ORVIETO’S “WISHING WELL”
A JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF THE ROCK Perched dramatically on a volcanic cliff in the green heart of Umbria, Orvieto is a city that seems to belong to two different worlds. Above ground, its medieval streets lead towards one…
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THE ITALIAN GARDEN WHERE MONSTERS ARE CARVED INTO STONE In the wooded hills of northern Lazio, less than one hundred kilometres from Rome, there is a garden that seems to have been created from a dream, or perhaps from the…
FRASASSI CAVES: ITALY’S SPECTACULAR HIDDEN WORLD
Beneath the green mountains of the Marche region lies a world that remained hidden from human eyes for an astonishing length of time. It is a landscape without sunlight, seasons or horizons, shaped slowly by water and stone. Here, enormous…
AGRIGENTO, SICILY: WHERE ANCIENT GREECE MEETS THE MEDITERRANEAN LIGHT
There are cities that preserve a few traces of their past, and then there is Agrigento, where the past still dominates the landscape. Here, on the southern coast of Sicily, Greek temples rise above olive trees and almond groves, golden…
THE GIARDINO DELLA KOLYMBETHRA: AGRIGENTO’S HIDDEN GARDEN OF WATER
Most visitors arrive in Agrigento looking for stone. They come to see the great Doric temples standing beneath the Sicilian sun, monumental remains of ancient Akragas, one of the richest and most powerful cities of the Greek Mediterranean. They expect…
THE TEMPIO DEL VALADIER: A SACRED JEWEL HIDDEN INSIDE A MOUNTAIN
There are buildings designed to dominate the landscape, rising above cities and announcing their presence from miles away. The Tempio del Valadier does precisely the opposite. It hides inside a mountain, protected by an immense limestone cave in the wild…
THE SECRET CITY BENEATH CAMERANO
On the surface, Camerano appears to be a quiet hill town in the Marche, surrounded by vineyards and the green landscapes of Monte Conero. Its narrow streets, churches and old palaces seem to tell a familiar Italian story. Yet beneath…
The Garden Where Stones Sing: Pinuccio Sciola’s Extraordinary Sardinian Legacy
In a citrus garden on the outskirts of San Sperate, a small town in southern Sardinia, stones have learned to sing. They stand among orange trees and olive branches like mysterious modern menhirs, their surfaces crossed by hundreds of precise…
Libreria Acqua Alta: The Venetian Bookshop That Refused to Sink
Venice is a city that has spent centuries negotiating with water. It travels through the city’s canals, reflects its palaces, carries its boats and occasionally rises high enough to enter streets, squares, houses and shops. Most businesses do everything possible…
STRADA DELLA FORRA: THE ROAD CARVED INTO THE ROCK ABOVE LAKE GARDA
On the western shore of Lake Garda, where the mountains rise almost vertically from the water, there is a road that appears to have been designed by someone who refused to accept the meaning of the word “impossible.” It enters…