In the Lives of the historiographer Giovan Pietro Bellori we read that "Caravaggio reputasi felicissimo con l'honore della Croce," referring to when the famous painter obtained the title of Knight of Malta thanks to the portrait he painted for the Gr...
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One thinks of the Gulf of the Poets and one's imagination immediately runs to the beautiful colorful villages that overlook the waters of eastern Liguria, the steep cliffs that provide unique views of the world, the literati who passed through here (...
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If you do not know Brescia, you will be amazed: it is not only factories and crafts in the heart of Lombardy, the economic locomotive of Europe. It is also so much to discover in terms of history, art, architecture. It has been chosen together with B...
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There are many towns inUmbria marked by the presence of Perugino (Pietro Vannucci; Città della Pieve, 1445 - Fontignano, 1523). No region more than Umbria bears the traces of the great artist: known as a pupil of Verrocchio and especially as a...
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When you say Naples, you say Italy, with all its cultural and hospitality background. Among the stereotypes of the Italian abroad is not for nothing the famous "spaghetti-pizza-mandolino," or three elements that characterize Naples. Therefore, it can...
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Whether you are bewitched by it like Woody Allen or have never been there, for everyone Venice represents one of the wonders of the world to be known and discovered again and again. The most apt adjective is "unique"-there is nothing else to add to t...
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Milan, city of art, fashion, and design evolves by anticipating, stopping the moment and enhancing it, showcasing new forms that creativity has unleashed in this land or that this city has welcomed by appreciating its value. A cosmopolitan city, a ca...
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There is a family that between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries made Palermo one of the capitals of the international jet set, a regular destination for crowned heads, captains of industry, renowned artists and architects invited by what was on...
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"With that face a little bit like that, with that expression a little bit like that that we have before we go to Genoa...": so sang Bruno Lauzi (or Paolo Conte, depending on which version you prefer) in that habanera tango with the overwhelming rhyth...
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On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of Pietro Vannucci known as Perugino (City of Pieve, c. 1450 - Fontignano, 1523), theArchdiocese of Perugia-City of Pieve has organized, as part of the Perugino in the Sign of Time project, a seri...
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In the "drinking" and business Milan, the city of skyscrapers and technology, modernity and design, where people work and produce, there is a whole artistic heritage to discover and appreciate. And we are not just talking about the best-known places,...
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Rome certainly needs no introduction; the Eternal City has spanned history and is universally known. The capital of Christendom, with its wealth of history and artistic heritage, it is one of the few places in the world where a lifetime would not be ...
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When speaking in images of Tuscany there is one, excluding that of monuments, that in iconography represents it par excellence: it is the Val d'Orcia. Or rather, perhaps many people don't know it but those cypress trees on top of a hill in a context ...
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Near Viterbo, an hour from Rome, until 90,000 years ago there was an active volcano that concluded its activities and collapsed in on itself, forming a crater that later became a lake, surrounded by centuries-old forests, creating a protected environ...
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In Abruzzo there is a natural park "overlooking the sea": it is the Majella National Park, which with the mountains of the Majella Massif, the Pizzi Mountains, the Mount Porrana group and the Morrone chain is one of the green hearts of Italy that for...
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The Susa Valley is a cradle of life and civilization nestled in the heart of the Alps, a magical place that straddles Italy and France and for centuries has seen kings and emperors, soldiers and pilgrims pass through. All this has left the Susa Valle...
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To one of the most important of the families in Rome's history, the Borghese family, originally from Siena, who counted cardinals, princes and popes, we owe the presence of Villa Borghese, one of the most evocative spaces in today's super-urbanized I...
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In Tuscany, almost on the border with Lazio, there is a promontory famous throughout the mare nostrum: Mount Argentario. A crystal-clear sea, between theislands of Giglio and Giannutri, in the middle of the "Cetacean Sanctuary" with a marine area cla...
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The Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park represents one of the highest expressions of Mother Nature in Italy. It would be enough to start from the numbers to understand its richness and biodiversity, but what makes it even more of a recommen...
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Almost on the border with Switzerland, between the upper edge of Lake Maggiore and the Toce River, on a gentle plateau around 800 meters above sea level lies Val Vigezzo, also known as the Painters' Valley. We are in Piedmont, at the foothills of the...
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If you find yourself passing through the provinces of Como and Lecco, you cannot fail to drop by Lake Pusiano, "the pearl of Brianza," in the Lambro Valley Natural Park. Lake Pusiano is one of the few remaining totally swimmable lakes, rich in fish a...
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A short distance from Lake Maggiore is Lake Mergozzo. We are in Piedmont, in the Leopontine Alps, and Lake Mergozzo is renowned for its waters, which are among the cleanest and clearest of European lakes. The lake, which was once part of Maggiore, is...
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Capri is known throughout the world for its timeless charm of the ancient world and the modern world, mentioned in movies, and TV series, it is in the collective imagination for "VIP" vacations. A destination for international tourism in every season...
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Are you familiar with Buti? It is a village in the province of Pisa, which can boast the first Palio of Tuscany in chronological order, castles and fortifications, a Medici villa, a mountain from whose slopes you can climb for a hiking trip in the mi...
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It can be said that Lake Viverone, in Piedmont, is a rarity in Italy, as it is fed by the same watercourses that cyclically inject water or bring it out of the reservoir. A rarity that has been specially studied by the Piedmont Regional Environmental...
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Isola Santa, an enchanted village endowed with a charm so evocative that it seems to have come out of the brush of an impressionist painter or the imagination of a novelist, instead of being the result of the toil of a proud population always living ...
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Duchess of Bavaria and later Empress of Austria, the story of Elisabeth Amalia Eugenie of Wittelsbach, better known as Sisi, has enchanted little girls and women of all generations, even if in reality her existence was not so happy with her handsome ...
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Redazione , written on 05/11/2022
Lombardia
Over time, Cremona has increasingly defined itself as the "city of music and violin making," as it in its history counts such figures as the composer Marcantonio Ingegneri (Verona, 1536 - Cremona, 1592), his pupil Claudio Monteverdi (Cremona, 1567 - ...
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The Berici Hills embrace the city of Vicenza and hold among their reliefs a rich treasure of art and architecture. Among their gentle slopes, the Berici Hills offer the visitor a succession of evocative scenery with the emerald green woods that is in...
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Lake Nemi has been a splendid resort since the time ofancient Rome. Easily accessible from the capital, Lake Nemi is a volcanic lake with characteristics similar to those of Lake Albano compared to which it is considerably smaller. Geologically speak...
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Redazione , written on 01/11/2022
Lombardia
The City Life neighborhood in Milan is a small, human-scale center in the heart of Italy's most modern city. At once a new symbol of Milan and a new standard for sustainable and architecturally innovative development throughout Italy, City Life is a...
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Redazione , written on 23/10/2022
Lombardia
Lake Idro is a gem set among whitewashed peaks on the border between Lombardy and Trentino. Lake Idro is a pristine body of water that is a symbol of sustainable and respectful tourism. Lake Idro is the natural boundary of the Chiese valley and over...
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Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, Austria's most important international film festival, turns sixty this year. In October, the festival takes place annually in the cinemas of Vienna 's historic city center and features a careful selectio...
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Redazione , written on 15/10/2022
Lombardia
In 2012 Cremona received UNESCO recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity: the history of Cremona cannot be separated from that of the violin makers' workshops that populate it, places where the violin was born more than 500 years ag...
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Redazione , written on 09/10/2022
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Say San Daniele del Friuli and you immediately think of the joys of the table. San Daniele del Friuli is world-renowned for its famous prosciutto, but this village nestled in the hills also has much more to offer. San Daniele del Friuli is rich in ar...
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In the province of Vercelli, on a scenic hillside between Valsesia and Valsessera, stands Guardabosone, a small village known as the"living museum town." Despite its small size, it offers as many as four museums, a botanical garden and a quaint m...
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Redazione , written on 30/09/2022
Emilia-Romagna
Bologna is known in the world's imagination above all for the medieval splendor still visible in the features of the historic urban fabric, testifying to its rise as one of the most important cosmopolitan centers in Europe between the 13th and 14th ...
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Redazione , written on 23/09/2022
Lombardia
Lords of Mantua, the Gonzagas ruled the Lombard city bathed by the banks of the Mincio River for several centuries: from their seizure of power with the famous expulsion of the Bonacolsi, masterfully depicted in the large painting preserved in the Du...
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In a few daysautumn will begin, and what better time to enjoy the Austrian capital with its foliage? The Prater turns a thousand shades and becomes truly enchanting, and walking through Schoenbrunn Park will be an unforgettable experience. Opened to ...
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The San Sebastiano Diocesan Museum in Cuneo celebrates its first ten years of activity: it was in fact September 29, 2012, when it opened its doors to the public in Contrada Mondovì, although its history began in 2000, with the restoration of ...
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Redazione , written on 13/09/2022
Valle d'Aosta
Last leg of our journey to discover fantastic animals and creatures in Italian museums. With the twentieth stage we arrive in the mountains of the Aosta Valley to see what creatures lurk in these parts. The project is led by Windows on Art in collabo...
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One cannot think of seeing Vienna without a visit to the Kunsthistorisches Museum. In fact, the famous museum is a must-see on a trip to the Austrian capital, not only because it is considered one of the most important museums in the world, but espec...
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Redazione , written on 12/09/2022
Lombardia
Traveling along roads and narrow streets immersed in the endless expanses of fertile Lower Mantuan countryside, one reaches San Benedetto Po, a village of almost 7,000 inhabitants just over twenty kilometers from Mantua that holds architectural and a...
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When one thinks of Varallo, the small town in the province of Vercelli, in Valsesia, one unhesitatingly links it to Sacro Monte, but in reality it reveals quite a few surprises to its visitors: in addition to the aforementioned Sacro Monte and the Pi...
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Redazione , written on 06/09/2022
Trentino-Alto Adige
Nineteenth and penultimate leg of our journey to discover animals and fantastic places in Italian museums. Today we travel to Trentino-Alto Adige to find out what creatures lurk in the institutions of Italy's northernmost region. The project is carri...
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Redazione , written on 03/09/2022
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Maniago, the Friulian town of about 12,000 inhabitants in the province of Pordenone, has become world-famous for its ancient tradition of making knives and all kinds of cutting implements. The beginning of the history of Maniago's blacksmiths can in ...
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The Mugello museum system, where Mugello means the Tuscan territory a few kilometers from Florence that stretches in the middle-upper part of the Sieve river basin and is characterized by awide variety oflandscapes, from dense forests to flat areas, ...
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We have reached the third-to-last leg of our journey to discover animals and fantastic places in Italian museums. For this chapter number eighteen of our itinerary we move to Sicily: here is what we found on the island. The project is led by Windows ...
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Casertavecchia is a piece of the Middle Ages ten kilometers from one of the most celebrated masterpieces of Baroque architecture: the Vanvitellian Palace of Caserta. Casertavecchia lies on the slopes of the Tifatini Mountains, just over 400 meters ab...
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Redazione , written on 27/08/2022
Lombardia
TheOltrepò p avese is a rich and evocative land capable of combining picture-postcard landscapes with centuries-old traditions. TheOltrepò p avese is framed by the great river Po that always flows placidly in the background and by the A...
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From Vienna, the capital, to Lower and Upper Austria, from Carinthia to Styria, from Salzburg to Tyrol, Austria is rich in palaces and castles linked to important families and personalities. Mansions that were once the scene of the events and intrigu...
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The journey to discover fantastic animals in Italy's museums reaches stage number seventeen: let's find out today which creatures can be found in the museums ofAbruzzo. The project is conducted by Finestre sull'Arte in collaboration with the Ministry...
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The sixteenth leg of the journey to discover animals and fantastic places in Italian museums comes to Puglia. Centaurs, sea monsters, gorgons, satyrs, griffins and fauns in fact populate the museums of the Boot of Italy, and with this project Windows...
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On the occasion of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the great Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Salzburg, 1756 - Vienna, 1791), the Mozarthaus, a permanent museum tour in Mozart's only surviving Viennese apartment, wa...
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The Borromean Islands are a daydream just a stone's throw from Milan. The Borromean Islands are the most resplendent jewel of Lake Maggiore, a unique place in terms of nature as well as history and culture, a destination for many tourists every year....
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The journey to discover animals and fantastic places in Italian museums reaches its fifteenth stage: let's find out today what creatures are hiding in Sardinia. The project is conducted by Finestre sull'Arte in collaboration with the Ministry of Cult...
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Porto Cesareo: crystal clear waters, white beaches and a very rich history. Porto Cesareo is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Salento, able to attract many visitors every year thanks to a unique mix of natural beauty, hospitality and a...
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The Casentino Forest s are a unique place straddling Tuscany and Romagna where unparalleled nature frames medieval villages, ancient castles, parish churches and shrines with ancient charm. Always a land of passage for pilgrims and merchants, the Cas...
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Redazione , written on 05/08/2022
Emilia-Romagna
Cattolica is known everywhere as a land of vacations, endless beaches and nightlife, but it is also a land of art and culture. Still Romagna, but with Le Marche just around the corner, Cattolica over the years has become a point of reference for thos...
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Redazione , written on 04/08/2022
Lombardia
The Brembana Valley is the ideal place for a vacation that brings together outdoor life, culture and relaxation. The Val Brembana is nestled between the spurs of the Orobic Alps and preserves within it fairy-tale landscapes and villages that seem to ...
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Redazione , written on 03/08/2022
Emilia-Romagna
The hills of Bologna are natural parks, they are villages and castles just a stone's throw from Bologna, one of the most beautiful cities in Italy, they are museums and adventurous trails, they are unmissable gastronomic specialties, yet it is not al...
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Among Hungary's oldest noble families, the Fraknó princely branch of the Esterházy dynasty began with Nikolaus Esterházy (Galanta, 1583 - Großhöflein, 1645). A convert from Calvinism to Catholicism, he was one of the g...
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The Apuan Alps are the best possible answer to the question, "Sea or mountains?": this mountain range is in fact a naturalistic paradise overlooking the Ligurian Sea, a unique environment that makes it possible to go in just a few tens of minutes fro...
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A marvelous land squeezed between the sea and the mountains immediately behind: this is Liguria, and even among the museums of this region it is possible to come across the presences of fantastic animals and creatures. From the coasts of the Levante ...
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Redazione , written on 28/07/2022
San Marino
San Marino, an independent republic a stone's throw from the Romagna Riviera. A UNESCO World Heritage Site on par with Mount Titan, the highest of the hills on which the "Most Serene Republic" stands, San Marino has a history as ancient as it is uniq...
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Redazione , written on 28/07/2022
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Some places in Friuli-Venezia Giulia are still intimately linked to the life and education of Pier Paolo Pasolini, one of the greatest intellectuals, poets and filmmakers of the 20th century. Although born in Bologna in 1922, he came to Friuli on man...
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Calabria is the thirteenth stop on the journey among fantastic animals in Italian museums: from Reggio Calabria to Kaulon, from Vibo Valentia to Cosenza, mermaids, dragons, sphinxes, sea monsters and more arrive. The project is led by Windows on Art ...
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Vienna is the capital of music: many of the greatest composers of all time were born or lived in the Austrian capital, so the city offers places where music takes center stage.
Inaddition to the House of Music (Haus der Musik) at 30 Seilerstät...
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At 30 Seilerstätte in Vienna is the House of Music, an innovative sound museum. Opened in June 2000, it aims to be a place that plays with music with the goal of conveying understanding and enthusiasm for it and experiencing it in its diversity....
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We have reached stop number twelve in our journey through Italian museums in search of animals, creatures and fantastic places. This time the itinerary stops in Le Marche in search of presences in the region's museums. Here's what we found! The proje...
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The eleventh leg of our journey to discover animals and fantastic places in Italy's museums takes us to Veneto. Indeed, in the city of the lagoon and other cities in Veneto, one can find dragons, strange creatures, tritons, jellyfish heads and even a...
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Selinunte is a piece of ancient Greece in the heart of western Sicily. Selinunte is located in the municipality of Castelvetrano, a small town in the province of Trapani that offers its visitors not only white beaches and crystal-clear waters, but al...
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The Tremiti Islands are a corner of paradise bathed by the waters of theAdriatic Sea. The Tremiti Islands are located off the coast of Gargano, and among enchanted coves, crystal clear waters and unspoiled nature they preserve the traces of an import...
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Val Camonica has always been a crossroads of people, a cradle of culture and a treasure chest of natural treasures. Val Camonica is the ancient land of the Camuni and straddles the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia. Starting from the beautiful shores ...
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Redazione , written on 06/07/2022
Lombardia
Franciacorta is an oasis of peace and tranquility just a stone's throw from Milan. Franciacorta covers an area of about 200 square kilometers overlooking the shores of Lake Iseo (here is our 10-stop itinerary on Lake Iseo) and includes as many as 19 ...
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Redazione , written on 05/07/2022
Basilicata
We reach stage number ten in our journey through Italian museums in search of fantastic animals and places, and our new destination is Basilicata. A region teeming with fantastic creatures: dragons, sphinxes, chimeras, harpies and many others. Let's ...
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Ninth stage of our journey to discover animals and fantastic places in Italian museums: let's find out today what is hidden in Umbria. The project is led by Windows on Art in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture to bring the public to know and ...
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Five differentitineraries to discover the places of Carnic history and tradition: PromoTurismo FVG offers a new project of Carnia tour services , the hidden treasures, led by experienced tour guides and each lasting afull day. The full day includes d...
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Redazione , written on 21/06/2022
Emilia-Romagna
The journey through Italy of museums to discover fantastic animals and places comes to stop number eight,Emilia Romagna. As usual, many fantastic creatures we found in the region's museums, from the Apennines to the sea. Animals and Fantastic Places ...
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Less than an hour's drive from Vienna, in the Schlossquartier of Eisenstadt, capital of Burgenland, Austria's easternmost and flattest state, stands the imposing Esterházy Palace, one of Austria's most beautiful Baroque castles . The castle wa...
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Soave: wine, history and culture. Soave is an enchanted village located just a half-hour drive from the center of Verona. Soave is famous for the excellent wine grown in the surrounding countryside, but it is above all a magical place for a trip out ...
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Redazione , written on 12/06/2022
Basilicata
Venosa, the city of Horace. Venosa, crossroads of people and goods. Venosa, cradle of a millenary culture and treasure chest of precious artistic and architectural treasures. In the province of Potenza, on the border between Basilicata and Puglia, on...
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If you are fascinated by castles and fascinated by their stories related to the people who populated them, the legends around which sometimes still hover a veil of mystery, and theart that you can find inside them, we let you discover in this...
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The journey of discovery of animals, creatures and fantastic places in the Italian peninsula continues with Tuscany, thus reaching its sixth stage. The Windows on Art project is in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and aims to bring visitors...
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The Vatican Museums are not only one of the best known and most visited museum complexes in the world, but they are a treasure chest where some of the greatest masterpieces in the history of art are carefully kept. The list of must-see works that can...
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The Pollino Park is a place where art, traditions and nature combine to perfection going to enhance the beauty of a truly unique territory. The Pollino Park straddles Basilicata and Calabria and ranges from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Ionian Sea in a s...
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Fifth leg of the journey in search of animals and fantastic places among the museums of Italy: we move to Molise to see what this small region nestled between the Adriatic Sea and the Apennines has to offer. We remind you that museums and places of c...
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Tuscia is an area with a very ancient history in the heart ofcentral Italy. Tuscia now encompasses roughly the entire province of Viterbo andupper Lazio and preserves within it true natural and artistic treasures. To discover Tuscia is to discover th...
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You say Chianti and you think of wine, of course, but you also think of rolling Tuscan hills, cypress trees and alternating shades of yellow and green, you think of towns and villages with centuries of tradition and rich in artistic treasures, you th...
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Redazione , written on 25/05/2022
Lombardia
Lake Varese: among nature walks, artistic treasures and traces of a distant past. Lake Varese is a perfect place to take a break from hectic city life and relax in an environment endowed with a unique charm. First and foremost, the entire circumnavig...
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The journey among the animals and fantastic creatures of Italian museums reaches its fourth leg with Piedmont: here are the creatures we found at the foot of the Alps, in these museums teeming with life, to visit safely, to spend time alone, with fam...
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There is another Naples, besides the one that can be seen under the blue sky of Campania: it is the underground Naples, a sort of city within a city that develops underground in the Campania capital. A thousand-year stratification with tunnels, galle...
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Colonnata is a splendid village set among marble quarries, in the Apuan Alps: it is located a short distance from Carrara, from whose center it is little more than seven kilometers away, which can be traveled by a convenient road that enters the marb...
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After Lombardy and Campania, Finestre sull'Arte 's journey to discover the animals and fantastic creatures depicted in the works of Italian museums and the fantastic places one encounters as one travels along our peninsula makes a stop in Lazio. Betw...
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The territory of Vercelli is characterized by rice cultivation: in fact, here in the spring season the landscape turns into a checkered sea because the water submerges the rice fields in which the entire natural surroundings and the ancient parish ch...
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Second leg of the journey along Italy to discover animals, creatures, characters and fantastic places around the country: today we go to Campania. A project that Windows on Art conducts in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture to find a new, int...
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Redazione , written on 03/05/2022
Lombardia
Today begins our journey that will take you on a discovery of the animals, creatures and fantastic characters depicted in the works of art in museums in all regions of Italy, from North to South, including painting, sculpture and art objects, as well...
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Lake Turano is undoubtedly one of the most scenic places in Lazio among striking views, great biodiversity and enchanted villages where time seems to stand still. Lake Turano is a reservoir in eastern Sabina, in the province of Rieti, and lies on th...
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The Val di Noto represents one of the ideal destinations for a trip that combines culture, natural beauty, food and wine and much more. In Val di Noto, under the shining sun of Sicily you can literally stroll immersed in the history of a land that fo...
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Redazione , written on 09/04/2022
Lombardia
San Pellegrino Terme: thermal waters, towering mountains and unparalleled style. Just 20 kilometers from Bergamo lies one of the most famous spas in the Belpaese. San Pellegrino Terme has been known for centuries for the quality of its waters, but it...
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A center of great artistic production in the Piedmontese Renaissance, especially in the 16th century, is certainly Vercelli, whose main exponent is considered Gaudenzio Ferrari (Valduggia, c. 1477-80 - Milan, 1546), to whom we had already dedicated a...
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Redazione , written on 31/03/2022
Lombardia
Lake Garda: it is unspoiled nature nestled between the plains and the Alps, it is still living testimony to a very ancient past and the cradle of artistic and architectural masterpieces(here we talked about the 10 must-see art destinations on Lake Ga...
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Maremma: a land waiting to be discovered. Straddling Tuscany and Latium, the Maremma is a land that is impossible not to fall in love with, among Italian-style wild west views, fashionable villages and beaches and many, many treasures guarded among t...
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Mount Amiata: an extinct volcano in the heart of Tuscany now an authentic paradise for lovers of the outdoors. Amiata, with its nearly 1,800 meters (6,500 feet) of height, stands imposingly tall over this corner of Tuscany and from its summit offers ...
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The Conero is an unmissable corner of Le Marche and all ofcentral Italy where the force of the elements and the creativity of man have shaped a unique environment. Crystal-clear waters, beaches surrounded by the sinuous profiles of the promontory, an...
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San Miniato: art, crafts, good food and a rich history in the heart of Tuscany. Placidly nestled in the hills halfway between Pisa and Florence, San Miniato is one of the pearls of the region within which it has always played a far more important rol...
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Redazione , written on 18/03/2022
Lombardia
Valtellina is undoubtedly one of the most iconic places in the entire Alpine region. Thanks to the beauty of its mountains and the many resorts that dot its entire territory, Valtellina is a land that offers so much to the traveler in all seasons of ...
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The Sibillini Mountains are a magical place in the heart of Italy. Beautiful landscapes, ancient villages and centuries-old traditions make the Sibillini Mountains with their National Park the perfect place for a "slow pace" vacation away from the hu...
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The present province of Siena was in ancient times a central area for Etruscan civilization. Chiusi, one of the cities of the Etruscan dodecapolis, that is, the set of twelve city-states that gave rise to the Etruscan League, is located here, and in ...
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The Aeolian Islands are a wonder of nature that emerges powerfully from the waters of the Mediterranean. The Aeolian Islands-Lipari, Vulcano, Salina, Stromboli, Filicudi, Alicudi, and Panarea-are located northeast of Sicily and are a unique spectacle...
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One of the three main valleys of Valsesia, along with Valgrande(here an in-depth look at the churches in the latter valley) and Valsermenza, is the Mastallone Valley , which takes its name from the Mastallone stream, a tributary of the Sesia River th...
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Emilia-Romagna
The Po delta is a cradle of nature and civilization on the border between Veneto and Emilia-Romagna. The Po delta is a symbol like few others of how close the relationship between the environment and man can be and how one can shape the other in its ...
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Lake Bracciano is an important naturalistic oasis just a stone's throw from Rome, but not only. Lake Bracciano is an ideal place for a vacation that combines the outdoors with discovering the traditions of ancient civilizations and the secrets of pla...
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Paestum is one of the symbols of the magical land of Cilento. With its millennia-old history Paestum offers visitors the possibility of a journey back in time to discover the remains of the ancient Greek city in which stand out its imposing temples b...
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Redazione , written on 06/03/2022
Lombardia
Lake Iseo is a gateway to the central Alps and at the same time a place easily accessible from the main cities of Lombardy. This dual nature of it, glamorous and wild at the same time, is perhaps the best key to understanding how much Lake Iseo has t...
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Western Sicily is one of the most visited places insouthern Italy. Always a crossroads in the country's history, it is known for the wild beauty of its landscape, including dreamy beaches and lush vegetation that looks like something out of an impres...
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Santa Maria di Leuca is one of the most resplendent pearls of a land as rich and full of charm as Salento. Santa Maria di Leuca is located on the southernmost tip of the heel of the boot and is certainly one of the most well-known tourist destination...
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Salento is one of Italy's most beloved destinations for its clear waters, white beaches and intense nightlife. However, Salento is much more than all this; it is an enchanted place where the beauty of nature is also accompanied by the charm of towns ...
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In the heart of the Venetian plain, the Euganean Hills are an almost unexpected surprise for the traveler who has arrived in these parts to stop in the many cities of art: from Padua to Verona to, of course, Venice. The Euganean Hills with their Regi...
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Cilento: between nature reserves, archaeological sites among the most important in Italy and postcard-perfect landscapes. Cilento is an almost obligatory stop for anyone planning a trip to Campania. This strip of land in the province of Salerno enclo...
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The Gargano: forests, beaches, villages overlooking the sea and unique views. The Gargano is the ideal starting point for a vacation that does not involve any kind of renunciation or compromise. In fact, the Gargano offers crystal-clear waters and lu...
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Always a bridge between East and West,Ukraine is a country rich in centuries-old history and traditions in which different souls and cultures have always coexisted. From the capital, Kiev, to Odessa on the Black Sea or even Lviv its cities are import...
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Black sand, blue waters, green forests. Lake Bolsena never ceases to amaze. The shores of what is Europe's largest volcanic lake are a continuous succession of peninsulas and headlands, sandy beaches, cultivated fields and lush forests. Bursting natu...
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Exploring the secrets of Modica is a journey inside the history of Sicilian art and culture. Like the towns of the Val di Noto, this town in the province of Ragusa also suffered great damage in the devastating earthquake that struck the entire region...
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From the finds that have come down to us, we understand how Etruscan women must have cared a great deal about body care and beauty. The archaeological evidence found in the lands of Siena and displayed in the museums that are part of the Sienese Muse...
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The Langhe's rolling hills, forests, rivers, towns and small villages are endowed with a charm at once melancholy and almost magnetic. The Langhe, not surprisingly, have been not only the backdrop but the true protagonists of authentic masterpieces o...
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Set among the rolling hills ofUmbria, Lake Trasimeno is a natural wonder in the heart of central Italy. Always a crossroads for pilgrims and travelers, Lake Trasimeno is one of the most sought-after destinations for those in this part of Italy to vis...
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Lake Maggiore is a unique place in terms of nature as well as history and culture. Framed by the majesty of the Alps, Lake Maggiore is characterized by a particularly mild climate that has made it a kind of ecological laboratory for Mother Nature sin...
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The Amalfi Coast is undoubtedly one of the most iconic places in all of Italy. With its streets overlooking the sea, the pastel-colored villages that climb up the steep slopes of the hills covered with Mediterranean scrub, and then the sun, which on ...
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Lombardia
Lake Como, fascinating and rich in history, an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists and writers, is not only a glamorous destination but also a destination forart and culture lovers. With its deep blue waters set "between two unbroken chai...
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Lombardia
Lake Garda: the deep blue of its crystal-clear waters, the green of lush vegetation, but also the white and gray of the mountains that surround it, and then again the austere colors of castles and forts that contrast with the rich colors of the life ...
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The Val Grande is the largest of the valleys in Valsesia, in the province of Vercelli: traversed by the Sesia River, it is famous not only for the marvelous landscape it offers to anyone who crosses it, but above all because it is dotted with small ...
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It was July 3, 1944, when French troops entered Siena through Porta San Marco, a few hours after the Nazi-Fascists had left it: the city was in fact liberated "softly," without the din of cannonades and machine guns, since the Liberation Committee ha...
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Bears, lions, fish, amphibians, birds, fantastic creatures: there are many and of various species of animals that can be found depicted in sculptures, paintings or objects in the lands of Siena, or of which traces remain that go back even to prehisto...
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Maria Lassnig's Self-Portrait concludes the series of four short videos in which the director of the Tiroler Landesmuseen in Innsbruck,Peter Assmann, narrated four masterpieces preserved at the Ferdinandeum.
Maria Lassnig is an Austrian arti...
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Hot on the heels of the two short videos devoted to Bernardo Strozzi's Portrait of Claudio Monteverdi andAngelika Kauffmann's Self-Portrait, Tiroler Landesmuseen director Peter Assmann discusses in another video another masterpiece preserved at the F...
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Pius II, born Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, can be considered a sui generis pope because he did not embark on an ecclesiastical career at a young age, as was usual for the time: in fact, he had his vocation as an adult, already in his 40s, and ascended...
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Among the eighteenth-century masterpieces housed at the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck is theSelf-portrait of Angelika Kauffmann in traditional Bregenzerwald costume, a work from 1781.
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The Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum is Innsbruck's most important art museum, inside which the entire history of Tyrol, from the Stone Age to the present day, is housed. Masterpieces of ancient art include works by such wide-ranging authors as Remb...
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Austria 's fifth largest city and the capital of the Tyrol, Innsbruck is the first major Austrian center one encounters coming out of Italy via the Brenner Pass, about an hour and a half's drive from Bolzano. Its name literally means "Bridge ov...
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Year 1353: the city of San Gimignano, until then a free commune, signed the act of submission to Florence, and the event sanctioned the end of thepolitical independence of this important center near Siena, now universally known for its towers, the mo...
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"Simplicity, poverty and the love of God and men are for St. Francis of Assisi dwelling, protective and saving envelope, the result of a path of true faith aimed at imitating Christ in every aspect, even in pain": this is how the organizers of the ...
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One of the leading artists of the Italian Renaissance, Andrea Mantegna (Isola di Carturo, 1431 Mantua, 1506) was long active in northern Italy and is known to have spread an antiquarian culture based on the observation and evocation of classi...
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Lombardia
When we think of the Renaissance, the wonders of cities such as Florence, Venice, Urbino, Padua, Mantua, Vicenza, partly of Rome, Bologna automatically emerge from our imagination. However, not many people immediately name Milan among the major R...
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Have you arrived in Florence without a reservation and couldn't find a ticket to go to the Uffizi? Did you want to go see Paolo Uccello's Giovanni Acuto in the Duomo but there is a long line to get in? Does the throng of tourists at the Accademia Gal...
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Redazione , written on 09/11/2021
Lombardia
Mantua is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and its most visited treasures are famous: the Palazzo Ducale, Palazzo Te, the basilica of Sant'Andrea, and the Rotonda di San Lorenzo. Those who have more time may want to visit th...
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Redazione , written on 19/10/2021
Trentino-Alto Adige
Val di Fiemme is one of the best-known valleys in the Dolomites, located mostly in Trentino, but with some of its offshoots also in South Tyrol, squeezed between the Lagorai mountains to the south and the Latemar mountains to the northeast. Known...
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When one thinks of a prominent artist from the area of Vercelli and its surroundings in Piedmont, it is inevitable that Gaudenzio Ferrari (Valduggia, c. 1477-80 - Milan, 1546) immediately comes to mind. He is in fact considered the greatest...
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It is probably the least considered capital city in Tuscany, because many believe, wrongly, that Livorno has a more recent history than other better-known and, according to common perception, more pleasant (not only Florence, Siena and its neighbor a...
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Redazione , written on 04/10/2021
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
To discover the beauties of Friuli Venezia Giulia and visit its main museums, exhibitions, monuments and caves for free, as well as take part free of charge in guided tours organized by PromoTurismoFVG or have audioguides available or even get discou...
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Redazione , written on 22/09/2021
Emilia-Romagna
From October 2 to 10, 2021, Mercanteinfiera, an event now in its 40th edition aimed at all fans of antiques, vintage collecting and historical design, returns to the Parma Fairs. One can find here iconic objects of designer design, including So...
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Wonderful landscapes, hidden coves, sheer cliffs, colorful villages: the Cinque Terre, in Liguria, attract millions of travelers from all over the world every year for their unquestionable scenic charm and uniqueness, which shows how, in thes...
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Redazione , written on 06/09/2021
Lombardia
Many people may not know that Lombardy is a land of important archaeological sites ranging from prehistory to the Middle Ages. Usually people do not visit the region to take a trip into archaeology, but what we want to propose here is, precis...
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Esplora Staccioli, the new app accessible through a common browser and available in both Italian and English, which allows visitors to follow the itinerary of Mauro Staccioli 's (Volterra, 1937 - Milan, 2018) sculptures, mapped and georeferenced, wi...
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Spend a night inside an Antoni Gaudà masterpiece, the Casa Vicens in Barcelona, or the first house designed by the great Catalan architect, which opened to the public in 2017. And not only that: the overnight stay will cost a symbolic one eu...
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Redazione , written on 22/06/2021
Stati Uniti
Are you planning a trip to the USA to visit the most famous museums in the United States of America? The important thing is that, as soon as possible, you apply for the U.S. ESTA so that you can land or transit in the U.S. without any problem.
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It's common knowledge: in Venice, you pay an entrance fee almost everywhere. Even in churches: if in the main cities of Italy it is usually the larger and more complex to maintain churches that charge an entrance fee, in the lagoon capital t...
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Nestled between the Alps, the Stura di Demonte Valley stretches in Piedmont, in the province of Cuneo, for more than sixty kilometers along an axis that joins Italy to France: starting from Cuneo it leads to the Colle della Maddalena, an imp...
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On the occasion of the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante Alighieri's death, the Fondazione Fs Italiane has provided a historic train that will connect Florence to Ravenna with a slow route that will pass through and stop in the villages on the Fae...
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The second Italian campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte (Ajaccio, 1769 - St. Helena, 1821) ended, on June 14, 1800, with the Battle of Marengo: the French army led by Napoleon defeated, against expectations, the Austrian army led by Michael von Melas, ne...
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A kilometer of waterfront entirely covered in mosaics: more than two hundred in all. This is the project of the town of Marotta, in the Marche region, which in 2015 launched the initiative to deliver to citizens and tourists a colorful promenade crea...
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A fief of the Farnese family, a land closely linked to the papal court and its exponents, an area where the great artists of Mannerism worked for several powerful lords of the sixteenth century: this is Tuscia, the area of northern Latium around Vite...
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Emilia-Romagna
Ravenna 's past is inextricably linked to the period when the city was part of theByzantine empire: in particular, Ravenna was for almost two centuries the capital of theExarchate of Italy, the district of the empire that controlled in territ...
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Lombardia
In art history, "Leonardesque" painters are defined as those painters who studied together with Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci, 1452 - Amboise, 1519) or whose art looked to that of the great Tuscan genius. They were a group of artists active in Milan (...
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When one thinks of the city of San Remo, the association of ideas with the two reasons for which it is famous, namely the Italian Song Festival and the Casino, is almost natural. But San Remo is not only the San Remo Festival, nor is it only the Casi...
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The name of Amalfi evokes not only that of the Amalfi Coast with its sea and wonderful sights, but also memories linked to medieval history: the symbol of Amalfi, the octagonal cross on a blue background, is one of the four that stand out on the ...
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The great Raphael Sanzio (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) spent a large part of his career in Rome: in fact, the painter left Florence at the end of 1508 after spending four years there and moved permanently to Rome, where he was to remain for the...
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One of the main reasons for planning a trip to Sicily is the Baroque wonders scattered throughout the island, particularly in the Val di Noto, which moreover has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002. The regional capital, Palermo, can als...
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Our new travel format Five Places in Two Days continues: after going to Mantua on the trail of Giulio Romano and to Parma and its environs to discover the works of Parmigianino, today's trip is to Tuscany to discover five places to see some lesse...
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Emilia-Romagna
He is one of the most eccentric artists of the 16th century: he is Girolamo Francesco Mazzola, but he went down in art history as the Parmigianino (Parma, 1503 - Casalmaggiore, 1540). A very precocious artist, a restless genius, a tormented man:...
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Lombardia
Year 1524: one of the greatest artists of the time, Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi de Iannuzzi; Rome, c. 1499 - Mantua, 1546) arrives in Mantua, called by the city's marquis, Federico II Gonzaga. It was the beginning of an indissoluble relationship,...
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The Swiss capital, Bern, is home to the world's largest collection of works by one of the most famous artists active at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Paul Klee (Münchenbuchsee, 1879 - Muralto, 1940). Four thousand works including ...
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A scholar from Lucca, Guglielmo Lera, a profound connoisseur of the history of his land, noted in one of his articles, with a certain dose of irony, that in Coreglia Antelminelli, a village of medieval origins located on a hill in the center of t...
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Bernard Berenson, the great art historian, said there are only two places in Italy that have preserved the spirit of the 15th century intact. One is Asolo, in the Veneto region. The other is Cetona, in Tuscany. However, things have changed a lot in A...
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A cluster of stone and brick houses clinging to the ridge of a hill in the Sienese Montagnola, amid dense woods of holm oaks, looking on one side at the forest of Berignone and further away at Volterra, on another side still at the Valdelsa and, ...
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We are in Tuscany, in Casentino, for a hiking trail dedicated to lovers of nature, art and trekking. A route suitable for everyone, to be taken in this autumn season, when the foliage becomes the protagonist. Starting from the Monastery of Cama...
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For so many who have spoken of her, Pienza is the "ideal city" of the 15th century, the only example of a 15th-century city born (or, rather, restructured) according to a pre-established urban plan, in what Franco Cardini and Sergio Raveggi have ca...
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In Calci, the elders of the village still remember the Carthusian monks' spatiamentum , the "spacing out," or weekly walk, the only time they could get out of the Charterhouse, even though they could not speak to outsiders. They are the most inac...
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It is called Palazzuolo sul Senio, but to its inhabitants, who speak Romagnolo, it is "Palazôl." It is a Mugello village of just over a thousand inhabitants, nestled between two ridges of the Tuscan-Romagna Apennines along the Senio valley,...
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Tree of Life, Golden Tree, Tree of Love, Lucignano Tree. These are some of the names tradition has ascribed to one of the most famous reliquaries in the history of art, an extraordinary work of goldsmithing two and a half meters high, a splendid go...
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"Just past Altopascio, if you turn to the left, you see in the distance a long crawl of old casipole blackened by time, climbing up the back of a high and steep mountain, like a herd of bigie sheep. That crawl of casipole is the ancient castle of C...
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"Loro" is the real name of the village, the one attested since the Middle Ages: it comes from "laurus," laurel in Latin. "Ciuffenna," on the other hand, is the name of the stream that washes it. "Loro Ciuffenna " officially became the name of the v...
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The alleys of Montescudaio are deserted at lunchtime. The only noise that can be heard is the rustling of the wind that rises from the sea and creeps through the narrow stone houses in the upper part of the village and then descends to sweep the tw...
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Giovanni Boccaccio tells of a certain Cecco di Fortarrigo, an avid gambler and legendary drinker, who, accompanying his dominus, Cecco Angiolieri, gambled away his own and his master's money (savings that were needed for a six-month stay in the March...
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Cingoli, in the hills of the Marche region where Lorenzo Lotto and a pope meet.In the municipal reform books of Cingoli, a "supplicatione" from the prior of the church of San Domenico to the municipality of Cingoli is recorded on the date of February...
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Year 1500: Franciscan friars arrive in Montaione, a glassmaking village tucked away in the thickets of a green and wooded area of the Florentine Valdelsa. Among them is a Florentine monk, Friar Thomas of Florence, who before arriving in these hills...
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Meadows, trees, skies that "evoke classical idylls and woodland eclogues, in a spring coolness that is melancholic serenity." This is the image that Cesare Brandi derived from the splendid frescoes that Bernardino di Betto, who has gone down in...
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The community of Pitigliano remembers with sorrow the year 1938, that of the racial laws. A sorrow that, of course, is felt by all of Italy, but which is particularly acute here, since, since the sixteenth century, this village that stands on a t...
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In the common imagination, Populonia is linked to two strong, defining elements: the Etruscans and the landscapes. And it is true: Populonia was one of the largest, richest and most powerful cities of the Dodecapolis, flourishing thanks to its mi...
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Walking down the main street of the historic center of Certaldo, an abundant hundred meters paved in opus spicata and running between two wings of ancient buildings all in red brick, at a certain point, arrived about halfway, you will notice a house ...
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If you say "Anghiari," you invariably think of two things: the battle of 1440, and Leonardo da Vinci. And the two are connected, since the great Renaissance genius was supposed to have painted the Battle of Anghiari on the surface of one of t...
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There is a piece of Montagnana that ended up in Rotterdam: it is a drawing depicting the Castle of San Zeno, a thirteenth-century fortress built by Ezzelino III da Romano (its keep, the Ezzelinian donjon, is still there, almost forty meters high, to ...
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We are in the easternmost part of Liguria, on the border with Tuscany, on the alleys of a village perched on the top of a promontory: Tellaro, a dream of colorful houses hidden among the rocks of one of the most beautiful areas in Italy.
It is the l...
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Emilia-Romagna
The traveler arriving from Fiorenzuola d'Arda, from Lugnanano or from Bacedasco, will immediately be attracted by the crenellated towers of Castell'Arquato, by that "beauty that mysteriously reveals itself at the abrupt turn of the access roads to th...
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"My sculptures for now are here, in the places where I planted them for them to take root and return to life. One day I don't know, I hope they will return to the Universe that generated them." That was what Pinuccio Sci ola (Giuseppe Sciola; San...
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Street artist Stefania Marchetto, aka SteReal, has animated for the second year in a row with new fantasy characters the walls of Sant'Angelo di Roccalvecce, a small village in Tuscia, in the province of Viterbo, known as the village of fairy tales....
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Redazione , written on 30/06/2020
Emilia-Romagna
Pilgrimage routes are not only paths of faith, but also journeys through art and history, immersed in nature, and capable of often leading the pilgrim or traveler to discover little-known and little-visited places. Emilia-Romagna is one of the r...
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Tuscany, we have pointed out several times in our magazine, is often crushed by its reputation as the "cradle of the Renaissance," so much so that for many this region is associated exclusively with ancient art. In reality, Tuscany is a thriving...
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Not everyone knows that Tuscany, in addition to being the region where the Renaissance was born (which, as everyone knows, had its origins in Florence), and an area where one can see great artistic masterpieces from the Middle Ages to the 20th ce...
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Tuscany is a land of a great ancient past: in the region there are Etruscan, Roman, and early medieval vestiges, not to mention the Ligurian Apuans of whom the conspicuous heritage of stele statues remains, now preserved in the archaeological muse...
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In the central Grote Markt, the central square of the city of Leuven (Leuven), in Flanders, stands the collegiate church of St. Peter (Sint-Pieterskerk), one of the greatest masterpieces of the Brabant Gothic: a monument so precious that it was dec...
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1. Monte Sant'Angelo
Rising on a spur of the Gargano promontory, it was founded around the year 1000, although its history is older: the cave where the sanctuary of St. Michael was founded in the 5th century is located here, according to tradi...
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
1. Aquileia
It was founded in 181 B.C. and soon became one of the most important cities in northern Italy, given its location, a crossroads of trade between East and West, North and South. It was then destroyed by Attila in the 5th century, an...
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1. Pacentro
The earliest records of Pacentro date back to the 8th century, but most of the monuments that distinguish it today date back to the period between the 13th and 15th centuries, that is, to the so-called "caldoresque period," when Pacent...
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Ten villages to visit in the Marche region1. Loreto
It is one of the main pilgrimage destinations of the Catholic world, because here is the Basilica of the Holy House, or the imposing church built around what is believed to have been the house of...
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1. Castelsardo
The village's foundation dates back to 1102: its history began with the Dorias, who called it "Castel Genovese." When it was conquered by the Spaniards it changed its name to "Castell'Aragonese" and assumed its present name in 1...
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1. Fosdinovo
We know of the existence of the town of Fosdinovo since the 11th century, but the first attestation of the present toponym dates back to the 14th century (originally, the village was known as "Faucenova"). Fosdinovo was for many c...
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Trentino-Alto Adige
1. Castelrotto It is located in a scenic area of great value, within the Schlern Nature Park and on the slopes of the Seiser Alm, a circumstance that has made Castelrotto (Kastelruth in German) a summer and winter resort. However, it is also a place...
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1. Atrani
Atrani, with an area of just 0.120 square kilometers, is the smallest municipality in Italy by area. It is located on a promontory of the Amalfi Coast, and its origins are unknown: the earliest historical records date back to the 10t...
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Valle d'Aosta
1. Saint-Pierre
Attestations from prehistoric times testify that the site of today's Saint-Pierre was the site of the first settlements in the Aosta Valley: the village is built around two medieval castles, belonging to the two families that held ...
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Basilicata
1. Craco
The present-day municipality of Craco is a modern town of just 700 inhabitants who reside in the hamlet of Craco Peschiera, but the real attraction is the historic center, now a ghost town: it is in fact uninhabited, due to a landslid...
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1. Marzamemi
It is a hamlet of the municipality of Pachino, and is still a fishing village devoted mainly to tuna fishing: in fact, here there is one of the most important tuna fisheries (i.e., a structure in which tuna is caught and slaughtered) ...
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1. Barolo
Barolo is one of the main centers of the Langhe and is universally known for the wine produced here, which bears the same name as the village. But that's not all: it is also an important international center for music and letters, si...
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1. Caprarola
The village of Caprarola, clinging to a tufa spur in the environs of Viterbo, was anciently a fief of the Farnese family, who have left a vivid testimony of their presence here, the spectacular Palazzo Farnese di Caprarola, a 16th-cen...
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1. Dolceacqua
A picture-postcard village in the province of Imperia, not far from Ventimiglia and the French border, Dolceacqua lies not far from the sea and occupies a hill near the Nervia stream: the humpback bridge that crosses it is, along...
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1. Castelpetroso
Castelpetroso is a village of just under two thousand inhabitants, in the province of Isernia, which has very ancient origins (the village was formed in Norman times), and in part still preserves ancient vestiges, but it is mo...
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Emilia-Romagna
1. Castell'Arquato
On the hills of the Val d'Arda valley lies the medieval village of Castell'Arquato, situated on the top of a hill overlooking the surrounding landscape. In fact, Castell'Arquato originated in the Middle Ages (there is a docu...
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1. Gerace
Located near Reggio Calabria, it is an ancient medieval town that lies in the heart of the Aspromonte National Park, on the top of a hill from which there is a vast panorama of Locride, reaching as far as the sea. There had been sett...
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1. Città della Pieve
Art enthusiasts remember Città della Pieve, a village in the province of Perugia, because it is the birthplace of one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, Pietro Vannucci, known as Perugino, who was Raphael's ma...
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1. Valeggio sul Mincio
The town lies on the border between the provinces of Verona and Mantua, and the territory of the municipality ranges from the moraine hills surrounding Lake Garda to the plains. Settlements in the vicinity of today's tow...
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Redazione , written on 07/04/2020
Lombardia
We are inaugurating a new column today, #torneremoaviaggiare: a hashtag to give you travel ideas to mark for when we can finally get back on the road. In each issue, ten different villages for each region of Italy, including hidden gems, art, histo...
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