They resemble narrow canyons created by an ancient river, yet these extraordinary corridors were carved by human hands. Hidden in the countryside of southern Tuscany, between Pitigliano, Sovana and Sorano, the Vie Cave are among the most mysterious and impressive…
There are places that are beautiful because they were carefully designed, and others that are beautiful because time transformed them into something almost magical. The Garden of Ninfa belongs to both worlds. Located in the Lazio countryside, south of Rome,…
Puglia is famous for whitewashed villages, ancient olive trees, conical trulli and towns that seem to have been carved directly from pale limestone. Yet only a short distance from Bari, there is a place that breaks almost every rule. Its…
It rises above the forests of the Bolognese Apennines like an architectural hallucination. Medieval towers stand beside Moorish arches, onion-shaped domes appear above walls of grey stone and red brick, and staircases twist through rooms that seem to belong to…