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…
In the middle of a peaceful lake in Piedmont, surrounded by mountains and small villages reflected in the water, there is an island so compact that it can be explored in less than an hour. Yet its history stretches back…
Naples has always lived in close company with its dead. Saints are addressed like old friends, miracles are discussed with the seriousness of daily news and the boundary between faith, superstition and family tradition is often wonderfully difficult to identify.…
Storia, autonomia, montagne, laghi e tradizioni di una terra che ha imparato a vivere tra mondi diversi Ci sono luoghi che si capiscono guardando una cartina, e altri che si comprendono soltanto ascoltando il modo in cui la geografia ha…
Storia, autonomia, Dolomiti, vigneti e culture intrecciate nella Provincia autonoma di Bolzano-Alto Adige A Bolzano basta attraversare una piazza per accorgersi che qualcosa cambia. I cartelli hanno due nomi. Le insegne alternano italiano e tedesco. Al bar si può ordinare…
The city that turned money into beauty and beauty into civilization Florence is one of those cities that seem to arrive before you do. Long before you step into its streets, you already know something about it, even if you…
Italy’s tireless capital of ambition, style and reinvention Milan is often the city people think they understand too quickly. They arrive expecting business, fashion, efficient public transport, expensive windows and a population that walks faster than in the rest of…
A city of fire, faith, contradiction and astonishing devotion to life Naples is one of the few cities in the world that people discuss as if it were a person. They love it, fear it, defend it, criticize it, romanticize…
Beyond Romeo and Juliet, a city of Roman stone, medieval memory and quiet elegance Verona is one of those cities that many people think they already know because Shakespeare once borrowed it. This has been both a blessing and a…
The discreet northern capital that helped invent modern Italy Turin is one of Italy’s most underrated revelations. Perhaps this is because it does not advertise itself with the same insistence as some other cities. It is elegant, but in a…