Wrocław — Max Berg’s Centennial Hall and Early Modernism
In the German city of Breslau, now Polish Wrocław, Max Berg poured one of the boldest concrete domes of its age. The result reads today as a manifesto for…
Village of Monterano
The abandoned ancient city of Monterano in Rome preserves Bernini’s church of San Bonaventura and an octagonal fountain from the Berninian school, linked to the modern village of Canale Monterano by Renaissance settlement history.
Park of the Monsters, Sacred Wood of Bomarzo
Renaissance prince Vicino Orsini’s enigmatic garden of colossal stone monsters, mythological sculptures, and cryptic inscriptions—a 16th-century masterpiece of wonder and artistic philosophy near Viterbo.
Milan
Italy’s economic and cultural capital, Milan blends Roman foundations, Renaissance splendor, and modern design leadership. Home to Leonardo’s Last Supper and the Gothic Duomo.
City of Venice
Venice, capital of the former Venetian Republic and now the Veneto region’s principal city, stands among the world’s most celebrated urban centres, renowned for its distinctive lagoon setting and extraordinary artistic heritage.
Fort of Gavi
A medieval fortress transformed into a seventeenth-century military stronghold, the Fort of Gavi showcases Genoese engineering and defensive architecture above the town of Gavi Ligure in Piemonte.
Museum of the Champions
A cycling museum dedicated to champions Fausto Coppi and Costante Girardengo, housed in a converted 1900s warehouse in Novi Ligure.
Biella
Medieval Alpine city at the foot of the Biellese Alps, transformed by 19th-century textile industry, with monuments spanning from Iron Age settlement to Renaissance palaces.
Ragusa Ibla
One of Sicily’s finest Baroque districts, rebuilt after the 1693 earthquake with fourteen UNESCO monuments among its fifty churches and grand palaces.
Ventotene Island
A volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Ventotene anchors the Pontine archipelago with a population of around 600 inhabitants.