The world is a book, and those who don't travel read only one page.
January 7, 2021
Hometown of Giacomo Leopardi and Beniamino Gigli, Recanati preserves extraordinary masterpieces by Lorenzo Lotto. by Fabio Massimo Penna The native wild village, the place where "This hermitage hill / and this hedge, which from so much / of the last horizon the… Continue Reading…
November 19, 2020
The Renaissance innovations are imposed in the Tuscan capital thanks also to Beato Angelico, Andrea Del Castagno, Paolo Uccello and Sandro Botticelli. by Fabio Massimo Penna As we have previously highlighted, among the most important works of the early Renaissance phase,… Continue Reading…
June 20, 2020
Turin, thanks to the interventions of Guarini, Juvarra and Antonelli is one of the most interesting cities in Italy at the architectural level. by Fabio Massimo Penna A decisive impulse to define the Turin skyline is the presence in the city, in the second... Continue Reading...
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...
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