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
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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
Palazzo Abatellis: the Triumph of Death, the Virgin Annunciate and the museum that teaches you to look
Palazzo Abatellis in Palermo: the Triumph of Death painted for a hospital, Antonello da Messina’s Virgin Annunciate and Carlo Scarpa’s 1954 installation.
Musei Opere d’arte 11 min
The Serpotta oratories in Palermo: what can be done with a poor material
The oratories of Giacomo Serpotta in Palermo: the stuccoes of Santa Cita with the battle of Lepanto, and San Lorenzo with its Caravaggio stolen in 1969.
Opere d’arte 11 min
Monreale cathedral: six thousand square metres of mosaic born of a quarrel between a king and an archbishop
Monreale cathedral: the gold-ground mosaics of William II, the apse Pantocrator and the cloister with its 228 paired columns, with opening hours and tickets.
Monumenti Mosaici 12 min
Palermo cathedral and the royal tombs: where the story of Frederick II ends
Palermo cathedral: the porphyry sarcophagi of Roger II and Frederick II, the column with the Quranic verse and the 1801 meridian line by Giuseppe Piazzi.
Monumenti 11 min
The Palatine Chapel in Palermo: a Catholic church with Arabic inscriptions on the ceiling
The Palatine Chapel in Palermo: the Byzantine mosaics of Roger II, the muqarnas ceiling with its Arabic inscriptions and the restoration now under way.
Monumenti Mosaici 12 min
The monumental cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa: the sculpture a new middle class bought for itself
The monumental cemetery of Staglieno in Genoa: Caterina Campodonico’s statue, Monteverde’s angel, Mazzini’s tomb and how to visit it.
genova liguria 11 min
Villa del Principe in Genoa: Andrea Doria’s palace and Perino del Vaga’s vault
Villa del Principe in Genoa, Andrea Doria’s home: Perino del Vaga’s Fall of the Giants, the Lepanto tapestries and the garden by the sea.
genova liguria 10 min
San Lorenzo cathedral in Genoa: the unexploded shell, the Sacro Catino and Albini’s museum
Genoa cathedral: the unexploded shell of 1941, the Sacro Catino, the platter of the Baptist and the Treasury Museum designed by Franco Albini.
genova liguria 11 min
Strada Nuova Museums in Genoa: the works to see in Palazzo Rosso, Bianco and Tursi
The works to see in the Strada Nuova Museums in Genoa: Caravaggio’s Ecce Homo, the Van Dyck portraits of the Brignole Sale and Paganini’s violin.
genova liguria 12 min
The Rolli palaces in Genoa: how the system worked and when you can visit them
The Rolli palaces of Genoa: what the list of state lodgings was, why Rubens drew them in 1622 and when you can actually get inside them.
genova liguria 11 min
What to see in Palermo in 2 days: the itinerary of a city that changes religion every hundred metres
What to see in Palermo in 2 days: the Palatine Chapel, the cathedral with the imperial tombs, Monreale, the Serpotta oratories and Palazzo Abatellis.
Itinerari Monumenti 14 min
What to see in Genoa in 2 days: an itinerary through the Rolli palaces and down to the sea
A two-day itinerary in Genoa through the Rolli palaces, the Strada Nuova Museums, San Lorenzo cathedral, Villa del Principe and Staglieno.
genova liguria 12 min
Pinacoteca of Bari, the works to see: a Bellini on the top floor of a 1935 office block
The works of the Pinacoteca Giaquinto in Bari: Bellini’s San Pietro Martire with the drawings on its back, the Vivarini, Tintoretto, Guercino and Giaquinto.
Musei Pittura 12 min
The Swabian Castle of Bari and its Gypsotheque: 130 casts of Apulian Romanesque
The Swabian Castle of Bari, from Roger II to Bona Sforza, and the Gypsotheque with the 130 plaster casts taken in 1911 from cathedrals all over Puglia.
Monumenti Musei 11 min
The Exultet scrolls of Bari: parchments painted upside down for people who could not read
The Exultet scrolls of Bari: eleventh-century parchments with the images painted upside down, the praise of the bees and two Byzantine emperors who date them.
Musei Arte medievale 11 min
The cathedral of San Sabino in Bari: a church that had its Baroque taken away
The cathedral of San Sabino in Bari: the rose window and its monsters, the solstice light, the Odegitria in the crypt and the Byzantine city dug out beneath it.
Monumenti Arte romanica 11 min
The basilica of San Nicola in Bari: the relic theft that started Apulian Romanesque
The basilica of San Nicola in Bari: the 1087 translation, the Porta dei Leoni, the cathedra of Elia, the crypt with its Orthodox altar and Bona Sforza’s tomb.
Monumenti Arte romanica 12 min
What to see in Bari in 2 days: the itinerary of a city you visit on foot
What to see in Bari in 2 days: San Nicola, the cathedral of San Sabino, the Exultet scrolls, the castle and the Pinacoteca, with hours and the day to avoid.
Guide Itinerari 12 min