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Detail of the mosaics made by Filiberto Sbardella for the Tempio dei Caduti at San Pellegrino Terme, early 1940s. Photograph: Archivio Filiberto Sbardella. In…
August 2026Dubrovnik's intact medieval walls define one of the Adriatic's finest UNESCO sites. The Bay of Kotor in Montenegro is an hour south, Split's Diocletian…
August 2026Seville's UNESCO inscription covers its Cathedral, Alcázar, and Archivo de Indias. The city is also the gateway to Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral, Granada's Alhambra, and Doñana…
August 2026Florence is itself a UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed for the Renaissance art and architecture concentrated in its historic centre. Siena, San Gimignano, and…
August 2026Monaco has no UNESCO World Heritage Sites, but the principality sits within 90 minutes of Arles and the Cinque Terre in opposite directions —…
August 2026Reykjavik's nearest UNESCO site is Þingvellir National Park, 45 minutes east, where Iceland's parliament first met in 930 CE and where two tectonic plates…
August 2026Brasília is itself a UNESCO World Heritage Site — inscribed in 1987 for Oscar Niemeyer's modernist architecture and Lúcio Costa's urban plan. Nearby sites…
August 2026Advertising sheet for Caproni Aeronautica Bergamasca S.A., Ponte San Pietro. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. The aeroplane is drawn as though it were…
August 2026Advertising sheet for Aeronautica Caproni Predappio S.A. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. An aircraft drawn as pure outline, flying out of a fan…
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