What to see in L’Aquila in two days: the city that came back, monument by monument
What to see in L’Aquila in two days: Collemaggio and the Perdonanza, the MuNDA back in the castle, San Bernardino, the 99 spouts and the MAXXI.
Guide 14 min
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What to see in Aosta in one day: the Roman city that the day of the week opens only halfway
What to see in Aosta in one day: the reopened Roman theatre, the arch of Augustus, the cryptoporticus, two 11th-century fresco cycles and the megalithic area.
Guide 13 min
Trento the painted city: the frescoed façades of Piazza Duomo and Via Belenzani
The frescoed façades of Trento: the Cazuffi and Rella houses in Piazza Duomo, Palazzo Geremia on Via Belenzani, who painted them and how to look at them.
Monuments 10 min
The Council of Trent and the art of the Counter-Reformation: what actually changed in the pictures
The Council of Trent and art: the 1563 decree on sacred images, who turned it into rules and how paintings really changed in the century that followed.
Travel Guides 12 min
The Falcomatà seafront: the Greek walls, the Roman baths and the Aragonese Castle
The Falcomatà seafront in Reggio Calabria: the Greek walls of Dionysius, the Roman baths, the Aragonese Castle and the truth about the d’Annunzio quotation.
Monuments 11 min
The Palombaro Lungo: the cistern under the square and the Matera of water
The Palombaro Lungo of Matera: the cistern under Piazza Vittorio Veneto, five million litres, rediscovered in 1991, and the water system of the Sassi.
Monuments 9 min
Matera cathedral: the rose window, the Madonna della Bruna and the stone nativity
Matera cathedral, reopened in 2016: the sixteen-spoke rose window, the Madonna della Bruna of 1270, the Last Judgement and the stone nativity.
Monuments 11 min
Reggio Calabria Cathedral: a twentieth-century church and a rescued chapel
Reggio Calabria Cathedral, rebuilt after the 1908 earthquake: the facade, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel taken apart and put back piece by piece, and the hours.
Monuments 11 min
Trento Cathedral and Santa Maria Maggiore: the two churches where the Council was held
Trento Cathedral and Santa Maria Maggiore, the two Council churches: the spiral staircases, the early Christian basilica, the crucifix and the organ loft.
Monuments 11 min
The Cycle of the Months in Torre Aquila: the eleven surviving months and what they show
The Cycle of the Months in Torre Aquila, Trento: the snowball fight, the grape harvest, the lost month and how the timed visit actually works.
Museums 11 min
The Civic Art Gallery of Reggio Calabria: two Antonello panels inside a theatre
The Civic Art Gallery of Reggio Calabria: the two panels by Antonello da Messina, the seventeenth century of Mattia Preti and Luca Giordano, hours and visiting.
Museums 10 min
The Sassi of Matera: the difference between Caveoso and Barisano, and life in a cave house
The Sassi of Matera: what separates the Caveoso from the Barisano, how a cave house worked and the story of the 1952 evacuation up to UNESCO.
Travel Guides 12 min
Buonconsiglio Castle in Trento: Castelvecchio, the Magno Palazzo and Romanino’s frescoes
Buonconsiglio Castle in Trento: Castelvecchio, Bernardo Cles’s Magno Palazzo, the frescoes by Romanino and the Dossi, opening hours and tickets.
Monuments 11 min
The Crypt of Original Sin: eighth-century frescoes outside Matera
The Crypt of Original Sin near Matera: the eighth-century frescoes of the Painter of the Flowers, the 1963 discovery and how to book the visit.
Monuments 10 min
The Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria: the four levels beyond the Bronzes
The National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria level by level: the sanctuaries of Locri, the pinakes, the bronzes from the sea and the works out on loan.
Museums 12 min
The Riace Bronzes: how to look at them, and why they reached us at all
The Riace Bronzes in Reggio Calabria: the 1972 discovery, how to look at the two statues, forty years of restoration and how entry to the room works.
Museums 12 min
The rock churches of Matera: which ones to visit in the Sassi and in the Murgia park
The rock churches of Matera: Santa Lucia alle Malve, the Madonna de Idris and San Pietro Barisano in the Sassi, the Murgia park and the new ticket.
Travel Guides 12 min
What to see in Trento in two days: Buonconsiglio Castle, the Council churches and the painted city
What to see in Trento in two days: Buonconsiglio Castle, the Cycle of the Months, the cathedral, Santa Maria Maggiore and the frescoed façades.
Travel Guides 12 min
What to see in Reggio Calabria in one day: the complete guide
What to see in Reggio Calabria in one day: the Riace Bronzes, the Magna Graecia museum, Antonello at the art gallery, the cathedral and the Greek walls.
Travel Guides 11 min
Raphael’s Birthplace in Urbino: Giovanni Santi’s Workshop, the Disputed Fresco and the Cathedral with the Albani Museum
Raphael’s birthplace in Urbino: Giovanni Santi’s workshop, the disputed fresco, and a few steps away the cathedral with the Albani Museum.
Museums Renaissance Art 13 min
What to See in Urbino in One Day: the Itinerary from the Ducal Palace to Piero della Francesca’s Flagellation and Raphael’s House
What to see in Urbino in one day: the Ducal Palace, the Flagellation, the Studiolo, Raphael’s house, the cathedral, with hours and the Monday to avoid.
Guides Itineraries 13 min
The Flagellation by Piero della Francesca and the Ideal City in Urbino: the Enigma of the Three Men, the Contested Attribution and the Twin Panels
Piero della Francesca’s Flagellation and the Ideal City: the identity of the three men, the contested attribution and the twin panels in Baltimore and Berlin.
Artworks Renaissance Art 14 min
Oratory of San Giovanni Battista in Urbino: the 1416 Salimbeni Frescoes and Brandani’s Nativity at San Giuseppe
The Oratory of San Giovanni Battista in Urbino: the Salimbeni frescoes dated 1416, the Crucifixion and Brandani’s nativity at San Giuseppe next door.
Gothic Art Medieval Art 13 min
The Ducal Palace of Urbino and the National Gallery of the Marche: history, Laurana’s courtyard and how to visit the piano nobile
A guide to the Ducal Palace of Urbino and the National Gallery of the Marche: history, rooms to see, hours and tickets checked in September 2026.
Museums Renaissance Art 13 min
The Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro in Urbino: the Inlays, the Famous Men and the Restoration Reopened in 2025
The Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro in Urbino: the trompe-l’oeil inlays, the famous men and the restoration reopened in 2025 amid discoveries and disputes.
Monuments Renaissance Art 14 min
The Oratory of San Bernardino in Perugia: Agostino di Duccio’s facade, free and on a side square
The Oratory of San Bernardino in Perugia: the polychrome facade carved by Agostino di Duccio between 1457 and 1461, with hours, free entry and what to look at.
perugia umbria 9 min
Underground Perugia: the Rocca Paolina and the Etruscan Well, a walled-up quarter and a two-thousand-year-old well
Underground Perugia: the Rocca Paolina with the medieval quarter buried in 1540 and the Etruscan Well of the third century BC, with opening times and prices.
perugia umbria 11 min
The Fontana Maggiore in Perugia: fifty reliefs by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano to read in the square
The Fontana Maggiore in Perugia, carved by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano between 1275 and 1278: the months, the zodiac, the liberal arts and Aesop.
perugia umbria 10 min
The Collegio del Cambio in Perugia: Perugino’s frescoes and the self-portrait hung on a nail
The Collegio del Cambio in Perugia: the Sala dell’Udienza frescoed by Perugino between 1498 and 1500, his self-portrait and the plaque that praises him.
perugia umbria 10 min
National Gallery of Umbria: the works to see, from Fra Angelico to Perugino
The works to see at the National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia: Fra Angelico, Gentile da Fabriano, Arnolfo di Cambio, Piero della Francesca and Perugino.
perugia umbria 12 min
The Borgo Teresiano of Trieste: the district the free port built over the saltpans
The Borgo Teresiano of Trieste: the Grand Canal, Sant’Antonio Taumaturgo, the Serbian Orthodox temple of San Spiridione and the churches of the free port.
Guide di viaggi Basiliche e Cattedrali 16 min
Miramare Castle in Trieste: Carl Junker’s building site, the park built on bare rock and the curse that does not hold up
Miramare Castle in Trieste: the building site opened in 1856, the Castelletto, the study shaped like a ship’s cabin, the twenty-two-hectare park and the curse.
Castles Monuments 13 min
Trieste Cathedral of San Giusto: two churches, a Roman temple and the mosaics that stand between Ravenna and Venice
Trieste Cathedral of San Giusto: the Byzantine mosaics in the side apses, the Roman propylaeum inside the bell tower, the 5th-century floor and the castle.
Monuments Mosaics 16 min
What to see in Perugia in 2 days: an itinerary between Perugino, the Pisano and the underground city
What to see in Perugia in 2 days: the National Gallery of Umbria, the Collegio del Cambio, the Fontana Maggiore, the Rocca Paolina and the Etruscan Well.
perugia umbria 12 min
The works of the Revoltella Museum in Trieste: the house of a baron who has been buying art for a hundred and fifty years
The Revoltella Museum in Trieste: the marble group of the Suez canal, De Nittis’ Lady with a Dog, Veruda and the sixth floor by Carlo Scarpa.
Musei Opere d’arte 12 min
The Risiera di San Sabba in Trieste: what happened here and what remains today
The Risiera di San Sabba, the only Nazi camp with a crematorium in Italy: the history of the camp, Romano Boico’s memorial, opening hours and free entry.
Monumenti Architettura 12 min