The Route of the Decennial Air Cruise — Orbetello, Chicago, New York (1933)
Three surviving sites of the Atlantic formation flights of 1930–1933, from the Tuscan lagoon where the fleets trained and departed […]
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Luigi De Marchi
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: 44 articles · 1,238 heritage places · 26 itineraries · 2 road-books
101 articles on the Italian archive
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
- tourismA di Firenze u00e8 il Salone dell'Archeologia e del Turismo Culturale Italiano
- Venezia e il Portogallo in etu00e0 moderna | conferenze Museo di Palazzo Grimani
- Le performance di beniculturalionline.it
- Scrivania Nomos 1984 c.
- Carrello contenitore BOBY di Joe Colombo, 1970
- Washstand, 1904
- Sgabello Mezzadro, 1957
- Poltrona Joe, 1970
- Sedia a dondolo - UOVO modello Nu00b0 267
- Panchina, 1906-1914 c. in stile Art Nouveau
- Jaguar E-Type
- Poltrona Barcelona - Mies van der Rohe
The Atlantic Squadrons: Orbetello, Rio, Chicago and the Formation Flights of 1930–1933
Twice in three years, formations of S.55 flying boats left the Orbetello lagoon to cross an ocean: Rio in 1931, Chicago and back in 1933. A memorial park in Tuscany and a contested Roman column on the Chicago lakefront still mark the route.
Balbo Column, Burnham Park, Chicago
An ancient Roman column from Ostia on Chicago’s lakefront, sent by Mussolini’s government in 1934 to commemorate the 1933 formation flight. Still standing, and still debated.
Idroscalo di Orbetello — Base of the Atlantic Squadrons
The Tuscan lagoon base from which Balbo’s formations left for Rio in 1930 and Chicago in 1933. Wrecked in 1944 with Nervi’s hangars, it survives as the Parco delle Crociere and its memorial esplanade.
A September Week in France: 10 Heritage Cities
Ten French heritage cities in one September loop — Paris to Bordeaux via Reims, Nancy, Strasbourg and Albi — timed for the Heritage Days of 19–20 September 2026, with mapped route and GPX.
A September Week in France: 10 Heritage Cities
Ten heritage cities in one September loop: Paris, Versailles and Rouen in the north; the coronation cathedral of Reims, royal
European Heritage Days 2026: The Complete Country-by-Country Guide
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.
The Airship Route to the Pole — Vadsø and Ny-Ålesund (1926–1928)
Two stops across the European Arctic on the route both polar airships flew: the mooring mast at Vadsø, their last
North by Airship: the Norge, the Italia and the Route to the Pole (1926–1928)
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.
Airship Mooring Mast, Ny-Ålesund (Kings Bay), Svalbard
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 its 1928 expedition. It still stands at the edge of the research settlement.