Counting the angels on the head of a pin would be child’s play compared to estimating all of the antique palazzos throughout Italy. Even the poorest district seems once to have a rich man on the ...

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From sometime in the sixth century until early in the nineteenth, a small church dedicated to San Geminiano faced the great basilica of San Marco from the west side of the eponymous Venetian piazza.

Rising together. This is the key concept of Faradda 2025, presented today in Sassari, in the council chamber of Palazzo Ducale. A rebirth that is part of the original spirit of the Festha Manna and ...

Located in the charming hamlet of Le Minervino di Lecce, a 40-minute drive south of Lecce proper, and a 25-minute drive to Salento Bay and the beach, this is a lovely landlocked lair full of history ...

In 1577 a devastating fire in the Palazzo Ducale, home to Venice’s ruling doges, destroyed the Sala dello Scrutinio, a grand chamber used for civic elections. The room was rebuilt over the following ...

Plan Ahead: Book tickets to tour Doge's Palace in advance, so you don't have to wait in a long line. Views from the Venetian Lagoon give the Doge's Palace an ethereal look – almost like it's floating ...

This essay analyzes the façade of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, with a focus on its representation of Venetian political identity. It proposes that the main theme of the façade's renowned figural ...

An exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale in Genova trades a celebration of the pioneering artist’s opus for a violent spectacle. Artemisia Gentileschi, “Self-portrait in the form of an allegory of Painting ...