Aprilia Founded Town Walk — 1937, Destroyed and Rebuilt
Aprilia (1937), the founded town destroyed on the Anzio front line in 1944 and rebuilt over its own plan, with […]
Itineraries
Pontinia Founded Town Walk — the Third New Town of 1935
The founding centre of Pontinia (1935), third of the Pontine new towns, and its civic tower with the inscribed motto
Sabaudia Rationalist Walk — the Civic Centre of 1934
The civic centre of Sabaudia (1934): the Palazzo Comunale with its tower and the church of the Santissima Annunziata with
Latina (Littoria) Founded City Walk — Frezzotti’s Rationalist Centre
Five stops through the founding centre of Latina (Littoria, 1932), from Frezzotti’s Palazzo Comunale to Palazzo M and the Pontine
Western Tien-Shan: the Wild Mountains Route
Three valleys, three republics, one celestial range: Aksu-Zhabagly’s tulips, Sary-Chelek’s mirror lake and the Chatkal mountains above Tashkent.
Cold Winter Deserts of Turan
One cold-winter desert, three countries: Barsa-Kelmes on the dried Aral bed, Repetek’s saxaul forests and the Kyzylkum between the Silk Road rivers.
Hyrcanian Forests: the Caspian Relict Woods
Two doors into the Hyrcanian relict forest: Azerbaijan’s Hirkan park near Lankaran and Iran’s Golestan, where Caspian rainforest meets steppe in one reserve.
Uvs Nuur Basin: the Closed Steppe Sea
Two stops in Asia’s closed basin: shallow, saline Uvs Lake on the Mongolian side and Russia’s Ubsunur Hollow reserve, from sand dunes to glaciers on one transect.
Venetian Works of Defence: the Adriatic Fortress Route
The Serenissima’s stone shield from Zadar to Kotor: a capital’s ramparts, a fortress standing in the sea, and walls that climb a mountain above the bay.