Luigi De Marchi, architect, is the editor and publisher of Cultural Heritage Online. He founded the archive in 1998 as beniculturalionline.it and has published it without interruption since.
Contributions: 61 articles · 1,284 heritage places · 21 events · 29 itineraries · 5 road-books · 307 photographs
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
Every country opens its closed doors on a different September weekend. The confirmed European Heritage Days 2026 dates — England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Brussels and beyond — in one calendar.
Two stops across the European Arctic on the route both polar airships flew: the mooring mast at Vadsø, their last
Two Italian-built airships flew the same route to the top of the world: the Norge to the first verified attainment of the North Pole in 1926, the Italia to triumph and disaster in 1928. Two mooring masts on that route still stand.
The steel mast at 79° North from which the Norge left on 11 May 1926 for the first verified journey to the North Pole, and where the Italia based…
The red steel mast on Vadsøya island where Nobile’s airships moored on their way to the North Pole: the Norge in May 1926, the Italia in May 1928.
Ten smaller cities of art — Matera to Ortigia — where Ferragosto 2026 costs less, crowds thin out, and the heritage stands comparison with any capital.
Venice on 15 August: what the Assumption changes, which museums and churches stay open, and the lagoon rituals — Lido mornings, island silence — locals keep.
Florence on 15 August: the Assumption in Santa Maria del Fiore, gardens and Medici villas against the heat, and the hill viewpoints locals keep for evening.
Rome on 15 August: which ancient sites and churches stay open, where to escape the heat, and where Romans themselves go. A practical Ferragosto 2026 guide.
Ferragosto falls on Saturday 15 August in 2026. What the holiday means, which museums and sites stay open, what closes, and where Italians actually spend the day.
