The Stone Castle of Vobbia
The Stone Castle of Vobbia, known in Italian as the Castello della Pietra, is a striking medieval fortress perched on two vertical rock pinnacles rising from…
The Chiostro dello Scalzo
The Chiostro dello Scalzo is a small Renaissance cloister in central Florence, celebrated for its complete cycle of grisaille frescoes depicting the Life of…
Castle on the Sea in Rapallo
The Castle on the Sea of Rapallo is a sixteenth-century coastal fortification built on a small promontory directly in the town’s harbour, making it one of…
Historic Hotel Regina
The Hotel Regina is a historic lodging establishment in Trento, the capital of the autonomous province of Trentino in northeastern Italy. Located in the…
Castle of Santa Margherita Ligure
The castle of Santa Margherita Ligure is a medieval fortification overlooking the Ligurian Riviera di Levante, built to defend the small coastal town from…
Brown Castle in Portofino
Castello Brown is a historic house museum perched above the famous harbour of Portofino on the Italian Riviera. Originally a Genoese coastal fortress known…
The Medici Chapels – New Sacristy
The Medici Chapels are two burial chapels built as extensions to the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence between the 16th and 17th centuries to celebrate and…
The Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence
The Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze is an art museum in Florence best known as the permanent home of Michelangelo’s marble statue David (1501-1504), the…
Roman Philharmonic Academy
The Accademia Filarmonica Romana (Roman Philharmonic Academy) is one of Italy’s oldest and most prestigious music institutions, founded in Rome in 1821.…
The Cenacolo di Sant’Apollonia
The Cenacolo di Sant’Apollonia is a former convent refectory in Florence housing one of the finest examples of early Renaissance fresco painting: Andrea del…