The Galleria Estense is one of the most important art museums in northern Italy, housed on the fourth floor of the Palazzo dei Musei in central Modena. It holds the former collection of the d’Este dynasty — the noble family that ruled Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio from the late 13th century until 1796 — assembled […]
Parma has an architectural layer most visitors never notice. Between the medieval streets and 18th-century palaces, around thirty Liberty-style buildings — the Italian term for Art Nouveau — survive largely intact: decorated facades, curved balconies, floral ironwork, and stucco details that define early 20th-century European modernism. This urban trekking route covers the main stops in
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Emilia-Romagna produced some of the most adventurous architecture, painting, and sculpture of the Italian Baroque — not from a single centre but across six cities, each with distinct artistic ambitions. This guide covers the principal Baroque monuments city by city, with practical information for visiting. Piacenza Piacenza’s Baroque legacy centres on Piazza Cavalli, one of
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Triora is a medieval village in the Argentina Valley in western Liguria, about 35 km inland from Sanremo and close to the French border. It sits at around 780 metres and is approached by a winding mountain road through pine forests. The village is best known for a series of witch trials that took place
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San Miniato and the White Truffle: Tuscany’s Autumn Ritual The scent arrives before the town itself.Driving through the rolling Tuscan hills toward San Miniato, a faint aroma of earth and forest drifts in through the window. It’s unmistakable — the white truffle, Tuscany’s most elusive treasure and the reason this small corner of the Pisa
Every year, All Saints’ Day (Ognissanti) marks the arrival of deep autumn in Bologna. The city softens into ochre and brick tones, the arcades echo under light rain, and the scent of roasted chestnuts and truffles fills the streets. In 2025, the holiday falls between Friday, October 31 and Sunday, November 2 – a short
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