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Craco ghost town rises from the clay hills of Basilicata like the surviving fragment of a vanished civilisation. Its houses cling to a narrow ridge, their empty windows looking across the valley of the Cavone River, while a square medieval…
At the beginning of the Posillipo coast, where the buildings of Naples appear to lean toward the sea, Palazzo Donn’Anna rises directly from the water like the surviving fragment of a forgotten kingdom. Its weathered walls, open arches and unfinished…
There are places that reveal themselves immediately, and others that seem to wait for the right distance, the right light and the right point of view. Lake Scanno belongs to the second kind. From its shores, it appears as a…
There are villages in Italy that survive because they stand beside a famous monument, others because they are surrounded by vineyards, beaches or mountains, and a few because someone decided that surrendering to abandonment was not the only possible ending.…
The Holy Face, the Labyrinth and Ilaria’s Eternal Sleep Lucca Cathedral does not reveal all its secrets at first sight. Standing in Piazza San Martino, enclosed by the quiet streets and warm-coloured buildings of one of Tuscany’s most beautifully preserved…
The Engineering Miracle That Refused to Fall Few monuments are as instantly recognizable as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Its luminous stone arcades, elegant cylindrical form and seemingly impossible angle have transformed it into a universal symbol of Italy. Yet…
La Scarzuola is one of the most astonishing and difficult-to-define places in Italy. Hidden among the wooded hills of Umbria, near the small village of Montegiove in the municipality of Montegabbione, it is at once a medieval religious site, a…
The Sea of Rome, Where the Eternal City Meets the Tyrrhenian Ostia is the place where Rome finally reaches the sea. It lies only about thirty kilometres from the historic centre, yet its light, sounds and rhythm seem to belong…
The Tuscan Hill Town Where History, Beauty and Brunello Meet Montalcino rises above the countryside of southern Tuscany like a stone ship floating over a sea of vineyards, olive groves and softly folding hills. From its medieval walls, the landscape…
62 Kilometres of Beauty, History and Everyday Life Walk through Bologna on a rainy morning and you may realise, after several streets, that you have forgotten to open your umbrella. In summer, the same route can be crossed while avoiding…