Palazzo dei Congressi — Firenze
The Palazzo dei Congressi di Firenze is housed within the historic complex of Villa Vittoria, located at Viale Filippo Strozzi, steps from the Santa Maria…
Ferrara Expo — International Trade Fair Center
Ferrara Expo (formerly Ferrara Fiere e Congressi), located at Viale dell’Industria, is the main trade fair and exhibition hub of the Este city. The complex…
Cinema La Compagnia — Firenze
Cinema La Compagnia, at Via Cavour 50r in the heart of Florence’s historic centre, traces its origins to the mid-twentieth century as the Cinema…
The Italian Belle Époque: Architecture and Modern Map
The Italian Belle Époque is not Paris with mandolins. It is Milan, Turin, Rome, Palermo, and the Venetian Lido between roughly 1880 and 1914 — a country…
Renaissance Tuscany: Art, Villas and Historic Landscape
The Tuscan landscape and Tuscan painting were made by the same eye. Drive south of Siena along the Crete and you cross hills that look like the background of…
Roman Heritage Sites Off the Beaten Path: Hidden Ruins
Rome receives more than thirty million visitors a year. Most of them walk the same nine kilometres: Vatican, Castel Sant’Angelo, Piazza Navona, Pantheon…
Liberty Italy vs French Art Nouveau: Stylistic Shifts
Most travellers conflate them. The label “Art Nouveau” floats over a Paris Métro entrance and a Turin villa as if both were the same gesture in the same…
The Liberty Grand Tour: Art Nouveau Route in Italy
The northern leg of a Liberty-era Grand Tour opens in Turin. The Egyptian Museum holds one of the worlds foremost collections outside Cairo, while the Sacra…