Travel

Cuma, Parthenope, Neapolis, Naples–these are the names that from the days of its foundation by Greek colonists to the present have come to represent one of the most incredible cities in the Mediterranean. A city rich in history, culture and food that has always been one of Italy’s most populous cities. Complex, yet utterly fascinating.

Milan is at a standstill, its cathedral reveals the sense of a
design that we passers-by or visitors, out-of-towners or
Milanese, were never able to grasp in our bustling insignificance

A magnificent huge fountain was built in the piazza, with a marble basin and an obelisk inlaid with mosaic by the great sculptor Mirko, imbued with so much mystery and pride that it’s hard to determine whether it’s truly beautiful or simply outré.

The Palatine Chapel, is the royal chapel of the Norman palace in Palermo, Sicily. This building is a mixture of Byzantine, Norman and Fatimid architectural styles, showing the tricultural state of Sicily during the 12th century after Roger II’s father and uncle conquered the island.

Piazza Santa Maria delle Carceri, in Prato, has a secret. A geometric secret that everyone enjoys, although few are aware of it. It is a matter of axes.

I must have been seventeen years old; I’m sixty-eight now. I was
sitting on the steps of Giosafatti’s aedicule, built against the Church of San Francesco, on the northern side of the piazza –