages to visit: this time, trip to Emilia Romagna.
Calabria
Ten villages to visit in Calabria
ByRedazione | 13/04/2020
Our journey along Italy continues, with ten villages to visit in Calabria.
Umbria
Ten villages to visit in Umbria
ByRedazione | 11/04/2020
Ten beautiful villages rich in art and history to visit in Umbria.
Veneto
Lombardia
Lazio
Bernini's Ecstasy of St. Teresa: the masterpiece in Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 24/05/2017
The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa is a masterpiece by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, dated 1647-1652, and is located in Rome in Santa Maria della Vittoria.
Lazio
Domenico Guidi's Dream of St. Joseph: the other theatrum sacrum of Santa Maria della Vittoria
ByFederico Giannini | 09/06/2017
The Dream of Saint Joseph by Domenico Guidi is a marble masterpiece by the artist from Carrara and is located in Rome in Santa Maria della Vittoria, in the Capocaccia Chapel.
Liguria
Filippo Parodi's sculptures at Villa Faraggiana: the spectacle of Baroque in wood
ByFederico Giannini | 16/06/2017
Filippo Parodi's wood carvings at Villa Faraggiana (Albissola Marina) are among the greatest masterpieces of Baroque sculpture in Liguria.
Liguria
The sea voyage according to Lucio Fontana: the ceramic panels of Conte Grande
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 10/09/2017
In 1949, Lucio Fontana made five ceramic panels for the transatlantic liner Conte Grande: the theme of the cycle is travel by sea from Europe to South America.
Toscana
Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Badia a Rofeno triptych: the extraordinary work of an innovative artist
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 17/09/2017
The Museo Civico di Palazzo Corboli in Asciano houses the Badia a Rofeno Triptych, an extraordinary work by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, who introduced several innovations.
Toscana
A medieval Buddhist fresco in Asciano's Palazzo Corboli
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 27/09/2017
In the Museo Civico of Palazzo Corboli in Asciano there is a fresco, by the Sienese Cristoforo di Bindoccio and Meo di Pero, depicting a legend of Buddhist origin.
Liguria
Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini in Genoa: an incredible initiatory journey into the park of wonders
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 13/10/2017
Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini in Genoa houses a wonderful park, which the patron conceived so that visitors could take an initiatory journey within it.
Toscana
The Sacred Mount of San Vivaldo, a miniature Jerusalem in the heart of Tuscany
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 29/10/2017
The Jerusalem of San Vivaldo in Montaione is a sacred mount in Tuscany that faithfully reproduces the holy places of Jerusalem. With several exciting terracotta sculptures.
Lazio
Amor Sacro and Amor Profano, the mystery of Titian's most famous painting
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 17/12/2017
Titian Vecellio's Amor Sacro e Amor Profano (1515, kept at the Galleria Borghese) is one of the most enigmatic and mysterious paintings in art history.
Toscana
Gerrit van Honthorst's wonderful nocturnal nativities preserved in the Uffizi.
ByIlaria Baratta | 25/12/2017
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence preserves two wonderful nocturnal nativities by Gerrit van Honthorst. An in-depth look at the two paintings.
Toscana
Montespertoli's delightful masterpiece: the Madonna and Child by Filippo Lippi
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 31/12/2017
The Museum of Sacred Art in Montespertoli holds a Madonna and Child by Filippo Lippi, a precious masterpiece but a difficult work nonetheless.
Liguria
Albissola Marina's Jorn House Museum, a poem of spontaneity
ByFederico Giannini | 04/01/2018
Asger Jorn lived and worked for years in Albissola Marina: the Jorn House Museum, what was once his home, preserves the poetry of his art.
Toscana
Pisa's Putti Fountain, from demolition to Lupin III and Instagram
ByAndrea Fusani | 11/01/2018
The Fountain of the Putti in Pisa's Piazza del Duomo, the work of Giovanni Antonio Cybei and Giuseppe Vaccà, is experiencing incredible fortune thanks to ... Instagram.
Toscana
The inlays of San Quirico d'Orcia that changed Federico Zeri's life and made him an art historian
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 17/01/2018
Federico Zeri decided to become an art historian after seeing the choir with wooden inlays in San Quirico d'Orcia, a work by Antonio Barili.
Toscana
The extraordinary story of a blind sculptor: Giovanni Gonnelli, the Blind Man of Gambassi
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 31/01/2018
The seventeenth-century sculptor Giovanni Gonnelli da Gambassi has a peculiar story: he became completely blind but continued to sculpt extraordinary portraits.
Belgio
Pieter Paul Rubens in Antwerp, a gentleman's self-portrait for the noble-minded painter
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 16/03/2018
The Rubenshuis in Antwerp houses what is perhaps the most intimate self-portrait of Pieter Paul Rubens, a gentleman painter with a noble soul.
Toscana
The Rosso di Montelupo, a masterpiece of a centuries-old ceramic tradition
ByIlaria Baratta | 29/03/2018
The Rosso di Montelupo is probably the greatest masterpiece of Montelupo Fiorentino ceramics. Let's take a closer look at this splendid work of art from 1509.
Toscana
Vitruvian man as a symbol of imbalance: Mario Ceroli reinterprets Leonardo da Vinci
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 04/05/2018
In Vinci, a large wooden sculpture, 'The Man of Vinci,' one of Mario Ceroli's masterpieces, reinterprets Leonardo's Vitruvian Man as a symbol of imbalance.
Emilia-Romagna
Ascent to Pordenone: admire the Sistine Chapel of the great Friulian painter at altitude
ByIlaria Baratta | 13/05/2018
Pordenone's fresco cycle decorating the dome of the basilica of Santa Maria di Campagna in Piacenza is one of the great masterpieces of the 16th century and is considered the Sistine Chapel of the Friulian painter. An account of the frescoes after a visit 'at altitude'.
Belgio
Rubens in Flanders, the four great masterpieces in Antwerp Cathedral.
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 16/05/2018
The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp houses four great masterpieces by Pieter Paul Rubens, a Baroque genius.
Belgio
The Polyptych of the Mystical Lamb: the masterpiece by Hubert and Jan van Eyck in Gent Cathedral
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 26/05/2018
The Polyptych of the Mystical Lamb, by Jan van Eyck and Hubert van Eyck, was made in 1432 and is one of the great masterpieces of world art history. It is located in Ghent, in the Cathedral of St. Bavon.
Toscana
Dining with the Etruscans: banquets, cuisine, what and how people ate in ancient Etruria
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 30/05/2018
Etruscan cuisine: what the Etruscans ate, with what, what tools, banquets and symposia. An in-depth look at the Etruscans at the table!
Toscana
The Etruscan woman: independent, free, modern and beautiful
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 09/06/2018
The Etruscan woman was the freest in ancient societies: refined, elegant, independent, beautiful. Through Etruscan art a fascinating journey into the Etruscan female universe.
Lombardia
Carlo Crivelli and his spectacular triptych ... three-dimensional at the Pinacoteca di Brera
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 22/06/2018
One of the Brera Art Gallery's most fascinating masterpieces is the triptych of San Domenico, a ... three-dimensional work by Carlo Crivelli, created in 1482.
Toscana
The Etruscans, skilled traders and navigators. The exchanges, the products they bought and sold, the emporiums
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 24/06/2018
The Etruscans were skilled traders, producing goods for export throughout the Mediterranean. Here are what products they bought and sold, which routes they frequented, which emporiums they founded
Lazio
Bernini's Rape of Proserpine, at the origins of the Baroque
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 03/07/2018
Gian Lorenzo Bernini's The Rape of Proserpine (1621-1622, housed in the Galleria Borghese) is a masterpiece fundamental to the birth of the Baroque. An article analyzing it in detail.
Belgio
Michaelina Wautier, story of a woman artist from seventeenth-century Flanders who defied all prejudice
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 25/07/2018
The story of Michaelina Wautier, a woman artist who worked in seventeenth-century Flanders, is a story of defiance of prejudices: those of her time, and those of later centuries. A recently rediscovered artist.
Svizzera
Vincenzo Vela's Victims of Labor, a powerful and moving memorial to those who died at work
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 28/07/2018
Vincenzo Vela's monument to labor victims is one of the great masterpieces of nineteenth-century art as well as a strong and moving statement by the artist.
Toscana
Masolino's Christ in Pity, the 15th-century masterpiece that inspired Bill Viola
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 31/07/2018
Christ in Pity, painted in 1424 by Masolino da Panicale, is one of the most important works of the 15th century and was a source of inspiration for a great contemporary artist, Bill Viola.
Liguria
Genoa's Mackenzie Castle, the fantastic dream of an antiquities enthusiast and a great architect
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 05/08/2018
The Mackenzie Castle is one of the most incredible buildings in Genoa: it is the realization of the dream of Evan Mackenzie, a great antiquities enthusiast, and architect Gino Coppedè.
Liguria
In 18th-century Sarzana guided by a historian of the period. Bonaventura de' Rossi's copious Collettanea.
ByFederico Giannini | 10/08/2018
Bonaventura de' Rossi's copious Collettanea is an mportant source for the study of the arts in Sarzana. Here are a few tidbits that emerge about the important works in the city.
Toscana
Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Maremma masterpieces, between art, politics and iconographic innovations
ByFederico Giannini | 26/08/2018
A reading of Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Maremma works following the Massa Marittima exhibition and with particular reference to their political meanings and iconographic novelties.
Russia
Hermitage cats, the faithful and friendly guardians of the museum since the time of Peter the Great
ByIlaria Baratta | 31/08/2018
For three centuries, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg has been protected by some faithful and friendly guardians: cats! Who since ancient times have been in charge of keeping mice away from the precious art collections.
Toscana
Cimabue, Duccio or Giotto? The enigmatic Madonna of Castelfiorentino, a crucial work in our art history
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 22/09/2018
The Madonna of Castelfiorentino is one of the most important but also most enigmatic works in the history of Italian art: attributed to Cimabue, open to Duccio di Buoninsegna, perhaps with an intervention by the very young Giotto.
Toscana
"I love the sea because I was born in a seaside town." The sea in the painting of Giovanni Fattori
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 14/10/2018
The sea is one of the recurring elements in Giovanni Fattori's art, and by looking at paintings on the maritime theme it is possible to trace his entire career.
Italia
The second season of the drama "The Medici": 15 locations where the series was filmed
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 11/11/2018
The second season of the drama 'The Medici' was filmed in several locations of Italian history and art. Let's see in this article what they are.
Liguria
A Frenchman in Eighteenth-Century Genoa. Hyacinthe Rigaud's magnificent portraits in Genoa's collections.
ByIlaria Baratta | 11/12/2018
Hyacinthe Rigaud worked for some time in Genoa and executed for the local nobility some magnificent portraits now preserved in Genoese collections.
Umbria
The Depot of Santo Chiodo in Spoleto, the hospital of works where earthquake-injured heritage is hospitalized
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 18/12/2018
A visit to the Santo Chiodo Depot in Spoleto, a place built to shelter cultural property affected by natural disasters-a true hospital for works of art.
Marche
Urbino Renaissance--from theory to practice: the Annunciation by Giovanni Santi
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 29/12/2018
Giovanni Santi's The Annunciation, a masterpiece preserved in Urbino, is an interesting masterpiece that contains many 'practical' confirmations of the theories formulated by the author, father of Raphael and among the greatest artists of the Urbino Renaissance.
Toscana
Florence, the New Sacristy, Michelangelo's masterpiece, restored to light conditions similar to those devised by the genius
ByRedazione | 19/02/2019
In Florence, the New Sacristy, Michelangelo's masterpiece, has been restored to light conditions similar to those conceived by the great Tuscan artist thanks to a skillful "light restoration" carried out in a philological manner that respects the building's history.
Malta
Malta's new MUŻA, a Mediterranean and cosmopolitan museum. Interview with curator Sandro Debono
ByIlaria Baratta | 26/02/2019
Malta's new MUŻA, the National Museum of Art based in Valletta, opened on Dec. 15 and is a Mediterranean museum with a cosmopolitan soul between the past and the future. We talked about it with the curator, Sandro Debono.
Liguria
When Claude Monet painted in Liguria. The views of the Ponente by the father of Impressionism.
ByIlaria Baratta | 03/03/2019
In 1884, the father of Impressionism, Claude Monet, made a sojourn in western Liguria to capture the southern light. This resulted in some of the most interesting paintings of his production.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Romanino's Loggia in Trento's Buonconsiglio Castle: history and significance of a 16th-century masterpiece
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 14/03/2019
The Loggia Grande of the Magno Palazzo in Buonconsiglio Castle in Trent was frescoed between 1531 and 1532 by Girolamo Romani, known as Romanino: it is one of the great masterpieces of the 16th century.
Veneto
Palma il Giovane's frescoes at the Oratorio dei Crociferi, a little-known jewel in the heart of Venice
ByIlaria Baratta | 27/03/2019
The Oratorio dei Crociferi in Venice houses one of the most extraordinary decorative cycles of the 16th century in the lagoon: the stories of Jacopo Palma the Younger.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Trieste, the Castle of Miramare. The fascinating story of a dream
ByIlaria Baratta | 04/04/2019
The history of Miramare Castle, one of the most famous monuments in Trieste and Italy, has decidedly fascinating elements. And the Castle itself is a treasure trove of art and history. We "visit" it in this article
Toscana
Out of exhibition: the Resurrection of Christ by Verrocchio, from Careggi to the second floor of the Bargello Museum
ByVincenzo Sorrentino | 12/04/2019
Verrocchio's "Resurrection of Christ" has been called one of the most astonishing sculptures of late 15th-century Florence. A focus on the work.
Puglia
The cult of St. Nicholas in art in Bari and Apulia
ByRuggiero Doronzo | 04/05/2019
A journey to Apulia to discover, through works of art from the Middle Ages onward, in what terms the cult of St. Nicholas has been represented.
Puglia
Apulia in the work of Giuseppe De Nittis, Italian impressionist, from Barletta to the conquest of the great metropolises
ByFrancesca Della Ventura | 16/05/2019
The Pinacoteca di Barletta houses the most conspicuous collection of works by Giuseppe De Nittis, an Italian Impressionist who set out from Barletta to conquer the great European metropolises of the second half of the 19th century. In this article, we see Puglia as told in his paintings.
Toscana
Uffizi, the new fourteen rooms of the Florentine and Venetian sixteenth century. Exclusive photos
ByRedazione | 03/06/2019
The Uffizi opens its fourteen new rooms dedicated to the Florentine and Veneto Cinquecento. Here is a selection of exclusive photos.
Puglia
Polignano a Mare's Pino Pascali Museum Foundation, the virtuosity of hospitality
ByCristina Principale | 11/06/2019
Active for 21 years albeit in different forms, the Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali in Polignano a Mare is the most active and vibrant center for stable contemporary art in Puglia.
Puglia
Castel del Monte, Frederick II's imposing octagonal castrum: history, works, significance
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 10/07/2019
Castel del Monte is the monument-symbol of Frederick II and has always fascinated scholars and the public alike: what is its destination, its history, its significance? We find out in this in-depth study.
Spagna
Pablo Picasso "domestic": a walk through his childhood home in Malaga and the museum dedicated to him
ByGabriele Giannini | 12/07/2019
In Malaga, Pablo Picasso's hometown, there are many testimonies to his art, divided mainly between two museums: the one set up in his childhood home, and the Picasso Museum.
Toscana
Tuscany, land of contemporary art. Without her knowing it
ByFederico Giannini, Daniele Rocca | 15/07/2019
Few regions in Italy (or perhaps none) are as connected to contemporary art as Tuscany. The problem is that Tuscany does not know that it is a land of contemporary art.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
A marriage of art, sea and ships: the Monfalcone Shipbuilding Museum
ByIlaria Baratta | 23/07/2019
Not just industry: the Monfalcone Shipbuilding Museum tells a slice of Italy's history and houses some important works of art.
Sicilia
The palace of the Norman kings belongs to the city and the world: from Palermo a message of coexistence of cultures and peoples
BySilvia Mazza | 31/07/2019
Review of the exhibition "Castrum superius. The Palace of the Norman Kings," in Palermo, Palazzo dei Normanni, May 15, 2019 to January 10, 2020.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
The splendors of ancient and early Christian Aquileia between the Basilica and museums
ByIlaria Baratta | 08/08/2019
Aquileia is a city with a splendid past, which lives on in the precious ancient and early Christian remains. In this article, a brief journey through the treasures of Aquileia.
Puglia
The National Gallery of Apulia in Bitonto, a museum created through the generosity of two collector brothers
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 23/08/2019
The National Gallery of Apulia, one of the richest museums in the region, was born thanks to the donation of two collector brothers, Girolamo and Rosaria Devanna. Let's discover the history of the museum and some of its most interesting pieces.
Lombardia
The Civic Museums of Monza: a trip to the Casa degli Umiliati, home of the city's important picture gallery
ByIlaria Baratta | 04/09/2019
The Casa degli Umiliati, a historic building in Monza, now houses the picture gallery of the Musei Civici di Monza, an important museum in Lombardy. Let's take a trip inside.
Puglia
A glimpse of Greek-Byzantine art in the heart of Salento: the abbey of Santa Maria di Cerrate
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 10/09/2019
The abbey of Santa Maria di Cerrate is one of the oldest in Puglia. Recently reopened by FAI, it is a true piece of Greek-Byzantine art in Salento.
Toscana
The Tavola Doria, the best known of the copies of Leonardo da Vinci's lost Battle of Anghiari
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 13/09/2019
The Doria Table is surely the best known and most discussed (and also the best) of Leonardo da Vinci's copies of the Battle of Anghiari. Let's take a closer look at it.
Veneto
Peggy Guggenheim, the last dogaressa of Venice. Here is how her collection came into being and what her interests were
ByIlaria Baratta | 03/10/2019
How Peggy Guggenheim's collection was born and developed, what her interests were, what artists she dialogued with.
Lazio
Caravaggio or Spadarino? The story of the "Narcissus" in the National Gallery of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini
ByClaudia Farini | 20/10/2019
The Palazzo Barberini's Narcissus has been at the center of a passionate critical debate for decades: Caravaggio or Spadarino? We reconstruct the stages of the discussion in this article.
Puglia
Gravina in Puglia, the singular history of the church with the facade shaped like a noble coat of arms
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 30/10/2019
There is a unique church in Gravina in Puglia: its facade, in fact, reproduces the coat of arms of the family of the bishop who had it built. Here is its history.
Italia
Do you know where all twelve of Christ's apostles are buried? Places of art and faith, many of them in Italy
ByRedazione | 06/11/2019
Could you list the sites where the burials of the twelve apostles are found? Here's where they are: places of art and faith, mostly in Italy.
Malta
Caravaggio and Mattia Preti: two Italian geniuses in Malta, in the Oratory of Alof de Wignacourt
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 12/11/2019
The Oratory of St. John Decollate in Malta houses the works of two great Italian artists, Caravaggio and Mattia Preti. Let's learn about the history of this unique building and the works preserved there.
Lazio
Refinement, beauty and myth: Domenichino's Sibilla Cumana
ByIlaria Baratta | 17/11/2019
Among the finest works of seventeenth-century classicism, Domenichino's Sibilla Cumana, in its various versions, is one of the most famous works by the Bolognese painter.
Puglia
A piece of Neapolitan baroque in Apulia: the Cappellone di San Cataldo at Taranto Cathedral
ByRuggiero Doronzo | 18/11/2019
The Chapel of San Cataldo in Taranto Cathedral is a true piece of Neapolitan Baroque in Apulia. Its most famous masterpieces are the large marble saints by Giuseppe Sanmartino, the sculptor of the "Veiled Christ."
Olanda
Entering the homes of seventeenth-century Holland with the works of Pieter de Hooch
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 28/11/2019
The first Dutch monograph devoted to an important seventeenth-century artist, Pieter de Hooch, painter from Delft, is an opportunity for a brief foray into his art.
Toscana
Here is the Shadow of San Gimignano: extraordinary Etruscan discovery finally revealed
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 29/11/2019
The discovery of the Shadow of San Gimignano, an Etruscan bronze statue from the 3rd century B.C., has finally been revealed: it is one of the most important finds in recent years.
Olanda
A journey through the themes of Rembrandt van Rijn's early masterpieces
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 03/12/2019
The great Rembrandt van Rijn distinguished himself early in his youth as an artist of great talent. Here is a brief tour of the themes of his youthful masterpieces.
Puglia
The Ori of Taranto: the finest Magna Graecia goldsmithing at the National Archaeological Museum
ByRedazione | 20/12/2019
The Golds of Taranto are the most precious evidence of Taranto's highly refined goldsmithing: they are preserved at the National Archaeological Museum in Taranto.
Marche
Immersing yourself in a Nativity scene: the Mannerist Nativity by Federico Brandani in Urbino
ByIlaria Baratta | 24/12/2019
Federico Brandani's Nativity Scene is the oldest nativity scene with life-size stucco figures: a Mannerist masterpiece, it takes visitors into the Nativity scene.
Emilia-Romagna
The emotion of Guercino and his sacred drama, in his Cento
ByFederico Giannini | 28/12/2019
"Emotion" is a key word to read Guercino's works and to understand the exhibition that Cento dedicates to him, seven years after the 2012 earthquake.
Svizzera
Switzerland's cities: which ones to visit and what to see for an art-filled trip and more
ByRedazione | 26/02/2020
What cities to see in Switzerland for an art trip? And what to see? We find out in this article.
Fiandre
The works and places of Jan van Eyck in Bruges, in the heart of Flanders.
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 16/03/2020
What is the evidence that Jan van Eyck left in Bruges, in the heart of Flanders? Two extraordinary masterpieces, plus the places he frequented.
Lazio
The whole history, devotional and artistic, of the miraculous crucifix of San Marcello al Corso
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 28/03/2020
The devotional and artistic history of the 14th-century crucifix in San Marcello al Corso (Rome), believed by the faithful to be miraculous.
Lazio
When Michelangelo's Moses told himself to Freud.
ByClaudia Farini | 13/04/2020
In 1914, the father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud published an essay on Michelangelo's Moses: an interesting read concerning one of the greatest masterpieces in art history.
Liguria
Three splendid palaces in Genoa unveil themselves on the web for the first time: previews of what's new at the first digital Rolli Days
ByRedazione | 14/04/2020
Here's a preview of what's new in the first digital edition of Genoa's Rolli Days, the traditional event that opens the doors of the city's historic palaces.
Veneto
Close relatives: the Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo and the Fontego dei Tedeschi
ByAgata Brusegan | 19/04/2020
Two important Venetian buildings seemingly far apart, the Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo and the Fontego dei Tedeschi, have many more similarities than one might think.
Fiandre
Van der Paele Madonna, Jan van Eyck's greatest work since the Gent Polyptych
ByTill-Holger Borchert | 21/04/2020
Canon Van der Paele's Madonna is one of Jan van Eyck's most important works: in this article it is narrated by one of the painter's leading experts, art historian Till-Holger Borchert.
Marche
Lorenzo Lotto's works in Jesi: five masterpieces of the 16th century
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 28/04/2020
The city of Jesi preserves no less than five masterpieces by Lorenzo Lotto, one of the greatest Renaissance artists. Let's discover them in detail.
Toscana
Simone Martini's Majesty in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico: a religious but above all a civic masterpiece
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 05/06/2020
Simone Martini's "Maestà," the masterpiece that decorates one of the walls of the Sala del Mappamondo in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico, is a high example of the civic values of the ancient Sienese Republic, and is also an extraordinary and innovative work of art.
Lombardia
Pater Padus. On the great river a sunshine of art in San Benedetto Po: the Monastery, the Refectory, the Basilica, the Museum
ByGiuseppe Adani | 09/06/2020
San Benedetto Po is home to the Basilica of Polirone, a place with a history dating back thousands of years that holds invaluable art treasures.
Svizzera
Switzerland is the country with the highest concentration of museums in the world
ByRedazione | 14/06/2020
With 980 museum venues, Switzerland is the country with the highest concentration of museums on the ground: find out about the museums of the Art Museums of Switzerland association here.
Emilia-Romagna
The Fenice Schifanoia: the genius of Francesco del Cossa and Ercole de Roberti returns to light in the palace of Borso dEste
ByGiovanni Sassu | 23/06/2020
The Salone dei Mesi in the Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara is one of the greatest masterpieces of Renaissance painting. And now it is being resurrected in a new light.
Toscana
Pinocchio Park in Collodi. A path between sculptures and nature in the fairy tale of the most famous puppet
ByIlaria Baratta | 29/06/2020
The Pinocchio Monumental Park has been open in Collodi since 1972: an incredible journey of art and nature, with sculptures by great artists evoking the fairy tale of the world's most famous puppet.
Toscana
The Magic of Quarrata: the Medici villa where ancient and contemporary meet in a dialogue between man and landscape
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 08/07/2020
In Quarrata (Pistoia), the Medici Villa della Magia has been transformed in recent years into a contemporary art garden called "Genius Loci - The Spirit of Place": a place where ancient and contemporary meet in a close dialogue between man and landscape.
Campania
Naples, Sansevero Chapel and the Veiled Christ: an immersion in baroque splendor
ByIlaria Baratta | 12/07/2020
The Sansevero Chapel, the temple of Raimondo di Sangro, famous for the presence of Giuseppe Sammartino's celebrated Veiled Christ, is a true treasure of Neapolitan Baroque.
Toscana
Chianti Sculpture Park, the forest where art becomes part of the landscape
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 15/07/2020
Since 2004, among the Chianti hills, there has been a forest where art becomes an integral part of the landscape, with which it dialogues in harmony: it is the Chianti Sculpture Park.
Toscana
Like Magritte, but with a view of Florence: Jean-Michel Folon at the Rose Garden
ByIlaria Baratta | 29/07/2020
Florence's Rose Garden is a beautiful rose garden located just below Piazzale Michelangelo: for the past few years, it has become an artist's park because it houses several sculptures by Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon.
Marche
The Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria di Moie, the Romanesque pearl of the Marche region
ByMartina Gambioli | 01/08/2020
Discovering the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria di Moie (Ancona), a pearl of Romanesque architecture in the Marche region and one of the area's principal monuments.
Liguria
The Baptistery of Albenga, the most important early Christian architecture in Liguria
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 06/08/2020
Albenga (Savona) is home to the most important early Christian architecture in Liguria: it is the coastal town's Baptistery, which still preserves a splendid mosaic from the 5th-6th centuries.
Toscana
Brunelleschi's dome that stunned the world: history of the Renaissance masterpiece
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 07/08/2020
On August 7, 1420, construction began on the Dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, the extraordinary masterpiece of Filippo Brunelleschi. Here is the story of this incredible structure that has amazed the world.
Toscana
Mauro Staccioli's sculptures in Volterra: experiences that become art in the landscape
ByIlaria Baratta | 15/08/2020
"Places of Experience" is the name of an itinerary among the works Mauro Staccioli has made in the landscape of Volterra. Interventions that recall some of his experiences, elevated to a universal level, in the dialogue between art and territory.
Toscana
A Marble Tale. The floor of the Cathedral of Siena
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 07/09/2020
The floor of Siena Cathedral is one of the most extraordinary works of the Renaissance: a true tale of marble (but not only) that unfolds at the feet of those who enter Siena Cathedral.
Lazio
The Transport of Christ to the Tomb. The complex making of an early masterpiece by Raphael
ByClaudia Farini | 19/09/2020
The Baglioni Deposition, a masterpiece of the young Raphael Sanzio, is also one of his most complex works: who was it made for? What is its significance? From what sources does it derive? It is discussed in this article.
Emilia-Romagna
Seductive, strong and suave: the appearance of Christ to his mother by Guercino
ByFederico Giannini | 20/09/2020
Among Guercino's most beautiful works, the "Resurrected Christ Appearing to His Mother," kept at the Pinacoteca Civica di Cento, was also highly appreciated by Goethe.
Emilia-Romagna
Clarice Pecori Giraldi: "A heterogeneous and spontaneous collection: this is PART in Rimini"
ByIlaria Baratta | 06/10/2020
PART, Rimini's new contemporary art museum housed in two of the city's historic buildings, opened last Sept. 24. We talked about it with curatorial coordinator Clarice Pecori Giraldi.
Umbria
The needs of a devotion: the old ark of St. Ubaldo in Gubbio
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 09/10/2020
Made in the third decade of the 14th century, the old ark of St. Ubaldo, preserved in Gubbio, is an extraordinary artistic artifact that demonstrates how the testimonies of art history hold the stories of our communities.
Marche
Lorenzo Lotto's restlessness between Leopardi and Anna Banti: the Transfiguration of Recanati
ByFederico Giannini | 11/10/2020
Giacomo Leopardi never had an interest in Lorenzo Lotto's works, although there were masterpieces of his in Recanati. Still, is it possible to identify common traits between the painter and the poet?
Malta
Caravaggio's masterpiece in Malta: the "Beheading of St. John the Baptist"
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 19/10/2020
The "Beheading of St. John the Baptist" is the great masterpiece painted by Caravaggio in Malta and the painter's only signed work. Dating from 1608, it is located in the Maltese capital and is discussed in this article.
Toscana
Michelangelo's early masterpieces: the Madonna della Scala and the Battle of the Centaurs
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 20/10/2020
The Madonna of the Stairs and the Battle of the Centaurs are the masterpieces of the adolescent Michelangelo, created when the artist was just 15 years old or so. But already from these works the personality of an independent genius emerges.
Calabria
Theft of rights, theft of works. Mattia Preti in Taverna, an unpublished account.
ByAnna de Fazio Siciliano | 30/10/2020
In Italy, great stories of culture can find a place even in a small, seemingly marginal village: in this case, Taverna, Calabria. Where in 1970 there was a massive theft of works by Mattia Preti, one of the greatest Italian artists of the 17th century. An event that still makes us reflect on the importance of art in so-called minor places.
Svizzera
The collector's apartment: the faithful reconstruction of the MAMCO in Geneva
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 07/11/2020
At MAMCO in Geneva since 1994 is the faithful reconstruction of the apartment of critic and collector Ghislain Mollet-Viéville, which transports a piece of the fervent Paris of the 1970s to Switzerland.
Emilia-Romagna
The mental world of Cosmè Tura: the two tondi of san Maurelio at the Pinacoteca di Ferrara
ByFederico Giannini | 08/11/2020
The two tondi with stories of St. Maurelius that are preserved in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Ferrara are among Cosmè Tura's most interesting achievements as well as among the very rare examples of his painting still found in his hometown.
Toscana
An extraordinary episode of Franciscan art in Siena: the cycle of Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 12/11/2020
Discovered in the mid-19th century, the frescoes by Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti in the Basilica of San Francesco in Siena are a singular episode of Franciscan art in the city, described according to a particular iconography.
Emilia-Romagna
Our Lady of Simon of the Crucifixes and a flight of fancy between the pages of Marco Santagata
ByFederico Giannini | 15/11/2020
What face could the Countess of Cinìn, protagonist of Marco Santagata's novel "The Master of the Pale Saints," have? With a lot of imagination one could imagine something very similar to the Madonna of Simone dei Crocifissi (Simone di Filippo Benvenuti; Bologna, c. 1330 - 1399) preserved in the Galleria Estense in Modena.
Liguria
Baroque places in Genoa: the conquest of an infinite space
ByGiorgio Dellacasa | 26/11/2020
How did the Baroque come to Genoa? What early examples of the new style can be seen in the city? A journey through some of the most extraordinary sites of seventeenth-century Genoa.
Emilia-Romagna
From Guercino to medieval sculptural apparatus: the treasures of Piacenza Cathedral
ByIlaria Baratta | 28/11/2020
The Cathedral of Piacenza is not only a place of faith, but also a treasure trove of art: from the frescoes by Guercino and Ludovico Carracci to the sculptural apparatus, from the splendid gilded polyptych to the panels of the paraments.
Piemonte
SantAndrea in Vercelli: first place of encounter between Lombard Romanesque and French Gothic
ByRedazione | 01/12/2020
The basilica of St. Andrew in Vercelli is one of the earliest Gothic churches in Italy and a symbolic monument of a city that was among the most prosperous in the 13th century.
Liguria
Antonio Canova's La Maddalena: from speed of thought to formal elegance
ByGiorgio Dellacasa | 05/12/2020
Preserved in the Palazzo Bianco museum in Genoa, the Penitent Magdalene is a fascinating early masterpiece by Canova, from which we can already sense the great master's flair.
Emilia-Romagna
Benedetto Antelami's masterpieces on the facade of the Parma Baptistery: the zooforo and portals
ByIlaria Baratta | 10/12/2020
The Baptistery of Parma, built between 1196 and 1216, has two masterpieces by Benedetto Antelami on its facade: the zooforo and sculpted portals.
Emilia-Romagna
An itinerary of restoration: from the Abbey of the Mount to the Municipal Art Gallery of Cesena
ByRedazione | 11/12/2020
Three important paintings, one by Francesco Francia and two by Giovanni Battista Salvi known as Sassoferrato, have been restored in Cesena. Here is an itinerary to discover them in the city.
Lazio
Bernini's dark years and his revenge with marble: the Truth of the Borghese Gallery
ByClaudia Farini | 12/12/2020
After the disappointment of St. Peter's bell towers, Bernini entrusted his revenge to marble and sculpted one of his greatest masterpieces, the "Truth Unveiled by Time."
Toscana
Masaccio and Masolino's St. Anna Metterza: two eras that meet in one table
ByFederico Giannini | 13/12/2020
The St. Anne Metterza, preserved in the Uffizi, is a work made together by Masaccio and Masolino: a cornerstone of Italian art history, it is a painting that encapsulates the meeting (and the gap) between two eras.
Piemonte
The Vercelli Book: the book no one could read
ByTimoty Leonardi | 14/12/2020
The Vercelli Chapter Library holds a mysterious medieval manuscript, the Vercelli Book, dating back to the 10th century: we do not know who its first possessor was or how it came to Piedmont, but we do know that this story originated in England.
Ucraina
A small jewel of a museum in faraway Odessa: the Museum of Western and Oriental Art
ByNataliia Chechykova | 15/12/2020
Short trip to the 17th- and 18th-century Italian collection of the Odessa Museum of Western and Oriental Art, one of the most important museums in Ukraine.
Emilia-Romagna
Forli, art walks, from Canova to Palmezzano to the greats of the 20th century
ByLorenza Montanari | 23/12/2020
Forli's museums hold many masterpieces: from Canova's Hebe to the altarpieces of Marco Palmezzano to the greats of the 20th century such as Depero, Balla, Wildt, Morandi, and Capogrossi. An itinerary to discover the city's collections.
Spagna
An intimate and collected nativity: the Nativity of Federico Barocci
ByIlaria Baratta | 24/12/2020
Among the best-known Nativity images of the 16th century is surely the canvas that Federico Barocci executed for the Duke of Urbino, Francesco Maria II della Rovere. One of the most intimate and collected nativities in the history of art.
Liguria
An image of the mind. Luca Cambiaso's Madonna of the Candle, anticipator of Caravaggio?
ByFederico Giannini | 27/12/2020
Beginning around 1570 the art of Genoese artist Luca Cambiaso (Moneglia, 1527 - El Escorial, 1585) was populated with nocturnes that have been seen as anticipations of Caravaggio's art. Among them is the famous Madonna of the Candle.
Emilia-Romagna
A great temple of seventeenth-century art in Emilia: the Madonna della Ghiara in Reggio Emilia
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 28/12/2020
On 1619, the faithful entered the temple of the Madonna della Ghiara in Reggio Emilia for the first time: an extraordinary building of worship, a summa of the great seventeenth century in Emilia, full of masterpieces.
Svizzera
Canton Ticino was among the avant-garde of the 20th century. Should the history of abstract art be rewritten?
ByAnna de Fazio Siciliano | 30/12/2020
In the early twentieth century, the unsuspected Canton Ticino represented one of the venues of the art avant-garde, on par with Paris, Zurich, and New York. Is the history of abstract art to be rewritten? Here is what happened in those years in this corner of Switzerland.
Lombardia
A hymn to light: Gaetano Previati's "Dance of the Hours," between music and poetry
ByFederico Giannini | 03/01/2021
First exhibited at the 1899 Venice Biennale, Dance of the Hours is one of Gaetano Previati's (Ferrara, 1852 - Lavagna, 1920) masterpieces. It was not immediately understood by critics: instead, today we can consider it a manifesto of Italian Symbolism and Divisionism.
Veneto
A Holy Family by the "Caravaggio of Verona": the mysterious Pietro Bernardi
ByFederico Giannini | 10/01/2021
Pietro Bernardi (Verona, 1580/1590 - 1623) is a virtually unknown artist today, but he was one of the first Caravaggesque painters in Italy. No one in Verona was closer to Caravaggio than he was. Why has he been forgotten? Let's find out his story with one of his beautiful paintings.
Umbria
Dante and Orvieto, from Luca Signorelli to Federico Zuccari
ByAlessandra Cannistrà | 15/01/2021
One connection between Dante, Luca Signorelli and Federico Zuccari comes through Orvieto. Here, Signorelli painted the spectacular frescoes in the Chapel of San Brizio that shape Dante's imagery. And they inspired Federico Zuccari's own visions.
Emilia-Romagna
The life of an extraordinary woman: Matilda of Canossa, her castles, her places
ByIlaria Baratta | 16/01/2021
In the mountains of Reggio Emilia there is an area known as "Terre di Canossa": this is the territory where the castles in which the life of Matilda of Canossa, one of the most extraordinary and influential women in all of history, unfolded. We retrace her story through art and monuments.
Veneto
Between Venice and Northern Europe: Andrea Previtali's Crucifixion at the Gallerie dellAccademia
ByFederico Giannini | 17/01/2021
The Crucifixion by Andrea Previtali (Berbenno?, 1470/1480 - Bergamo, 1528) is perhaps one of the most underrated paintings in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, but to admire it is to enter an extraordinary world, that of early 16th-century Venice.
Emilia-Romagna
A beauty with hair that jokes with the wind: Leonardo da Vinci's Scapigliata
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 22/01/2021
Leonardo da Vinci's La Scapigliata, preserved at the National Gallery in Parma, is one of the best-known works by the great Tuscan artist. At the center of a very long attributive debate, the work is one of the symbols of female beauty in Leonardo.
Lazio
Pessimism and Optimism: the futurist clash of two forces in Giacomo Balla's masterpiece
ByFederico Giannini | 24/01/2021
In 1923 Giacomo Balla (Turin, 1871 - Rome, 1958) painted the work that he considered one of his greatest masterpieces, Pessimism and Optimism. Here, the artist succeeded in summarizing his research by shaping the clash between two forces that govern the universe.
Emilia-Romagna
Correggio: the legacy of the masters and the restlessness of supreme space
ByGiuseppe Adani | 26/01/2021
"Dum venĕris": a fifth centenary of extraordinary value in Parma. That of the dome of San Giovanni Evangelista frescoed by Correggio.
Marche
A masterpiece of sweetness and minuteness: Pinturicchio's Madonna of Peace
ByFederico Giannini | 31/01/2021
Kept in the Pinacoteca Civica in San Severino Marche, the "Madonna of Peace" is one of the greatest masterpieces by Pinturicchio (Bernardino di Betto; Perugia, c. 1452-Siena, 1513) and is a fundamental text of the Umbrian Renaissance.
Emilia-Romagna
Margaret of Austria: history of the duchess who founded the Farnese Palace in Piacenza
ByIlaria Baratta | 01/02/2021
Duchess of Parma and Piacenza between 1547 and 1586, Margaret of Austria, daughter of Emperor Charles V, initiated the construction of one of the most important buildings of the second half of the 16th century in Italy, the Palazzo Farnese in Piacenza, now home to the civic museums.
Lombardia
Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. The conquest of the fourth dimension
ByFederico Giannini | 07/02/2021
Considered to be the greatest sculptural masterpiece of Umberto Boccioni (Reggio Calabria, 1882 - Verona, 1916), "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space," a work well known to all also because it was reproduced on Italy's 20 cents, is the sculpture that opened up contemporary art.
Austria
The essence of winter in a painting: the Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
ByClaudia Farini | 18/02/2021
Pieter Bruegel's "Hunters in the Snow" are one of the great Dutch painter's masterpieces: housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, they are part of a cycle of paintings dedicated to the months of the year. And they truly communicate the essence of winter.
Toscana
"The most beautiful panel by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in existence": the Madonna of Milk in Siena
ByFederico Giannini | 21/02/2021
In 1879, a young Charles Fairfax Murray described it as the "most beautiful existing panel" by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Siena, c. 1290 - 1348): it is the delicate Madonna del Latte of the Museo Diocesano in Siena, a highly original and innovative masterpiece.
Lazio
The many lives of the Mausoleum of Augustus, from the dawn of the imperial age to the present day
ByClaudia Farini | 26/02/2021
The whole history of the Mausoleum of Augustus, the great tomb of the first emperor, from antiquity to the present day.
Toscana
Duccio di Buoninsegna's Madonna Rucellai, the greatest panel painting of the 13th century
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 27/02/2021
Duccio di Buoninsegna's Madonna Rucellai is the largest painted panel of the 13th century that has come down to us. Kept in the Uffizi in the Hall of the Majesties, compared with Cimabue and Giotto, it is actually from the church of Santa Maria Novella. Let's find out about it in this article.
Lazio
The wood gatherers who did not know they gave birth to the modern Italian landscape
ByFederico Giannini | 28/02/2021
One of the seminal texts of modern Italian landscape painting is a work by Nino Costa (Giovanni Costa; Rome, 1826 - Marina di Pisa, 1903) that depicts some women gathering wood on the coast of Anzio.
Lombardia
The emotion of winter in eight paintings: the "Winter Poem" by Vittore Grubicy
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 02/03/2021
Among the most important masterpieces of the landscape-state-of-mind genre in Italy, "Poema Invernale" is a cycle by Vittore Grubicy that in eight paintings restores to the viewer all the magic of winter.
Lombardia
Love, death and flowers. The brevity of life according to Genovesino
ByFederico Giannini | 07/03/2021
Genovesino's (Luigi Miradori; Genoa?, c. 1605-1610-Cremona, 1656) vanitas are among the paintings that best convey to us the character of the 17th century. They include the masterpiece preserved at the Cremona Civic Museum.
Piemonte
Journey through the treasures and masterpieces of Vercelli's museums
ByRedazione | 08/03/2021
Vercelli's museums hold unexpected art treasures: from 19th-century works (from Morbelli to Induno, Favretto to D'Azeglio) to 16th-century Piedmontese masterpieces to cathedral treasures and archaeological finds. A journey through the city's museums.
Emilia-Romagna
Properzia de' Rossi, first sculptor in the history of Europe: story of an enterprising woman
ByRedazione | 08/03/2021
The Bolognese Properzia de' Rossi is remembered as the first sculptor in the history of Europe. She was a free woman, intrapredent, of strong and proud character, and in some ways even transgressive. We try to reconstruct her story in this article.
Toscana
Vincian Codicil No. 2. Leonardo's Adoration of the Magi: an unfinished work?
ByGigetta Dalli Regoli | 19/03/2021
We are used to thinking that Leonardo da Vinci interrupted the Uffizi's famous Adoration of the Magi before completing it. But what if he deliberately suspended it instead? The fascinating topic addressed in this article by Gigetta Dalli Regoli.
Emilia-Romagna
A garland of primroses in stone: the Spring of Benedetto Antelami
ByFederico Giannini | 21/03/2021
One of the earliest depictions of Spring that we have in Italy is the statue of the season that Benedetto Antelami (Val d'Intelvi, c. 1150 - Parma, c. 1230) made for the cycle of the Months, now in the Baptistery of Parma.
Toscana
A poem by Valentino Zeichen for Leonardo da Vinci's Annunciation.
ByFederico Giannini | 28/03/2021
Valentino Zeichen, the great poet who died in 2016, dedicated many of his poems to works of art. Prominent among them are verses on the Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci, 1452 - Amboise, 1519).
Spagna
Essentiality and suffering: the beauty of Diego Velázquez's Christ on the Cross.
ByIlaria Baratta | 02/04/2021
Diego Velázquez's Christ on the Cross is one of the most extraordinary crucifixes in art history: the painter wanted to depict Christ as the most beautiful among men. And, in the twentieth century, Miguel de Unamuno dedicated a poem to the work.
Toscana
The Christ of Santi di Tito who rose twice
ByFederico Giannini | 04/04/2021
The Resurrection by Santi di Tito (Florence, 1536 - 1603), a masterpiece preserved in the basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, is a work in which Christ is actually... resurrected twice.
Lazio
When Sebastiano del Piombo allied with Michelangelo for a masterpiece: the Pieta of Viterbo
ByFederico Giannini | 18/04/2021
After Raphael's successes in Rome, Michelangelo formed an alliance with Sebastiano del Piombo to offer clients a new product (Tuscan design and Venetian color) and counter his rival: the first fruit of the partnership was the Pietàof Viterbo.
Liguria
Genoa's Doge's Chapel and its frescoes: a history of the city in pictures
ByGiacomo Montanari | 24/04/2021
The most precious environment of the Ducal Palace in Genoa, the Doge's Chapel houses frescoes painted by 1655 by Giovanni Battista Carlone: the ideological center of power was enriched with paintings narrating some of the most significant episodes in the city's history.
Toscana
Giovanni Fattori and the peaks of Italian engraving
ByJacopo Suggi | 29/04/2021
Giovanni Fattori was also one of the greatest engravers of the 19th century, renewing a tradition now exhausted in Italy, but this output still remains little known today.
Lazio
"Almost as unbelievable as a church painting." Simon Vouet and his Saint Francis Tempted
ByFederico Giannini | 02/05/2021
In 1624, for the Alaleoni Chapel in the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome, the Frenchman Simon Vouet (Paris, 1590 - 1649) painted one of the most daring and sensual paintings ever to enter a church: the Temptation of St. Francis.
Toscana
Uffizi, here are the new rooms of sixteenth-century Tuscany and Emilia: 129 works in 14 rooms
ByRedazione | 03/05/2021
The Uffizi reopens to the public tomorrow, May 4, and features 14 new rooms, displaying 129 works from 16th-century Tuscany and Emilia: from Pontormo to Parmigianino, Rosso Fiorentino to Correggio, Andrea del Sarto to Bartolomeo Passerotti.
Piemonte
Not just Tanzio: the variety of tradition in the Remogna Collection of the Varallo Art Gallery
ByRedazione | 04/05/2021
In Varallo, in the province of Vercelli, the Pinacoteca di Varallo houses paintings from the important Remogna Collection: 105 works donated to the Palazzo dei Musei between 2002 and 2013. Masterpieces by artists such as Tanzio da Varallo, Camillo Procaccini, and Giambettino Cignaroli stand out.
Toscana
A brutal, verist Renaissance. Donatello's Magdalene
ByFederico Giannini | 16/05/2021
Probably no other work of the Renaissance achieves the degree of verism of Donatello's Magdalene, one of the most singular works of the entire 15th century, capable even of provoking revulsion. A work that reveals the tragic side of the Renaissance.
Toscana
A treasure reunited. Siena rediscovers the Piccolomini Spannocchi collection, finally reunited
ByRedazione | 24/05/2021
In Siena, after years of extensive research, the Piccolomini Spannocchi collection has finally been reunited. The 165 rediscovered paintings are reunited and are on permanent display in the Santa Maria della Scala complex.
Toscana
Giotto's work that Dante probably saw: the Badia Polyptych
ByIlaria Baratta | 29/05/2021
The Uffizi houses a masterpiece by Giotto, the Badia Polyptych, which Dante probably saw before he was exiled. It is one of the works in the exhibition "Dante. The Eyes and the Mind. The Arts at the Time of Exile."
Piemonte
A face impossible to forget. Tanzio da Varallo's David, between Testori and Rimbaud.
ByFederico Giannini | 30/05/2021
Tanzio da Varallo's two Davids, preserved at the Pinacoteca Civica in Varallo, are among the most interesting images of early 17th-century art. Two unforgettable faces, according to Giovani Testori, who made them known and rediscovered.
Piemonte
Vercelli turrita: journey through the ancient towers of the Piedmontese city
ByIlaria Baratta | 03/06/2021
In ancient times, Vercelli was a city full of towers, as an eighteenth-century print also attests: today only five remain, but they allow a journey into the past, to a city that no longer exists but has much to tell.
Austria
Gustav Klimt, his passion for roses and the garden of his villa in Vienna
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 07/06/2021
The great Gustav Klimt nurtured a strong passion for roses: we find them in some of his important paintings and today we can still find them in the garden of the villa where he spent the last years of his life, now a visitable museum where his studio has also been reconstructed.
Austria
Ambras Castle in Innsbruck: the gift of Archduke Ferdinand II to his wife Philippine
ByRedazione | 12/06/2021
Ambras Castle, located just outside Innsbruck, Austria, is one of the most sumptuous Habsburg residences and is also one of the oldest museums in the world. What's more, it was a gift from Archduke Ferdinand II to his wife Philippine Welser.
Emilia-Romagna
The works Dante saw in Ravenna, including Byzantine mosaics and masterpieces of the Giotto school
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 14/06/2021
What might Dante have seen in the last two years of his life when he was in Ravenna? And how might the works have inspired his Paradise? A Dante itinerary from the exhibition "Dante and the Arts at the Time of Exile."
Austria
Philippine Welser, story of the first woman to write a cookbook in the German area
ByIlaria Baratta | 15/06/2021
Philippine Welser's is a singular story: the morganatic wife of the governor of Tyrol, Ferdinand II of Habsburg, she received as a gift from him the Castle of Ambras and... was the first woman to write a cookbook in the German area.
Austria
Story of Emilie Flöge, Gustav Klimt's muse and successful entrepreneur
ByIlaria Baratta | 25/06/2021
Emilie Flöge, Gustav Klimt's muse (she may be the one who appears in the Kiss), was not only the painter's model but also a successful fashion entrepreneur and founder of a major atelier. Here is her story.
Emilia-Romagna
Modena, the taste of a court: Ludovico Lana, Jean Boulanger and the artists of Francis I
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 29/06/2021
In the middle years of the seventeenth century, the Modena of Francesco I d'Este was the center of a refined taste that attracted the best of the age to the city, and the duke's collection became the most prestigious in Italy. A story told by the exhibition "Baroque Correspondences" (BPER Banca Gallery).
Veneto
When Palladio designed the Ponte Vecchio in Bassano.
ByRedazione | 30/06/2021
Bassano's Ponte Vecchio, a symbol of the Venetian city, was destroyed several times in the past by floods of the Brenta River. After one of these, the greatest architect of the time, Andrea Palladio, was called in to rebuild it.
Austria
Salzkammergut: Klimt's beloved landscapes in Austria, between art and nature
ByRedazione | 03/07/2021
The Salzkammergut, the mountainous area of Austria where Gustav Klimt used to spend his summer stays, is a place rich in art and nature. Let's discover the landscapes of this area of the country.
Umbria
A delicate Umbrian artist of the 14th century: the Crucifixion of the Master of Fossa
ByFederico Giannini | 11/07/2021
Fourteenth-century Umbrian painting is a painting done mostly by artists whose names we do not know today: one of these, as well as one of the best, is the Master of Fossa, who produced one of his greatest masterpieces with the Trevi Crucifixion.
Piemonte
A castle as big as a village: history of the Consortium Castle of Buronzo
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 14/07/2021
In Buronzo, in the Vercelli area, there is a rare example of a consortium castle: it is the Castle of Buronzo, a fortress complex as large as a village. Or a village that is shaped like a castle. Certainly an exceptional place, all to be discovered.
Austria
Angelika Kauffmann, the story of a great artist and an emancipated woman
ByIlaria Baratta | 17/07/2021
Angelika Kauffmann was among the freest and most emancipated women of her time. She was able to build a career as an independent painter, met artists and men of letters, and, unusual for the time, had separation of property with her husband. Her story, with an itinerary through Austria.
Liguria
Domenico Fiasella's St. Lazarus: a masterpiece of "Caravaggism revisited" to drive out the plague
ByFederico Giannini | 18/07/2021
In 1616, Domenico Fiasella, one of the greatest artists of seventeenth-century Liguria, delivered to the hospital of San Lazzaro in Sarzana one of his masterpieces, the purpose of which was to invoke protection for the town.
Austria
Austria, Vorarlberg: between nature, art, music and sustainability
ByRedazione | 23/07/2021
Vorarlberg, Austria's westernmost region, is known for its natural beauty, but not everyone knows that it is also a place of art: in fact, the stories of Franz Schubert and Angelika Kauffmann intersect here.
Toscana
Beato Angelico's Annunciation of Cortona: divine light reflecting on earth
ByFederico Giannini | 25/07/2021
It is one of the most beautiful annunciations by Beato Angelico (Giovanni da Fiesole, born Guido di Pietro; Vicchio, c. 1395 - Rome, 1455): the Annunciation of Cortona. Looking at it, one understands the nature of the great friar-painter's art.
Toscana
The Brancacci Chapel: the new look at painting.
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 29/07/2021
In Florence, the frescoes of the Brancacci Chapel, a masterpiece by Masaccio and Masolino later completed by Filippino Lippi, are one of the pinnacles of all-time Italian art. Ingres had called them "the true cradle of painting."
Umbria
Luca Signorelli, the frescoes in the Chapel of San Brizio in Orvieto Cathedral.
ByFrancesco Federico Mancini | 05/08/2021
The frescoes that Luca Signorelli (Cortona, 1445/1450 - 1523) painted in Orvieto Cathedral, inside the Nova Chapel (or Chapel of San Brizio) are one of the pinnacles of Renaissance art: powerful work that still leaves open questions about its meaning.
Liguria
Ludovico Brea's Ascension: the golden triumph of the Ligurian Renaissance
ByFederico Giannini | 08/08/2021
Ludovico Brea was one of the greatest Renaissance artists in Liguria: his Ascension, a work purchased by the state in 2009 and now at the National Gallery of Palazzo Spinola, is his best known and most fascinating work.
Portogallo
Portuguese larte at Lisbon's Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga amid Flemish and Italian cues
ByJacopo Suggi | 11/08/2021
It is one of the largest museums in Europe, but it is not as well known as many of its counterparts: it is Lisbon's Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, whose 70-room itinerary allows visitors to follow developments in Portuguese art history, but not only.
Veneto
The Nasci-Franzoia Collection: the world's largest public collection of Venetian glass.
ByLeonardo Bison | 12/08/2021
In Feltre, the precious Nasci-Franzoia Collection was recently donated to the Carlo Rizzarda Gallery, making it the world's largest public collection of Venetian glass. Here is the history and masterpieces of this collection.
Liguria
The artist who discovered the Cinque Terre. Telemaco Signorini and Riomaggiore
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 14/08/2021
Telemaco Signorini discovered the village of Riomaggiore in 1860: the artist found it to be an isolated village that was "resistant to civilization." But he fell in love with it, returned there on several occasions and contributed, with his paintings, to its discovery to the world.
Marche
A summit of modernity by Orazio Gentileschi: the Vision of Francesca Romana
ByFederico Giannini | 15/08/2021
The "Vision of Francesca Romana," a masterpiece that Orazio Gentileschi made between 1618 and 1620, highly praised by Roberto Longhi, is one of the pinnacles of the Pisan painter's production because it is an extraordinarily modern painting.
Portogallo
Lisbon's Gulbenkian Museum, the gigantic collection of a political persecutor
ByJacopo Suggi | 25/08/2021
Lisbon's Gulbenkian Museum, which originated from the collection of tycoon Calouste Gulbenkian (who had to leave the Ottoman Empire at the time of the persecutions against the Armenians), has become an essential stop for art lovers visiting the Portuguese capital.
Toscana
The 1401 competition that changed art history: the challenge between Ghiberti and Brunelleschi
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 28/08/2021
Conventionally, we make the Florentine Renaissance begin with the celebrated competition of 1401, when two of the greatest artists of the time, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi, competed for the North Gate of the Baptistery of Florence. Here's how things went down.
Toscana
Between wind, saltiness and thoughts. The Libecciata of Giovanni Fattori
ByFederico Giannini | 29/08/2021
Between 1880 and 1885, Giovanni Fattori (Livorno, 1825-Florence, 1908), painted one of his greatest masterpieces, the Libecciata, a work depicting a windy day on the Livorno coast at Antignano, ahead of the poetic landscape-state of mind.
Piemonte
The Sacred Mount of Varallo: an exciting journey, between faith and great art
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 03/09/2021
Created as an "alternative" to the pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the Sacred Mount of Varallo, founded in the late 15th century, is a path of 44 chapels that recreate the life of Jesus in an exciting and engaging way. Many great artists worked there.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Ledro Land Art, the forest in Trentino where art meets nature
ByIlaria Baratta | 04/09/2021
In the Ledro Valley, in a beautiful fir forest, the Ledro Land Art project, a park where art, made entirely from local natural materials, meets nature, has come to life a few years ago.
Liguria
Bernardo Strozzi's Miracle of San Diego: one of the artist's "happiest creations"
ByFederico Giannini | 05/09/2021
"Discovered" in a haphazard way in 1890, Bernardo Strozzi's Miracle of San Diego altarpiece was called by Gustavo Frizzoni one of the Genoese artist's "happiest creations." It is located in the Church of the Annunziata in Levanto.
Lombardia
A theater of feelings: the Lamentation over the Dead Christ in Lombard Renaissance sculpture
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 12/09/2021
Some of the major innovations that affected Lombard Renaissance sculpture centered around the iconographic theme of the Lamentation over the Dead Christ: this is how Lombard artists meditated on Donatello's lesson, giving rise to true theaters of feelings.
Austria
Egon Schiele in Vienna: masterpieces to learn about the artist's torment
ByIlaria Baratta | 13/09/2021
What are the works through which one can best understand the torment of Egon Schiele, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century? It is difficult, but in this article we try to trace a path among some of his paintings preserved in Vienna.
Lombardia
The Brera Nativity. A thoughtful painting by Correggio
ByGiuseppe Adani | 18/09/2021
Correggio's Nativity conserved at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan is a youthful panel, extremely weighted in its multiple subjectivities, and capable of a pictorial texture rich in luminous drafts and countless particular passages.
Emilia-Romagna
Alessandro Tiarini's Rinaldo e Armida: a translation in pictures by Torquato Tasso
ByFederico Giannini | 19/09/2021
Alessandro Tiarini (Bologna, 1577 - 1668) was one of the most cultured painters of the early 17th century: a great reader, with the "Rinaldo e Armida" in the BPER Banca di Modena Collection he left us one of the most beautiful interpretations in painting of Torquato Tasso.
Austria
Vienna world music capital: walk in the footsteps of famous composers
ByRedazione | 27/09/2021
Vienna is not only the capital of Austria but also the world capital of music: the greatest composers in history have lived and worked here, from Mozart to Beethoven, Schubert to Strauss. Here is an itinerary around the city to get to know them.
Piemonte
Three museums of different eras in one: the Leone Museum in Vercelli
ByIlaria Baratta | 01/10/2021
A sixteenth-century frescoed house, a sumptuous eighteenth-century palace, a twentieth-century sleeve: the Leone Museum in Vercelli merges three museums from different eras into one, in one decidedly fascinating journey. We find out in this article.
Austria
Alfons Walde, the Austrian painter who looked to Klimt and Schiele, and celebrated Kitzbühel
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 06/10/2021
Less famous than Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, by whom he was inspired, Alfons Walde is nonetheless one of the most interesting Austrian artists of the 20th century: he is most famous for fixing in the collective imagination the beauty of Kitzbühel and the Tyrolean Alps.
Trentino-Alto Adige
Among the mountains of Trentino, an enigmatic Last Supper: Ferdinando Valdambrini in Tiarno di Sotto
ByFederico Giannini | 10/10/2021
The Last Supper in the church of San Bartolomeo in Tiarno di Sotto, Trentino, Italy, is to date the only work we know of by Ferdinando Valdambrini, an enigmatic seventeenth-century painter: this only known work of his, however, is a painting of great quality.
Toscana
The Majesty of Duccio di Buoninsegna: a masterpiece of Italian art history
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 15/10/2021
Duccio di Buoninsegna's Maestà, a masterpiece preserved at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Siena, is one of the fundamental works of Italian art history. It was painted between 1308 (but possibly earlier) and 1311, and its delivery was also an event for Siena.
Toscana
Pietro Tacca's Four Moors in Livorno. Beauty enslaved
ByFabrizio Federici | 23/10/2021
The Four Moors of Livorno, a masterpiece by Pietro Tacca, are four large bronze statues depicting chained slaves: they were added to the monument to Ferdinand I de Medici to celebrate the power of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Knights of St. Stephen.
Marche
The tribulated history of the Mercatello Cross by Giovanni da Rimini, a masterpiece of the 14th century
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 01/11/2021
The Mercatello Cross is a decisive masterpiece by Giovanni da Rimini, thanks to which it has been possible to better reconstruct his figure. And it is also a work with a very tribulated history. We discover it in this article.
Piemonte
Sodom's only work in his hometown: the Holy Family in Vercelli
ByIlaria Baratta | 10/11/2021
Sodom was one of the major artists of the early 16th century: he was from Vercelli, but only one work, the Holy Family in the Borgogna Museum, is preserved in his hometown. We discuss it in this article.
Liguria
Ludovico Mazzolino's Holy Family, between monkeys and classical architecture
ByFederico Giannini | 28/11/2021
Kept at the Lia Museum (La Spezia), the "Holy Family with St. John and St. Elizabeth" is one of Ludovico Mazzolino's most interesting works, showing many of the typical features of his art.
Piemonte
The Varallo Art Gallery: the art of Valsesia from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century brought together in a museum
ByRedazione | 03/12/2021
The Pinacoteca Civica di Varallo, located in the Palazzo dei Musei, is one of the first public art collections in Piedmont and holds masterpieces by artists such as Gaudenzio Ferrari, Tanzio da Varallo, Antonio Fontanesi and others. A short journey through the wonders of the museum.
Toscana
Orazio Riminaldi's study for the Assumption, one of the most beautiful faces of the seventeenth century
ByFederico Giannini | 05/12/2021
The study that Orazio Riminaldi (Pisa, 1593 - 1630) made for the Assumption painted in the dome of Pisa Cathedral is one of the most beautiful faces of the 17th century. A model, it has, however, the same force as a finished work.
Toscana
Giotto, the Santa Maria Novella Crucifix: the first real Christ on the Cross in Italian painting
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 18/12/2021
With the Crucifix of Santa Maria Novella, probably executed in the first half of the 1390s, Giotto achieved a real revolution: for the first time, the faithful saw a real body on the cross.
Lazio
Nativities in San Giuseppe dei Falegnami, two masterpieces saved after collapse
ByIlaria Baratta | 24/12/2021
On August 30, 2018, the collapse of the roof of the Church of St. Joseph of the Carpenters had led to fears of the worst for the works preserved inside. However, they were saved. And today it is possible to see two beautiful Nativities inside.
Veneto
The "Domus" of Palazzo Grimani, one of the most spectacular places in Venice
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 27/12/2021
Publicly owned since 1981 and open since 2005, Palazzo Grimani, a hidden gem in the heart of Venice, was temporarily refitted in 2019 with much of the collection of Giovanni Grimani, the nobleman who set up his Antiquarium in the building's halls.
Emilia-Romagna
The art of Giuseppe Zola, modern landscape painter in eighteenth-century Ferrara
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 29/12/2021
A modern and up-to-date artist, Giuseppe Zola is one of the masters of 18th-century landscape painting and is the subject of a long rediscovery whose most recent chapter is the exhibition "Paesi vaghissimi. Giuseppe Zola and Landscape Painting" at the BPER Banca Gallery in Modena.
Piemonte
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmi di Tortona: the museum that collects masterpieces of Divisionism
ByJacopo Suggi | 05/01/2022
In the Piedmont town of Tortona, a foundation has transformed a bank darte collection into Italy's leading museum and study center of Divisionism. A brief journey through its wonders.
Toscana
Verrocchio's "spectacular" Madonna of Santa Maria Nuova
ByFederico Giannini | 16/01/2022
It is Verrocchio's only known terracotta Madonna: the Madonna of Santa Maria Nuova, housed in the Bargello Museum, is one of the most interesting works of his production.
Lazio
Jacopo Zucchi's The Kingdom of Amphitrite: a private painting featuring the cardinal's mistress
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 17/01/2022
An enigmatic and perturbing painting, Jacopo Zucchi's The Coral Fishery, also known as The Kingdom of Amphitrite, may have been a tribute by Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici to his mistress, Clelia Farnese.
Sicilia
For a rediscovery of the Renaissance in Sicily. Francesco Laurana between Palazzolo Acreide and the Val di Noto.
ByGiacomo Montanari | 19/01/2022
Sicily is home to some of the most beautiful marbles of the 15th century: those of Francesco Laurana. Works that weave a profound dialogue with the paintings of Antonello da Messina.
Calabria
Sibari Park, an opportunity for Calabria. With interview with director Filippo Demma
ByAnna de Fazio Siciliano | 27/01/2022
The Archaeological Park of Sibari and the Museum of the Sibaritide have since September 2020 a new director, Filippo Demma, who is working to revitalize the site. It can be an opportunity for all of Calabria. We look at it in this article, including an interview with the director.
Liguria
The saints who covered the triptych: Carlo Braccesco at the Diocesan Museum of Spezia
ByFederico Giannini | 30/01/2022
The Diocesan Museum of La Spezia houses a singular work by Carlo Braccesco, a great exponent of the Renaissance in Liguria: two fragments of a canvas that once covered the triptych the artist executed for the church of Sant'Andrea in Levanto.
Toscana
The Chapel of the Magi in the Medici Riccardi Palace in Florence, a masterpiece by Benozzo Gozzoli
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 05/02/2022
No one in Florence should miss the pleasure of a visit to Benozzo Gozzoli's Chapel of the Magi in Palazzo Medici Riccardi: Ernst Gombrich said so. It is one of the most spectacular and innovative rooms of the Renaissance. An exhibition through March 10, 2022 delves into it.
Liguria
A Van Dyck in a small village in Liguria. The Crucifix of San Michele di Pagana
ByFederico Giannini | 06/02/2022
The Crucifix by Antoon van Dyck (Antwerp, 1599-London, 1641) kept in the parish church of San Michele di Pagana, a small village in eastern Liguria, is one of only two public works by the Flemish artist in Italy, and is one of his most fascinating masterpieces.
Toscana
The least known and least visited part of the Uffizi. Here's what it is
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 16/02/2022
Thousands of people come to the Uffizi and skip a part of the museum that is, however, full of very interesting works. But it is also the least known and visited by the general public. Here is what it is, and what it contains.
Turchia
Journey to the Neolithic sites of Anatolia, among humanity's oldest temples
ByMichela Bassanello | 19/02/2022
From Göbekli Tepe to Karahan Tepe in Anatolia (Turkey) there are some of the oldest temples of mankind. A journey of discovery of these Neolithic sites, inside a universe of immmages, icons, shapes, symbols.
Toscana
Domenico Beccafumi's diverse Siena: the Trinity at the origins of Mannerism
ByFederico Giannini | 20/02/2022
The Triptych of the Trinity, a masterpiece by Domenico Beccafumi (Monteaperti, 1486 Siena, 1551) kept at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena, is a work of great modernity that predates the great masterpieces of Mannerism by Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino by a decade or so.
Calabria
The silk road in Calabria: to San Floro, where worms are bred and silk is spun
ByAnna de Fazio Siciliano | 03/03/2022
Calabria is the only region in Italy where the entire silk industry endures. In San Floro there is a museum that tells the story of silk spinning. And a group of young people opened a cooperative in 2014 that has restarted silkworm breeding and silk production.
Marche
The Ideal City of Urbino: one of the mysteries of the early Renaissance
ByIlaria Baratta | 06/03/2022
The Ideal City preserved at the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche in Urbino is one of the most mysterious paintings of the Renaissance. Until March 27, 2022, it is placed in relation to the Danteum projects of Lingeri and Terragni in an exhibition in its museum.
Piemonte
Palazzo Madama, Turin: a visit with new director Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa
ByAnna de Fazio Siciliano | 12/03/2022
A visit to Palazzo Madama, Turin, with new director Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa declaring the thrust of his plan for the museum: to give the institution a new centrality.
Umbria
"A gay painting": the Madonna of the Belvedere by Ottaviano Nelli.
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 19/03/2022
The Madonna of the Belvedere is considered the greatest masterpiece of Ottaviano Nelli, an important Umbrian painter of the early 15th century. The work had great success in the 19th century, and thanks to the 2021 exhibition on the painter, it can be said to have been rediscovered.
Lombardia
"La Madonnina quasi persiana" by Vitale degli Equi at the Poldi Pezzoli in Milan.
ByFederico Giannini | 27/03/2022
The Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan holds one of Vitale degli Equi's (Bologna, documented from 1330 to 1359) best masterpieces, a Madonna and Child from his last phase. Roberto Longhi called it "the almost Persian Madonnina."
Lazio
A garden in a first-century B.C.E. room: the viridarium of Livia at the National Roman Museum
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 30/03/2022
One of the pinnacles of ancient Roman painting is preserved at the National Roman Museum, in the Palazzo Massimo building: the viridarium of Livia, a splendid frescoed garden from 30-20 BC from the villa of Augustus' wife.
Toscana
Bia de' Medici: history of the Bronzino portrait that still enchants audiences
ByIlaria Baratta | 02/04/2022
The portrait of Bia de' Medici, a masterpiece by Bronzino, is one of the Uffizi's most famous and appreciated works. Behind this painting, however, lies a sad story.
Liguria
Manfredino di Alberto's San Michele, a bridge between Liguria and Tuscany in the Middle Ages
ByFederico Giannini | 03/04/2022
The Museo di Sant'Agostino in Genoa holds an important detached fresco by Manfredino d'Alberto, a St. Michael, a fragment of a fresco decoration (only one other piece survives) that helped spread Cimabue's ideas in Liguria.
Turchia
Arslantepe, the archaeological site in Anatolia where the first state societies were born
ByMichela Bassanello | 07/04/2022
Arslantepe, in Anatolia (eastern Turkey), is an important archaeological site located in the area of the Near East where the first state societies were born. It was here that the logic of paid labor began to take hold.
Calabria
Once upon a time, Zungri, the stone town in Calabria.
ByAnna de Fazio Siciliano | 09/04/2022
In Calabria, near Vibo Valentia, there is a city of stone: it is Zungri, a jaw-dropping rock settlement whose origins are unclear. Scholars have long wondered about the origin of this singular place.
Emilia-Romagna
The Castle Picture Gallery: the splendid collection of Michelangelo Poletti
ByTristana Chinni | 13/04/2022
Michelangelo Poletti's collection, with pieces between the late 15th century and the 18th century, stands out as a unicum on a private but also national level. It is on display for the first time to the general public in the exhibition La Quadreria del castello (Bologna, Palazzo Fava).
Lombardia
That resurrected Christ of Marco Basaiti ... sitting around.
ByFederico Giannini | 17/04/2022
The Resurrected Christ by Marco Basaiti (Venice, c. 1470 - post 1530), kept at the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan, has a peculiarity: from what we know, it is the first time it is depicted seated instead of standing. For what reason? Let's try to give us some answers.
Calabria
From Capo Colonna to the National Archaeological Museum: a journey through ancient Crotone
ByAndrea Laratta | 28/04/2022
Crotone is one of the oldest cities in Italy: here many relics of a past that saw its heyday in the era of Magna Graecia are preserved. A journey through the city's antiquities, from the Archaeological Park of Capo Colonna to the National Museum.
Piemonte
Giuseppe Cominetti's Conquerors of the Sun, a hymn to work and hope
ByFederico Giannini | 01/05/2022
It is titled "The Conquerors of the Sun" the most famous work by Giuseppe Cominetti, an original pointillist from Vercelli. A hymn to work, May Day, and hope for the future.
Lombardia
Antonio Canova's Palamedes
ByElena Lissoni | 05/05/2022
A masterpiece by Antonio Canova completed in 1805, the Palamedes depicts the wisest of the Greek heroes who fought at Troy. Purchased by Count Giovanni Battista Sommariva, it has been at Villa Carlotta in Tremezzina since 1819.
Liguria
The Adoration of the Magi by Giovanni Bernardo Carbone, a Genoese between Van Dyck and Stomer
ByFederico Giannini | 08/05/2022
The Adoration of the Magi is one of the masterpieces of Giovanni Bernardo Carbone (Genoa, 1614 - 1683), a Genoese painter who looked northward: the work, housed in the Museo dell'Accademia Ligustica, moves between the Flemish Antoon van Dyck and the Dutch Matthias Stomer.
Toscana
The restoration of the monument to Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo in Livorno
ByJacopo Suggi | 13/05/2022
Recently finished being restored, the monument to Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo in Livorno, by Domenico Andrea Pellicca, is the oldest effigy of the Lorraine ruler and is one of the main monuments of the 18th century in Tuscany, a period that is experiencing a gradual rediscovery.
Toscana
Pino Pascali's Great Reptile, the dinosaur that invites us not to take ourselves too seriously
ByFederico Giannini | 15/05/2022
A symbolic work of the twentieth century in Livorno, the Great Reptile by Pino Pascali (Bari, 1935 - Rome, 1968) is perhaps the best known of the Apulian artist's "fake sculptures." A work that obliterates the solemnity of sculpture and invites us not to take ourselves too seriously.
Toscana
Pontormo's Deposition, a nonconformist masterpiece that breaks with tradition
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 18/05/2022
Pontormo's "Deposition," preserved in the church of Santa Felicita in Florence, is considered one of the founding masterpieces of Mannerism. It is certainly a nonconformist work that marks a clear departure from tradition.
Verona
Giovan Francesco Caroto, a Holy Family between Leonardo and Michelangelo
ByFederico Giannini | 29/05/2022
Painted with references to Leonardo and Michelangelo, Giovan Francesco Caroto's Holy Family preserved at the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona is one of the key paintings in the Veronese artist's career, often likened to the manner of Giulio Romano.
Lombardia
Titian's Averoldi Polyptych, "la migliore pictura ch'el facesse mai"
ByFrancesca Anita Gigli | 02/06/2022
In 1522, Titian delivered to the church of Santi Nazaro e Celso the Averoldi Polyptych, considered until then his best work. On its fifth centenary, a ramp has been set up in the collegiate church that allows the work to be viewed up close, as never before.
Toscana
Erasing peace to spread its seeds. Pacem in Terris by Emilio Isgrò
ByFederico Giannini | 05/06/2022
Made in 2019, Emilio Isgrò's "Pacem in Terris," kept at the Museum of the Battle and Anghiari, is a work that brings together John XXIII and Leonardo da Vinci to spread a high content of peace.
Lombardia
What a seventeenth-century Wunderkammer looked like: the Gonzaga's Metamorphosis Gallery
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 07/06/2022
In Mantua, at the Ducal Palace, a new exhibit has opened since April 2022 that evokes, in the Galleria delle Metamorfosi, the Wunderkammer of the Gonzaga, the chamber of wonders that was kept here. Here are the Naturalia and Mirabilia that the court of Mantua displayed and showed.
Emilia-Romagna
Giorgio Belloni's La Mareggiata, a verista with the soul of a poet
ByFederico Giannini | 12/06/2022
A calm and sensitive painter, a verist with the soul of a poet, Giorgio Belloni was most famous for his original sea views. The "Mareggiata" in the Ricci Oddi Gallery in Piacenza is one of his finest masterpieces.
Liguria
Villa Durazzo in Santa Margherita Ligure, a splendid 17th-century Genoese mansion
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 17/06/2022
A splendid abode of summer pleasures: thus was born Villa Durazzo, a sumptuous residence in Santa Margherita Ligure, surrounded by a lush park, a very high and well-preserved testimony to the arts and patronage of 17th-century Genoa. And today a museum open to all.
Toscana
This is why the divine Michelangelo was named after him. A suggestion with Giuliano Amidei's triptych.
ByFederico Giannini | 19/06/2022
In Michelangelo's birthplace in Caprese, Valtiberina, the room where the genius was given birth houses a triptych by Giuliano Amidei. A work that offers us a suggestion: the possible story of how Michelangelo's parents chose that unusual name for their son.
Campania
The Farnese Cup, the splendid ancient cameo from the National Archaeological Museum in Naples
ByRedazione | 23/06/2022
The National Archaeological Museum in Naples preserves the Farnese Cup, one of its most fabulous objects. It is the largest hard stone vase worked in relief in the ancient world, and it is special because it was not found underground-it has passed from hand to hand for more than two thousand years.
Toscana
Lunigiana stele statues, the ancient prehistoric sculptures of the Apuan Ligurians
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 28/06/2022
The Lunigiana stele statues are a very ancient artistic-religious expression of the peoples who inhabited these lands on the border between Tuscany and Liguria, produced between the 4th millennium and the 7th-6th centuries BC. An article to discover them in detail.
Liguria
The versatile originality of Grechetto: the Nativity of St. Luke in Genoa
ByFederico Giannini | 10/07/2022
The church of San Luca in Genoa preserves what many consider to be the greatest masterpiece of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione known as Il Grechetto (Genoa, 1609 - Mantua, 1664): the Nativity, a work that with great originality and inventiveness sums up all the painter's artistic interests.
Lazio
The erotic ceramics of the National Archaeological Museum in Tarquinia.
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 15/07/2022
The National Archaeological Museum in Tarquinia preserves an important nucleus of Attic ceramics with erotic subjects: here are the subjects and their meanings.
Lazio
Piero di Cosimo's Magdalene, a lady in the guise of a saint
ByFederico Giannini | 17/07/2022
The apex of Piero di Cosimo's (Florence, 1462 - 1522) production, the Magdalene of Palazzo Barberini is such a vivid and realistic image that we think, rather than of a saint, of a Florentine gentlewoman of the late 15th century.
Toscana
The Amiatine Bible, the oldest copy of the Scriptures in the Latin version by St. Jerome
ByRedazione | 28/07/2022
The Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, which holds one of the largest collections of manuscripts in the world, preserves a precious treasure: the Amiatine Bible (7th-8th centuries), the world's oldest and most complete witness to the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Holy Scriptures performed by St. Jerome.
Lombardia
The Manzonian fund of the Braidense National Library in Milan
ByRedazione | 01/08/2022
The Braidense National Library in Milan preserves the Manzoni Fund, the collection of Alessandro Manzoni's autographs, rare editions, letters, objects and memorabilia: among the treasures are the early drafts of Promessi Sposi and Cinque Maggio.
Emilia-Romagna
The autograph manuscript of Piero della Francesca's De Prospectiva Pingendi
ByRedazione | 06/08/2022
The Palatina Library in Parma holds the only entirely autograph manuscript of Piero della Francesca's De Prospectiva Pingendi, the fundamental treatise on scientific perspective written by the great Tuscan painter.
Umbria
The mystery of the Madonna and Child by Bartolomeo Caporali, a piece of Mantegna culture in Umbria
ByFederico Giannini | 07/08/2022
Attributed to Bartolomeo Caporali, this Madonna and Child in a Wreath preserved at the National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia is not only a marvelous painting but also the most adherent work of Mantegna culture to be found in Umbria.
Lazio
The Casanatense Library's collection of scientific instruments.
ByRedazione | 08/08/2022
The Casanatense Library in Rome has a valuable collection of scientific instruments that began to grow from the time of the institution's founding and was enriched over time, according to the idea that the library is also a museum of knowledge.
Sardegna
The Condaghe di San Pietro di Silki: a story, partly female, from medieval Sardinia
ByRedazione | 10/08/2022
The Condaghe di San Pietro di Silki is a collection of deeds preserved at the University Library in Sassari: despite appearances, it is an extremely interesting manuscript for learning about medieval Sardinia. It also partly conceals an all-female story.
Toscana
All the sublime and beautiful in art: the Christ at the Sodom Column
ByFederico Giannini | 14/08/2022
Among the pinnacles of the production of Giovanni Antonio Bazzi known as Sodoma (Vercelli, 1477-Siena, 1549), the Christ at the Column now in Siena's Pinacoteca Nazionale hides a singular story, but it was also considered one of the most beautiful images of its time.
Calabria
The Riace Bronzes. History of the two masterpieces of Greek sculpture.
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 16/08/2022
The Riace Bronzes, found in the waters of Riace, Calabria, on August 16, 1972, are two masterpieces of fifth-century B.C.E. Greek sculpture: their entire history, possible identifications, what we know for sure about these two mysterious sculptures.
Lombardia
The ancient herbaria of the University Library of Pavia
ByRedazione | 18/08/2022
The University Library of Pavia, since its foundation, has always had a strong scientific vocation: this is demonstrated by the numerous texts it preserves, including some precious and rare ancient and modern herbaria.
Basilicata
Albert Friscia: in Potenza a twentieth-century artist to be rediscovered
ByRedazione | 20/08/2022
The National Library in Potenza holds the most complete existing collection of the works of Albert Friscia, an Italian-American artist who was an important exponent of kinetic art, in contact with Burri, Afro, Matta and many other greats of the time. An artist to be rediscovered.
Toscana
Benvenuto Benvenuti's tower of Calafuria, the visionary evocation of an emotion
ByFederico Giannini | 21/08/2022
Among the masterpieces of Benvenuto Benvenuti (Livorno, 1881 - 1959), "The Tower of Calafuria" at the Fattori Museum in Livorno is a splendid example of the poetics of this visionary artist, who transfigured memories of his emotions into dreamlike images.
Umbria
Santa Maria della Vittoria in Gubbio: the church where St. Francis tamed the wolf
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 24/08/2022
In Gubbio, on the edge of a beautiful park, there is a small church, Santa Maria della Vittoria (or della Vittorina), famous because it is the place where St. Francis tamed the wolf of Gubbio. A place rich in art and suggestion.
Lazio
The autographs of St. Nilus, the 10th-century manuscripts of the founder of Grottaferrata Abbey
ByRedazione | 25/08/2022
The Grottaferrata National Monument Library preserves the precious autographs of St. Nilus: three 10th-century codices written by the founder of the Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata that have been part of the monastery's library holdings for more than a thousand years.
Spagna
The great masters of Spanish painting in the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville
ByJacopo Suggi | 07/09/2022
Andalusia has been one of Europe's most prolific and interesting centers of art history; a visit to the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville provides insight into the main protagonists and the course of Iberian art.
Piemonte
All the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci at the Royal Library of Turin
ByRedazione | 10/09/2022
The Royal Library of Turin holds an important nucleus of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings: there are 13 of them, starting with the most famous, the so-called "Self-Portrait," to which is added the Codex on the Flight of Birds. What are all these drawings doing in Turin? And what do they represent?
Liguria
Gerard David's Our Lady of the Loaf: a mother feeding her child.
ByFederico Giannini | 11/09/2022
Gerard David's Madonna of the Meal, of which seven versions are known (one is in Genoa, Palazzo Bianco), is a painting full of complex theological references, but at first it surprises us with the immediacy of its subject: a mother feeding her child.
Veneto
The most extravagant child of the Renaissance: the Portrait of a Child by Giovan Francesco Caroto
ByIlaria Baratta | 17/09/2022
Giovan Francesco Caroto's Portrait of a Child is the most unconventional child portrait of the Renaissance, and it has become so famous that it has become a symbol of the Veronese Renaissance. Here is everything we know about this important work.
Toscana
Journey through the Unesco World Heritage Sites of Tuscany
ByRedazione | 03/10/2022
Tuscany boasts eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites and is the Italian region with the most variety. Eight sites to visit for eight different reasons, for an unforgettable journey through time, eras, masterpieces of art, and the beauty of the landscape.
Fiandre
The KMSKA, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp: a new museum idea
ByFrancesca Anita Gigli | 06/10/2022
Reopened to the public on September 24, 2022 after ten years of closure for construction, KMSKA, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, was designed following an innovative and engaging idea of a "museum." Here is why and how it was renovated.
Toscana
The elegance of power. Bronzino's Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo.
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 09/10/2022
The portrait of Eleanor of Toledo with her son Giovanni, a Bronzino masterpiece preserved in the Uffizi, is one of the most famous portraits in history: an official portrait, an image of power, a testament to the refinement of the Medici court, and much more.
Calabria
Archaeological excavations in the library: the museum of the National Library of Cosenza
ByRedazione | 18/10/2022
The uniqueness of the National Library of Cosenza lies in the fact that its location ... includes an archaeological trail: these are the excavations of the ancient capital of the Brettians and the Roman Consentia, which can be visited in the museum of the Calabrian library.
Toscana
Paolo Uccello's Equestrian Monument to Giovanni Acuto, a symbol of the Renaissance
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 25/11/2022
The whole story of Paolo Uccello's Equestrian Monument to Giovanni Acuto, preserved in Florence Cathedral.
Emilia-Romagna
Arcadia in Painting. Donato Creti's pastoral fable at the Pinacoteca di Bologna.
ByFederico Giannini | 27/11/2022
The Pinacoteca Nazionale in Bologna preserves one of Donato Creti's (Cremona, 1671 - Bologna, 1749) most beautiful works, the "Arcadia Scene," an idyllic landscape that gives shape to the dreams of early 18th-century literati.
Piemonte
For eighty cents! The hard work of the mondine in Angelo Morbelli's masterpiece
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 02/12/2022
"For Eighty Cents!" is one of Angelo Morbelli's masterpieces: preserved at the Borgogna Museum in Vercelli, it recounts the hard work of the mondine.
Toscana
Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci's Baptism of Christ: when pupil and master collaborate
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 11/12/2022
The Baptism of Christ by Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci, preserved in the Uffizi, gives a close look at the relationship between master and pupil.
Umbria
See Narni through the eyes of travelers and painters of the Grand Tour
ByFederico Giannini | 16/12/2022
Between the 18th and 19th centuries there were many Grand Tour travelers and painters who, in words and pictures, described the wonders of Narni, one of Umbria's most beautiful towns. A journey of discovery of the town and its territory through the eyes of Corot, Addison and others.
Umbria
The Farrattini Altarpiece, singular story of an early masterpiece by Federico Zuccari
ByFederico Giannini | 18/12/2022
The Farrattini Altarpiece, a youthful masterpiece by Federico Zuccari (Sant'Angelo in Vado, 1539 - Ancona, 1609), can be admired today in the chapel of the same name in Amelia Cathedral, but this was not always the case: the work stayed away for a long time and has recently returned there, a rare occurrence. Moreover, we can see in it the self-portrait of Frederick as a young man.
Lazio
Centrale Montemartini, the most amazing archaeological museum in Rome (and beyond)
ByLeonardo Bison | 20/12/2022
A power plant converted into a museum, Rome's Centrale Montemartini is one of Italy's most beautiful archaeological museums.
Emilia-Romagna
Guido Reni's Samson the Victorious, a symbol of ideal beauty
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 21/12/2022
Preserved at the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Bologna, the Samson the Victorious is among Guido Reni's most famous works and a proud symbol of his Classical idealism.
Emilia-Romagna
A nativity scene that served as a predella. Antonio Begarelli's masterpiece in Modena Cathedral.
ByFederico Giannini | 23/12/2022
It is not easy to make a nativity scene, wrote Dino Buzzati in 1934. For confirmation, one would have to ask Antonio Begarelli, an early 16th-century sculptor and author of one of the most beautiful nativity scenes in the history of art: the one in Modena Cathedral, a terracotta masterpiece.
Lombardia
Lorenzo Lotto's unconventional Adoration: human and divine live in the humility of Christmas
ByIlaria Baratta | 24/12/2022
As extravagant as any of Lorenzo Lotto's paintings, his Adoration of the Shepherds preserved at the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia is one of the most unconventional nativities in art history. Here's why.
Toscana
Campari Fountains: when sculpture lent itself to advertising
ByAndrea Laratta | 29/12/2022
Beginning in 1931, Campari had an eccentric idea to advertise itself: to place Art Deco-style fountains (from which, of course, water came out, not Campari) in some tourist resorts. The project was entrusted to sculptor Giuseppe Gronchi: today only three remain.
Toscana
Baroque Pontremoli: the sites and masterpieces of the Pontremoli Baroque period
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 30/12/2022
Among the Italian capitals of the Baroque is a city where the concentration of palaces, churches and masterpieces of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is high: Pontremoli. A journey to discover the sites and major works of the Pontremoli Baroque.
Toscana
The Museum of Ancient Ships in Pisa, one of the most important museums on the sea in antiquity in the world
ByLeonardo Bison | 04/01/2023
Opened in 2019 after an exceptional discovery of 30 Roman boats, the Museum of Ancient Ships in Pisa is among the world's largest on the subject of the sea and navigation in antiquity.
Toscana
Rosso Fiorentino's Deposition: a chilling hallucination
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 21/01/2023
Preserved at the Pinacoteca Civica in Volterra, Rosso Fiorentino's Deposition is one of the most original, unprejudiced and bizarre works in art history-a "chilling hallucination," Evelina Borea called it.
Toscana
Lucca, the cathedral of San Martino: a journey through architecture, painting and sculpture
ByFrancesca Di Lupo | 25/01/2023
The Cathedral of St. Martin in Lucca, with its centuries-old history behind it, becomes a place of preservation of wonderful works of art, from altarpieces to the highly venerated statue of the Holy Face.
Campania
The disjointed nonconformity of Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli's Annunciation
ByFederico Giannini | 29/01/2023
Appreciated but also panned by critics, Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli's Annunciation, now at the National Museum of Capodimonte, is nonetheless a very fascinating painting, among the most unique products of the most intellectualistic Mannerism.
Emilia-Romagna
From Nicola Pisano to Michelangelo in one monument. The Ark of San Domenico in Bologna
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 01/02/2023
A single monument encompassing five centuries of sculpture history: this is the Arca di San Domenico in Bologna, begun by Nicola Pisano and modified in various stages until the 18th century.
Toscana
Siena Cathedral: a masterpiece of Gothic architecture and its wonders
ByFrancesca Di Lupo | 13/02/2023
Siena Cathedral, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture, gathers within its walls evidence of the work of some of the most brilliant medieval and Renaissance artists
Toscana
Simone Martini's Annunciation, a summit of the Sienese school.
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 08/03/2023
Considered one of the greatest masterpieces of the Sienese school, Simone Martini's Annunciation, executed with his brother-in-law Lippo Memmi and now housed in the Uffizi, represented a turning point in his style.
Umbria
Finestre sull'Arte presents a web-series on Perugino, with Jacopo Veneziani
ByRedazione | 09/03/2023
Filming of "Pills of Perugino," a web-series by Finestre sull'Arte, featuring art historian and popularizer Jacopo Veneziani, dedicated to Perugino, has ended: ten episodes on as many works to discover the artist in and around Perugia.
Liguria
The Gallery of Modern Art in Genoa: among Risorgimento battles, landscapes and pointillism
ByJacopo Suggi | 13/03/2023
Among the jewels that can be visited in Genoa, a prominent place belongs to the Gallery of Modern Art, which holds important works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Emilia-Romagna
Wiligelmo's Genesis plates, in Modena the masterpiece of a terrible revolutionary
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 15/03/2023
The slabs with Wiligelmo's Stories of Genesis, embedded in the facade of Modena Cathedral, are a masterpiece of Romanesque sculpture, highly original: here's why.
Austria
Klimt's Kiss, the idyll to which two lovers tenderly surrender themselves
ByIlaria Baratta | 17/03/2023
A masterpiece by Gustav Klimt, the Kiss, created in 1908, is one of the world's icons of art, as well as one of the most popular works with the public.
Toscana
Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus. The story of a masterpiece of Mannerism.
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 23/03/2023
Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus is today recognized as one of the greatest masterpieces of Mannerism. It was, however, a very painful work, and a challenge for its author.
Liguria
Tærra bōnn-a. Brief travel notes on the ceramics of Savona and Albissola.
ByFederico Giannini | 26/03/2023
Between Savona and Albissola, pottery has a centuries-old tradition. And it has become part of a way of life. A journey through ceramics among works of art, museums, workshops, and pieces of literature.
Lombardia
A sumptuous painting by Camillo Procaccini hidden in the heart of Milan: the Martyrdom of St. Theodore
ByFederico Giannini | 02/04/2023
In the church of Santo Stefano Maggiore, a short walk from Milan Cathedral, the Trivulzio Chapel preserves a little-known work by Camillo Procaccini: the Martyrdom of St. Theodore. A masterpiece of Counter-Reformation painting.
Emilia-Romagna
Rimini gets a makeover: the refurbishment of the City Museum
ByFabrizio Federici | 03/04/2023
Rimini does not only want to be a seaside or conference destination, but for some time now it has also been presenting itself as a major cultural destination. And now, after opening the Fellini Museum and PART, it is preparing to renovate the City Museum.
Toscana
Ilaria del Carretto's monument, the beautiful tomb in Lucca Cathedral
ByIlaria Baratta | 05/04/2023
A masterpiece of proto-Renaissance sculpture, the tomb of Ilaria del Carretto fascinates with its beauty, with the story of the young and ill-fated wife of Paolo Guinigi, and with its singularity.
Liguria
Bernardo Strozzi's cook: a work of pilgrim ingenuity
ByGiorgio Dellacasa | 08/04/2023
Palazzo Rosso in Genoa preserves one of Bernardo Strozzi's masterpieces: the "Cook," a painting that represents all the originality of 17th-century Genoese art.
Toscana
Giovanni Pisano's Pistoia pulpit, an innovative masterpiece
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 19/04/2023
When Giovanni Pisano finished the Pistoia pulpit, still visible today in the church of Sant'Andrea, he presented an extremely innovative work. That is why it is a masterpiece.
Toscana
Botticelli's Venus, a symbol of the Renaissance
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 27/04/2023
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli is one of the most important and significant works of the Renaissance. An article to analyze the work in detail.
Lombardia
A Cremonese among the Venetians. The Madonna of Altobello Melone at the Carrara Academy.
ByFederico Giannini | 30/04/2023
The Hall of the Veneti at the Carrara Academy in Bergamo preserves a youthful summit by Altobello Melone of Cremona: the Madonna and Child with St. John. That is why it is a singular work.
Toscana
Caravaggio's enigmatic Bacchus, the early masterpiece at the Uffizi.
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 13/05/2023
The Uffizi Bacchus is one of Caravaggio's most famous works, but it is also one of the most enigmatic. We know little about its history and its meaning still eludes us.
Umbria
Perugino's Adoration of the Magi, the masterpiece with which the painter introduced himself to the world
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 17/05/2023
Perugino's Adoration of the Magi, preserved at the National Gallery of Umbria, was painted in the 1570s and is the artist's early masterpiece, the work with which he introduced himself to the world.
Umbria
A cornerstone of the young Perugino: the Farneto PietÃÂ
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 20/05/2023
A very rare work, made on canvas (in ancient times it was a gonfalon), the Pieta del Farneto is one of Perugino's early masterpieces, a cornerstone in his artistic career.
Umbria
Perugino's Madonna of Consolation, the work the artist did not want to deliver
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 24/05/2023
The Madonna of the Confraternity of Consolation is one of the masterpieces of Perugino's maturity and hides a peculiar story: the confraternity that commissioned it did not have the money to finish paying for it, and the artist did not want to deliver it. But in the end everything was resolved.
Umbria
Perugino in the Collegio del Cambio frescoes: the classical and Christian Renaissance
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 27/05/2023
A masterpiece by Perugino, the frescoes in the Sala delle Udienze in the Collegio del Cambioa in Perugia are one of the pinnacles of the Renaissance, especially for their mixture of classical and Christian themes.
Toscana
The doors of the Baptistery of Florence, Lorenzo Ghiberti's masterpiece
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 01/06/2023
They are perhaps the most famous doors in the history of art: the North Door and the Gates of Paradise, which Lorenzo Ghiberti executed for the Baptistery of Florence, testify to the transition from Late Gothic to Renaissance.
Liguria
The Della Rovere polyptych by Foppa and Brea: a masterpiece of the Ligurian Renaissance in Savona
ByGabriele Cordì | 08/06/2023
The story of the imposing Della Rovere polyptych by Vincenzo Foppa and Ludovico Brea, housed in the oratory of Nostra Signora di Castello in Savona, is an intricate web of even turbulent events, and today it is a majestic symbol of the Renaissance in Liguria.
Umbria
A Perugino against the plague: the gonfalon of Saints Romano and Rocco of Deruta
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 09/06/2023
Painted in 1476 to invoke divine protection against the plague, the gonfalon of Saints Romano and Rocco of Deruta is one of Perugino's early masterpieces and is surprising for one detail: the marvelously realistic depiction of the village of Deruta.
Emilia-Romagna
Francesco Bianchi Ferrari's Annunciation: a theological compendium in a single scene
ByFederico Giannini | 11/06/2023
The Annunciation by Francesco Bianchi Ferrari (Ferrara?, 1447 - Modena, 1510), housed in the Galleria Estense in Modena, is a seemingly simple painting: in fact, behind this scene that seems so familiar lies a true theological compendium.
Umbria
Perugino's Corciano Altarpiece, a masterpiece in the place for which it was born
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 23/06/2023
The church of Santa Maria Assunta in Corciano preserves one of Perugino's few masterpieces still kept in the places for which it was born. It is one of the finest works of his late phase.
Umbria
Perugino's Baptism of Christ, the work preserved in his Cittàdella Pieve
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 28/06/2023
Few of Perugino's works can be seen in his hometown of Città della Pieve: one of these is the Baptism of Christ, an altarpiece he admires in the Umbrian city's cathedral.
Umbria
The Polyptych of St. Augustine, Perugino's most complicated work
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 05/07/2023
The Polyptych of St. Augustine can undoubtedly be considered Perugino's most complicated mobile work: it took about 20 years to complete, and the artist did not even manage to finish it all. Today his panels are scattered among various museums.
Liguria
An anonymous summit of the Renaissance in Liguria: the table of the Master of Cesio
ByFederico Giannini | 16/07/2023
The highly prized Diocesan Museum in Albenga preserves a singular panel painting by an anonymous artist from the small village of Cesio: it is dated 1457 and, for its modernity and quality, can be considered one of the pinnacles of the early Renaissance in Liguria. But who was its author?
Umbria
The Monteripido Altarpiece: Perugino's work with two faces
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 25/07/2023
A singular combination of painting and sculpture, the Monteripido Altarpiece, a masterpiece of Perugino's maturity, is one of the most significant works of his production. And it is opisthograph, meaning it is painted on both sides.
Umbria
The Chapel of San Severo in Perugia, where Raphael and Perugino painted the same wall
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 01/08/2023
In Perugia, in the Chapel of San Severo, lies a fresco of great interest, a Trinity with Saints begun by Raphael and finished by Perugino. It is the only work in which it is possible to see the Urbinate and his master directly compared.
Toscana
Among the ruins of San Bruzio, an ancient monastery in the Tuscan Maremma.
ByFederico Giannini | 06/08/2023
Nestled among the fields of the Tuscan Maremma, not far from the walled village of Magliano, stand the ruins of San Bruzio, an ancient Benedictine monastery of which only a few ruins of the monastic church remain today. Abandoned without yet knowing why.
Veneto
Giambattista Tiepolo's Apotheosis of the Pisans, the masterpiece of eighteenth-century fiction
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 14/08/2023
The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family, Giambattista Tiepolo's masterpiece decorating the ballroom of the sumptuous Villa Pisani in Stra, is his largest fresco painting for a private residence. As well as a great masterpiece of 18th-century fiction.
Campania
Amalfi Cathedral, the beautiful cathedral on the steps
ByRedazione | 15/08/2023
Built starting in the 9th century, Amalfi Cathedral is one of the symbols of the Amalfi Coast. Its history, its treasures.
Lombardia
An altarpiece for the duke's sister: St. Margaret presented at Trinity by Anton Maria Viani
ByFederico Giannini | 20/08/2023
Painted for Margherita Gonzaga, sister of the Duke of Mantua Vincenzo I, the altarpiece with Saint Margaret presented to the Trinity is the masterpiece of Antonio Maria Viani (Cremona, c. 1555 - Mantua, 1629) and one of the pinnacles of the early 17th century in Mantua.
Emilia-Romagna
A distant ray of Venice. The Portal of the Princes' Palace in Correggio
ByGiuseppe Adani | 04/09/2023
The Portal of the Princes' Palace in Correggio is a work from the first decade of the 16th century, elaborated around 1507. A masterpiece of early 16th-century sculpture, it retains a Venetian echo: we take a closer look at it in this article.
Veneto
The spectacle of the Baptistery of Padua: the frescoes of Giusto de' Menabuoi
ByFrancesca Interguglielmi | 22/09/2023
Those who enter the Baptistery of Padua, especially if it is their first time, always feel a strong sense of awe: thanks to the spectacular frescoes by Giusto de' Menabuoi, who covered all the walls with magnificent paintings between 1375 and 1376.
Spagna
Madrid, a look at the collections of the Royal Collections Gallery
ByRedazione | 08/10/2023
A major new museum, the Royal Collections Gallery, opened in Madrid on June 29. After discussing the design and the building, we devote a quick focus to some of the most significant pieces in the new institution's collection.
Toscana
Patronage in 15th century Florence: palaces, chapels, works
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 09/10/2023
Fifteenth-century Florence abounded with wealthy patrons, and even today the city still bears important traces of their exploits. For what reasons? Why were there so many patrons? And what did they leave behind? An overview.
Lombardia
San Pietro al Monte in Civate, an ancient abbey in the solitude of the forest
ByFrancesca Anita Gigli | 07/11/2023
In Civate, near Lecco, there is an ancient abbey immersed in the silence of a forest: it is San Pietro al Monte, a place of long and singular historical events, a complex of supreme artistic merit, whose origins are lost in legend.
Umbria
The Greccio nativity scene of St. Francis according to Giotto
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 06/12/2023
The first nativity scene in history? The one set up in 1223 by St. Francis in Greccio, near Rieti. Exactly 800 years have passed since that event. Here's how Giotto interpreted it in a celebrated fresco in Assisi's Upper Basilica.
Spagna
Spain's brightest painter: on Paolo di San Leocadio's masterpiece, the Oration in the Garden
ByFederica Lonati | 18/12/2023
The Prado recently acquired a masterpiece executed by Paolo di San Leocadio, the Oration in the Garden: an exemplary work by this Italian-Spanish artist of Reggio Emilia origins, anciently called the "brightest painter in Spain." A detailed account of the painting.
Toscana
Piero della Francesca's Madonna del Parto, one of the most beautiful images of motherhood
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 21/12/2023
The Madonna del Parto, a masterpiece by Piero della Francesca preserved at Monterchi in the Valtiberina, is one of the most beautiful images of motherhood. And it has long been the object of deep popular veneration, which in some ways continues to this day. Its story in this article.
Liguria
A nativity scene painted on pottery: the 16th-century altarpiece in the church of Albissola Marina
ByFederico Giannini | 24/12/2023
In the Church of Our Lady of Concord, the main church in Albissola Marina, there is a nativity scene unlike any other: it is a peculiar altarpiece with an Adoration painted entirely on ceramic. A work from 1576, it is the result of the collaboration of a local potter and a painter from Urbino.
Piemonte
A monumental god at the Cinema Museum of Turin: the Moloch statue from Cabiria
ByIlaria Baratta | 20/01/2024
Perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the National Cinema Museum in Turin, besides its home, the Mole Antonelliana, is the copy of the statue of the god Moloch from the film Cabiria: why does it occupy such a central role in the exhibition itinerary? What you need to know about the colossus.
Toscana
Piero della Francesca's Resurrection in the pages of art history
ByJacopo Suggi | 31/01/2024
Piero della Francesca's masterpiece in Sansepolcro is one of the works about which some of the finest words in the history of art have been written; in fact, over the centuries there have been numerous scholars and intellectuals who have grappled with this painting. We provide a brief account of them.
Veneto
Giovanni Bellini's Baptism in Vicenza, a watershed between two eras
ByMarta Santacatterina | 01/03/2024
Giovanni Bellini's Baptism of Christ, preserved in the church of Santa Corona in Vicenza, is one of the fundamental works of the Venetian artist's production, a watershed of Venetian art between the 15th and 16th centuries.
Lazio
Caravaggio at the Court of Cardinal Del Monte (I). The alchemical mural of the Casino dell'Aurora
ByMichele Frazzi | 04/03/2024
First in a series of three essays devoted to works executed by Caravaggio when he was at the court of Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte: in this contribution, a reading of the famous mural (Caravaggio's only one) of the Casino dell'Aurora, which reflects the cardinal's alchemical interests.
Toscana
Michelangelo Buonarroti's Birthplace in Caprese: a journey through sculpture
ByJacopo Suggi | 06/03/2024
In Caprese, Valtiberina, among woods and mountains, Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in an ancient fort. Today in this building is the museum dedicated to him, in an itinerary dedicated to the sculptor's birthplace and the artists who in the 20th century wanted to pay tribute to him.
Toscana
Buried Secrets. The Murlo Archaeological Museum and ancient Etruscan civilization.
ByFrancesca Anita Gigli | 12/03/2024
Nestled in the quiet of a very old village, the Archaeological Museum of Murlo (Siena), with works and artifacts exclusively from the Murlo area, reveals the Etruscan history of this land. And that of the ancient palace of the Etruscan princes located here.
Toscana
Sandro Botticelli's Primavera, the very image of the beautiful season
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 28/03/2024
Botticelli's Primavera is the very icon of the beautiful season, the most famous painting in the world dedicated to the flower season. Yet, it is a work whose meaning still eludes us.
Toscana
A park of works made with flowers. The contemporary garden of the Montellori Farm.
ByFederico Giannini | 31/03/2024
On the outskirts of Fucecchio, Tuscany, lies an unusual park. It is the Montellori Farm: it houses works of art created by important artists and which are distinguished by one peculiarity: they are all made of flowers. It is therefore nature that decides each year how they should be presented.
Toscana
Portrait of a patron between Rome and the Apuan Alps: cardinal Alderano Cybo
ByFabrizio Federici | 05/04/2024
Over the course of a long life and a very long cardinalate, Cardinal Alderano Cybo translated a great interest in the arts into an assiduous activity as a patron of the arts, which was expressed mainly between two cities: Massa and Rome. A portrait of the cardinal and his works in the Italy of the great Baroque.
Toscana
Entrepreneurs and art patrons of today's Tuscany: who they are and what they do
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 16/04/2024
Tuscany is a region known for its great tradition of patronage, which persists to this day. Who are the great patrons who have shaped art Tuscany over the past century and continue to do so today? Here are the best known and what they have done for art.
Lazio
The treasures of Sant'Agnese in Agone, a sumptuous baroque temple in Rome
ByAndrea Fusani | 21/04/2024
The church of Sant'Agnese in Agone is one of the most sumptuous temples of the Roman Baroque. Built from 1651 on the site of the martyrdom of St. Agnes, it is a triumph of marble and masterpieces by the great sculptors of the time.
Spagna
Journey to Factum's workshops, where amazing facsimiles of art masterpieces are created
ByFederica Lonati | 03/05/2024
Factum Arte is an atelier where amazing high-fidelity facsimiles of masterpieces of art history are created. From Factum's workshops, located in Madrid, come copies that reach all over the world. An exclusive journey inside Factum.
Toscana
The role of graphics in the fortunes of Leonardo da Vinci's Battle of Anghiari
ByJacopo Suggi | 07/05/2024
The Battle of Anghiari, Leonardo da Vinci's famous masterpiece for the Palazzo Vecchio, has never ceased to be talked about, but in the past it owes its notoriety to the dissemination of numerous graphics taken from the theme.
Toscana
How Pandolfo Petrucci's patronage changed the face of Siena in the Renaissance
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 08/05/2024
Pandolfo Petrucci, called the Magnificent, was lord of Siena in the late 15th and early 16th centuries: under him, the city changed its face. Here is who Petrucci was and what he did for his city during the Renaissance.
Veneto
The Borges Labyrinth. A garden to pay homage to the writer
ByIlaria Baratta | 09/05/2024
In 2021, the Borges Labyrinth in Venice, a garden in the form of a labyrinth that the Cini Foundation created in 2011 to pay homage to Jorge Luis Borges, opened to the public for the first time. Renata Codello, Secretary General of the Foundation, explains this magical place.
Emilia-Romagna
More on Correggio's frescoes in the dome of the abbey church of San Giovanni in Parma
ByBruno Zanardi | 18/05/2024
Exactly 35 years ago, in 1989, Marco Rosi, founder of Parmacotto, offered to finance the work on Correggio's frescoes in the dome of San Giovanni in Parma. The work was accompanied by a number of texts and a thorough photographic campaign, most of which we republish.
Emilia-Romagna
The Labyrinth of the Masone, the concrete utopia of Franco Maria Ricci
ByFederico Giannini | 04/06/2024
Opened to the public in 2015, the Labirinto della Masone, nestled in the countryside of Fontanellato, is the realization of a dream, the utopia of a contemporary humanist, Franco Maria Ricci.
Toscana
The extraordinary story of Keith Haring's making of Tuttomondo in Pisa
ByJacopo Suggi | 05/06/2024
In 1989 the world-renowned American artist found himself almost by accident painting his pictorial will in the historic center of Pisa, the following year in fact he died.
Toscana
The Battle of Anghiari: from Leonardo's masterpiece to the landscape witness of the
ByJacopo Suggi | 13/06/2024
The Battle of Anghiari became known thanks to Leonardo da Vinci's famous vanished masterpiece, but numerous traces of that historical episode can still be found around the small Tuscan village.
Toscana
Titian's Venus of Urbino, a masterpiece of ambiguity
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 16/06/2024
Titian's Venus of Urbino, preserved in the Uffizi, is one of the greatest masterpieces of the Renaissance: yet, it is very difficult to understand its meaning because of its deliberate ambiguity. Here is what it might reveal.
Toscana
Suspended between sea and sky: the scales of Bocca d'Arno in art
ByJacopo Suggi | 18/06/2024
Also known as "retoni," the ancient fishing huts at the mouth of the Arno River, not far from Pisa, are a recurring component in the iconography of modern art set along the banks of the Arno River. Here is how artists have recounted this presence.
Toscana
The Pisa sinopites. what they are, what they were used for, how they were discovered
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 22/06/2024
The Museo delle Sinopie in Pisa preserves a fundamental core of sinopites: what are these particular works of art? What were they used for? And how were they discovered? We look at that in this article.
Emilia-Romagna
Why is there a bear chained to the palace of a Renaissance city?
ByFederico Giannini | 23/06/2024
Why is there a chained bear in one of the two 1520 City Views preserved at the National Picture Gallery in Ferrara? These are two peculiar works that still have so much to tell.
Toscana
A centuries-old tradition: the Pisa Bridge Game in ancient depictions
ByJacopo Suggi | 29/06/2024
The Gioco del Ponte is one of the most anticipated events on the Pisan calendar and is held on the Ponte di Mezzo every last Saturday in June. Its remote history can be traced through paintings and prints.
Toscana
The Botanical Garden of Pisa, one of the first university botanical gardens in the world
ByJacopo Suggi | 02/07/2024
Hidden in the heart of the city of Pisa is an enchanted garden among the oldest university botanical gardens in the world: the Botanical Garden of Pisa.
Toscana
Jacopo della Quercia's Madonna in Anghiari: a sculpture...versatile.
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 06/07/2024
Jacopo della Quercia's Madonna and Child, preserved in Anghiari at Palazzo Taglieschi, is a masterpiece with a very special history. We tell it in this article.
Toscana
Defending the faith and protecting the Mediterranean: history of the Knights of St. Stephen
ByJacopo Suggi | 06/07/2024
The Order of the Knights of St. Stephen is a religious and military institution founded in Pisa in 1562 and wanted by the Medici family: it was instrumental in their power games, but it also played an important role in the sea wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Lazio
The church of Santa Maria in Castello in Tarquinia, the Romanesque that never stopped
ByFederico Giannini | 07/07/2024
In Tarquinia, in the church of Santa Maria in Castello, one of the most interesting Romanesque buildings in Lazio. Where you can read everywhere the signs of the time that has passed here.
Toscana
When Giotto and Cimabue were in Pisa. The church of San Francesco
ByJacopo Suggi | 09/07/2024
The church of St. Francis was one of the most important in Pisa and over the centuries has housed important works, including Cimabue's Majesty and Giotto's Stigmata of St. Francis, masterpieces now celebrated in the Louvre.
Toscana
When Pisa ruled the seas. The history of the Pisan Arsenals.
ByJacopo Suggi | 13/07/2024
Throughout its history, Pisa has been an authentic naval power: to secure this role it equipped itself with modern shipyards for the construction of vessels. The Republican and Medici Arsenals have now been restored and become cultural centers.
Toscana
The Palazzo della Carovana in Pisa: from seat of the Order of St. Stephen to Scuola Normale
ByJacopo Suggi | 16/07/2024
In Pisa, the Palazzo della Carovana, overlooking Piazza dei Cavalieri, a design by Giorgio Vasari, bears witness to the city's sedimentation over the centuries.
Toscana
When the San Rossore Park in Pisa was full of dromedaries.
ByFederico Giannini | 21/07/2024
There was a time when seeing dromedaries in San Rossore Park in Pisa was a rather usual and familiar event. These animals, the "camels" for the Pisans, also inspired the work of some artists. Long missing, dromedaries in San Rossore have recently returned.
Toscana
The resurfaced fleet. History of the extraordinary discovery of the ancient ships of Pisa
ByJacopo Suggi | 23/07/2024
In 1998, by accident, an incredible archaeological heritage was discovered near the Pisa San Rossore station, destined to rewrite the history of navigation in the Tuscan city: the ancient ships of Pisa.
Toscana
Between science and legend, Galileo's experiment from the Tower of Pisa
ByJacopo Suggi | 27/07/2024
According to tradition, the Pisan scientist allegedly threw two weights from the top of the celebrated leaning bell tower to prove his theory, in what is known as the "gravi experiment."
Toscana
Piero della Francesca's house in Sansepolcro: when artist's home meets research
ByJacopo Suggi | 30/07/2024
The painter Piero della Francesca, one of the major figures of the Renaissance, was born in Valtiberina, where the house where he lived for many years still stands. Today, in addition to being open for visits, it is also an important research center dedicated to the painter from Biturgia.
Belgio
How much more priceless in the world. The Immovable Existence of James Ensor
ByFrancesca Anita Gigli | 02/08/2024
A trip to Ostend to discover the existence of James Ensor, between the beaches of the Flemish city and the house where the great artist lived.
Toscana
Among the masterpieces of the New Venice in Livorno
ByAndrea Fusani | 07/08/2024
Livorno's Venezia Nuova neighborhood is most famous for the Effetto Venezia festival, a highly successful performance review. But among its streets there are also art masterpieces little known to most. We tell you about them.
Francia
The Arc de Triomphe, history of a symbol of Paris
ByAndrea Laratta | 10/08/2024
Begun in 1806 and inaugurated in 1836, the Arc de Triomphe has now become one of the symbols of Paris, a centerpiece of the public life of the city and of France as a whole. What you need to know about this important monument.
Toscana
The crosses of the Museo di San Matteo in Pisa: the world's largest collection of painted crosses
ByIlaria Baratta | 10/08/2024
In Pisa, the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo houses an extraordinary collection of painted crosses-it is the largest in the world. There are also masterpieces such as the crosses of Giunta Pisano, and they give us an insight into nearly three centuries of art in Pisa.
Liguria
In the village of Trebiano Magra, where according to legend the manuscript of the Divine Comedy is hidden.
ByFederico Giannini | 11/08/2024
Trebiano Magra is a village of only a few inhabitants in Levante Ligure, but it is rich in interesting works of art and has many stories to tell. According to one legend, the manuscript of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy is hidden in its castle...
Toscana
Tradition and modernity: the Polyptych of Mercy by Piero della Francesca
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 14/08/2024
The Polyptych of Mercy is Piero della Francesca's first major work. It is kept at the Museo Civico in Sansepolcro and is a work that blends the tradition of an iconographic subject with a long history with innovation and modernity. Here is how and why.
Toscana
The tower of San Lazzaro in Livorno: the legacy of Mario Puccini in Labronica painting
ByJacopo Suggi | 19/08/2024
A retiree with a vivid passion for his city, who put his savings toward a restoration: that of the tower of Livorno's ancient lazaretto. An act of love that gave back to all a precious asset, the protagonist of a fortunate iconographic production that has as its initiator the post-Macchiaiolo painter Mario Puccini.
Toscana
In Lunigiana, inside churches that hide traces of the struggles between Christians and pagans
ByFederico Giannini | 01/09/2024
In Filattiera, Lunigiana, two houses of worship hide the traces of a very ancient struggle: that of the Christians who, between the 6th and 7th centuries, tried to eradicate pagan idolatry among these mountains. A fascinating and largely unknown story, hidden within the walls of the oratory of San Giorgio and the parish church of Sorano. With two stele statues to pass it on.
Toscana
Ceramic Treasures. The extraordinary spread of robbiane in the Valtiberina.
ByJacopo Suggi | 04/09/2024
The glazed pottery technique promoted by the Della Robbia Renaissance workshop had a widespread fortune in the Valtiberina, where they can still be admired throughout the area. An itinerary to discover the robbiane of the Valtiberina.
Toscana
What are Florence's wine pits, a heritage to be rediscovered
ByAndrea Laratta | 17/09/2024
They are a specificity of Florence: the buchette del vino, openings on the ground floor of buildings formerly used to sell wine. Recently attention has arisen around these works, so much so that an association has decided to census and enhance them. We talk about them with president Matteo Faglia.
Emilia-Romagna
"How we renovated the Pinacoteca di Faenza. And why it's important to refurbish." Director Roberta Bartoli speaks
ByIlaria Baratta | 23/09/2024
The Pinacoteca Comunale di Faenza (Faenza Municipal Art Gallery) has undergone major renovations and rearrangements in recent years, as well as an extensive campaign of restoration of works. In what perspective has the Pinacoteca been renovated and how does it present itself at present? We talked about this with Roberta Bartoli, scientific director.
Toscana
The lands of Pisa in the paintings of the Macchiaioli.
ByJacopo Suggi | 26/09/2024
Perhaps less well-known in the geography of the Macchiaioli group, the province of Pisa, in its natural and uncorrupted aspects, also appears as the subject of numerous paintings.
Spagna
The Palau de la Música Catalana, a masterpiece of modernism
ByMonica Sperandio | 01/10/2024
A place of rebirth and extraordinary beauty too often forgotten, the Palau de la Música Catalana, in the heart of Barcelona, is one of the great masterpieces of modernism.
Francia
In Montmartre, inside the apartment where Suzanne Valadon, the painter of the infernal trio lived.
ByIlaria Baratta | 03/10/2024
Suzanne Valadon is often remembered only as the mother of Maurice Utrillo: in fact she was one of the most modern painters of the early 20th century. In Montmartre you can visit the apartment where she lived and worked.
Fiandre
Michelangelo's Madonna and other masterpieces at Our Lady's Church in Bruges
ByJacopo Suggi | 04/10/2024
An essential stop during a visit to Bruges is the museum inside the Church of Our Lady, which houses works of Flemish art and an important sculpture by Michelangelo.
Emilia-Romagna
Death and Rebirth. Among the Halls of the Fortress of Fontanellato.
ByFederico Giannini | 13/10/2024
The Fortress of Fontanellato conceals within its walls a story of pain, death and rebirth. Like the one told by the frescoes of Parmigianino, who decorated a room in the castle in the early 16th century.
Lazio
Where do the coins from the Trevi Fountain go?
ByAndrea Laratta | 24/10/2024
Trevi Fountain coins: who does the money that tourists traditionally throw into the water go to and what is it used for?
Toscana
The Treasure of the Grand Dukes and the collecting of the Tuscan court
ByJacopo Suggi | 29/10/2024
To get an idea of the collecting tastes of the Tuscan court in the 290 years of the Grand Duchy's existence, it is necessary to understand what luxury craftsmanship objects the Medici and Lorraine loved: a visit to the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, the museum dedicated to these extraordinary pieces.
Piemonte
Sumptuous and cloistered. The Castle of Moncalieri
ByFederico Giannini | 10/11/2024
It was the sumptuous home of Italy's first king, Victor Emmanuel II, and a modest retreat for his daughter Marie Clotilde. Moncalieri Castle, one of the most fascinating Savoy residences.
Lazio
Andrea Pozzo's masterpiece: the Glory of St. Ignatius in Rome
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 14/11/2024
The Glory of St. Ignatius, a masterpiece by Andrea Pozzo in the church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Rome, is not only one of the most spectacular Baroque frescoes: it is an authentic poetic manifesto, as well as a work capable of expressing the worldview of the Jesuit order.
Veneto
The Fondaco dei Tedeschi, history and transformations of a symbol of Venice
ByRedazione | 15/11/2024
From its founding in the 13th century as a hub for German merchants to its Renaissance reconstruction and recent contemporary restoration, Venice's Fondaco dei Tedeschi is a crossroads of art, commerce and culture that reflects the soul of the city.
Toscana
Keil Space's artistic revolution in Florence: the observer at the center as co-creator
ByLuca Rossi | 15/11/2024
There is a place in Florence that hints at the future of art: it is Keil Space, a place for reflection and decompression envisioned by British artist Samantha Keil. Is a new Renaissance beginning in Florence?
Belgio
Masterpieces of the Flemish world at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
ByJacopo Suggi | 19/11/2024
From van der Weyden to Bosch, via Bruegel and Rubens to Magritte: the Royal Museums of Belgium offer an incredible immersion in the pictorial wonders of the Flemish school.
Toscana
The labyrinth of Lucca Cathedral: a sacred symbol linked to Greek myth
ByRedazione | 05/12/2024
On the facade of the Cathedral of Lucca, the Cathedral of St. Martin, you can see a curious labyrinth: what does it mean? It is a religious symbol related to ... Greek mythology.
Toscana
History of the Florentine commesso, an ancient technique of high craftsmanship
ByJacopo Suggi | 06/12/2024
The pietra dura commesso, so closely associated with the city of Florence that it is also known as the Florentine commesso, is a difficult and extraordinary technique of high craftsmanship, still practiced today by very few workshops. Here is its history.
Lombardia
Giuseppe Gorni, the artist who celebrated the Mantuan countryside, and his museum in Quistello
ByRedazione | 13/12/2024
Quistello, in the province of Mantua, is home to the Giuseppe Gorni Museum, entirely dedicated to the artist whose name it bears, a sculptor whose work is deeply rooted in the Mantuan territory, and who was able to translate into forms the essence of rural life in the Lower Po Valley.
Lazio
Pietro da Cortona's The Triumph of Divine Providence, a fundamental text of 17th-century art
ByClaudia Farini | 14/12/2024
A masterpiece by Pietro da Cortona, the Triumph of Divine Providence, which adorns the salon of the same name in the Palazzo Barberini in Rome, is not only an effective celebration of the power of Pope Urban VIII, it is also a foundational text for all art of the seventeenth century and beyond.
Toscana
When Donatello and Masaccio agreed on the Renaissance revolution in Pisa.
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 17/12/2024
The Museo Nazionale di San Matteo in Pisa is the only one where you can see a work by Donatello and a work by Masaccio, that is, the father of sculpture and the father of Renaissance painting: the reliquary bust of San Rossore and the St. Paul. And in Pisa perhaps the two confronted each other by fine-tuning their revolution.
Emilia-Romagna
When art in the Renaissance was also political propaganda: Garofalo's masterpiece
ByFederico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta | 20/12/2024
The Minerva and Neptune by Benvenuto Tisi known as Garofalo is not only a masterpiece of its author and a watershed work in early 16th-century Ferrara art: although its real meaning escapes us, we can also consider it a work of pure political propaganda.
Lombardia
Viboldone Abbey, monastic peace amid the chaos of Milan's suburbs
ByFederico Giannini | 22/12/2024
Between San Giuliano Milanese and Sesto Ulteriano, in one of the few remaining scraps of countryside amid the outskirts of Milan, stands Viboldone Abbey, a 12th-century monastery that preserves many of its splendid 14th-century frescoes.
Toscana
Correggio's Adoration of the Child: an intimate and universal scene of the miracle of the Nativity
ByIlaria Baratta | 24/12/2024
There is all the essence of Christmas, understood as birth, in Correggio's Madonna in Adoration of the Child, preserved in the Uffizi. An intimate and collected scene but at the same time extraordinarily alive and communicative.
Toscana
The Pietro Aldi Cultural Pole in Saturnia: a model of good musealization
ByJacopo Suggi | 28/12/2024
In Saturnia, a hamlet of Manciano known for its spa tourism, a small museum dedicated to the Romantic painter Pietro Aldi was opened a few years ago: the museum combines a focus on the local area with the enhancement of the permanent collection.
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