The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula at Gallerie d’Italia in Naples: the last Caravaggio, the 1980 letter that reattributed it, the new room, hours and tickets.
The Brancacci Chapel in Florence: Masaccio’s Expulsion, the fig leaves the restoration removed and the Sala della Colonna, with hours and booking.
San Gregorio Armeno in Naples: how a nativity shepherd figure is made, the church frescoed by Luca Giordano and the cloister, with hours, price and timing.
The Doni Tondo at the Uffizi: which room it’s really in, why it’s Michelangelo’s only finished painting, and how to read the spiral and the frame.
The Bourbon Tunnel in Naples: the 1853 military passage, the wartime shelter and the seized cars, with hours, prices and which route to pick.
The Museo di San Marco in Florence: Fra Angelico’s Annunciation, the friars’ frescoed cells and Savonarola’s rooms, with hours and tickets.
Palazzo Vecchio in Florence: the Hall of the Five Hundred, Francesco I’s Studiolo, the Arnolfo Tower and the Thursday trap, with hours and tickets.
The art stations of the Naples metro: what to see at Toledo, Università and Materdei, and which ticket you need to visit all three.
Castel Nuovo, the Maschio Angioino of Naples: Alfonso’s arch, the Hall of the Barons, the Giotto of the Palatine Chapel and the necropolis under the floor.
Caravaggio’s Seven Works of Mercy at the Pio Monte della Misericordia in Naples: how to read the painting, hours, tickets and the short Sunday window.
The Santa Chiara complex in Naples: Vaccaro’s majolica cloister, the basilica burned in 1943 and the Roman baths, with hours, tickets and how you get in.
The Royal Palace of Naples: the Staircase of Honour, the Historical Apartment, the Court Theatre and the eight kings on the façade, with hours and closing day.
Underground Naples from piazza San Gaetano: the Greek cisterns, the well-keepers, the air-raid shelters and the Roman theatre, with hours, ticket and duration.
The Certosa di San Martino in Naples: the Cuciniello nativity scene, the Tavola Strozzi, the cloisters and the view over the bay, with hours and tickets.
Campobasso: the Monforte Castle reopened in 2026 after three years of works and the National Archaeological Museum, with times, tickets and closing days.
Termoli cathedral: the Apulian Romanesque facade with its rose window and archivolts, the crypt, the relics of Saint Bassus and the walled old town.
Larino in Molise: the Roman amphitheatre left by the will of Lucius Capito, the cathedral of San Pardo, the mosaics of the Civic Museum, times and tickets.
The italic sanctuary of Pietrabbondante: the theatre of the Samnite Pentri with its carved backrests, temple B, the polygonal walls, times and tickets.
Saepinum at Altilia di Sepino: the Roman town crossed by the droving road, the shepherds’ inscription on Porta Bojano, the forum, the theatre and the times.
What to see in Molise: Saepinum crossed by the droving road, the Samnite sanctuary of Pietrabbondante, the amphitheatre of Larino, Termoli and Campobasso.
The MAXXI L’Aquila at Palazzo Ardinghelli: the baroque palace restored after 2009, the Thursday to Sunday hours, tickets and the 2026 exhibitions.
The Tuvixeddu necropolis in Cagliari, the largest in the Punic world, and the Grotta della Vipera: the shaft tombs, the opening hours and what is closed today.
The basilica of San Saturnino in Cagliari, reopened in 2026: the Greek-cross martyrium, the Byzantine dome, its narrow opening hours and free admission.
The fountain of the 99 spouts in L’Aquila: ninety-three stone masks and six plain spouts, the legend of the 99 castles and the spring never revealed.
Cagliari cathedral of Santa Maria: the pulpits by Master Guglielmo brought from Pisa, the sanctuary of the martyrs cut into the rock, opening hours and tickets.
The Spanish fort in L’Aquila and the MuNDA reopened in the castle in 2025: the mammoth, the Beffi Triptych, Antonello’s Ecce Homo, hours and tickets.
The arch of Augustus in Aosta, of 25 BC, was once a house and a fort: the story of the 1449 crucifix and of the stone bridge left dry after a medieval flood.
The megalithic area of Saint-Martin-de-Corléans in Aosta: the anthropomorphic stelae, the ritual ploughed field and the dolmen tombs, with times and tickets.
The basilica of San Bernardino in L’Aquila: the staircase, Cola dell’Amatrice’s facade, the mausoleum by Silvestro dell’Aquila and the Della Robbia.
The National Art Gallery of Cagliari and its retablos: the Master of Castelsardo, Saint Eligius and the Cavaro workshop of Stampace, with hours and tickets.
Aosta cathedral: the 12th and 14th-century choir mosaics, the 11th-century frescoes in the roof space and the treasure museum, with opening times and tickets.
The basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L’Aquila: the chequered facade, the Perdonanza Holy Door, the mausoleum of Celestine V and the restoration.
The collegiate church of Sant’Orso in Aosta: the Romanesque cloister with forty carved capitals, the roof-space frescoes, the crypt, opening times and tickets.
The National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari: the Nuragic bronzes, the Nora stone, the Giants now at Cabras, opening hours and the closed floor.
The Roman theatre of Aosta reopened on 3 July 2026 with a partial route: what you see, what you do not, the 22-metre façade and the walls of Augusta Praetoria.
What to see in Cagliari in two days: the Castello district, the Nuragic bronzes, the retablos of the art gallery, the cathedral, San Saturnino and Tuvixeddu.
