The world is a book, and those who don't travel read only one page.
June 4, 2020
Mantova is an inescapable destination for art lovers thanks to the interventions in the city of Giulio Romano, Andrea Mantegna and Leon Battista Alberti. by Fabio Massimo Penna Uno is Raphael's most talented pupil, the other is the first duke... Continue Reading...
June 3, 2020
From the splendour of the Chapel of the Scrovegni to the extraordinary architecture of Caffè Pedrocchi Padua, it confirms a city to visit absolutely. by Fabio Massimo Penna A symphony of colors. The visitor who arrives in the Chapel of the Scrovegni is ecstatic in front... Continue Reading...
May 22, 2020
Biagio Rossetti and Cosmè Tura, Dosso Dossi and Boldini, Del Cossa and De Pisis: Ferrara's contribution to world art has always been high. by Fabio Massimo Penna In the fifteenth century Ferrara enjoys a moment of great architectural vitality and... Continue Reading...
May 20, 2020
Let's see what happens when an earthquake strikes. We also remember some of the disasters that have hit Italy. by Fabio Massimo Penna It happens sometimes that the earth trembles. And when it does, it causes terrifying disasters. Let's see how. The violence of the... Continue Reading...
May 14, 2020
Ferrara, with Michelangelo Antonioni and Florestano Vancini, contributes to the development of the seventh art in Italy. by Fabio Massimo Penna Says the director of a private investigative agency to one of his detectives who is investigating a murder: "Moral, you have to... Continue Reading...
7 May 2020
Bicycle city, eastern city but, above all, Ferrara is a great center of Italian culture. by Fabio Massimo Penna For Giorgio Bassani, a Bolognese by birther who spends his youth in Ferrara, the latter "the city of bicycles" is the center of the... Continue Reading...
3 May 2020
An intense relationship, never interrupted, binds Alessandro Manzoni to his hometown, that Milan that faces in The Promised Newlyweds and in all the work of the great writer. by Fabio Massimo Penna Milano and Alessandro Manzoni are one... Continue Reading...
30th April 2020
You can't talk about Milan without immediately thinking about the Cathedral or La Scala, the world-famous landmarks of Fabio Massimo Penna Massimo masterpiece of late-Gothic architecture is the Cathedral of Milan, a work whose construction begins in 1386... Continue Reading...
28th April 2020
For art lovers Milan offers an exciting route in the Pinacoteca di Brera that hosts an extraordinary amount of artistic masterpieces. by Fabio Massimo Penna A trip to Milan would be incomplete without a visit to the Pinacoteca di Brera. The museum is... Continue Reading...
25th April 2020
In Italy during the First World War the American writer spent a period of convalescence in Milan and fell in love with the city. by Fabio Massimo Penna "Arrived at the bottom of the square we turned to look at the Cathedral, it was beautiful in the... Continue Reading...
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