Gairo Vecchio: The Red Ghost Borgo Hidden in the Mountains of Ogliastra
A village of red houses abandoned in the 1950s after floods, wedged into a gorge in Sardinia's Ogliastra: the island's most photographed ruin.
Jul 5, 2026Borghi, arte e storia minore
Si occupa di borghi, centri storici, chiese e siti archeologici: paesi sotto i mille abitanti e architetture fuori dalle guide turistiche ufficiali.
A village of red houses abandoned in the 1950s after floods, wedged into a gorge in Sardinia's Ogliastra: the island's most photographed ruin.
Jul 5, 2026
A few kilometres from Siena, the roofless abbey of San Galgano guards a real sword thrust into the rock: Tuscan history and legend.
Jul 1, 2026
In the Monti Dauni, Bovino overlooks the Cervaro valley with an understated Romanesque cathedral and an ancient stone bridge on the road from Naples to Apulia.
Jul 1, 2026
Among the hills of Irpinia, the Abbey of Goleto: Romanesque towers, Roman stones and a roofless church tell the story of eight centuries.
Jul 1, 2026
On the Abbasanta plateau rises Nuraghe Losa, one of the best-preserved basalt keeps of Nuragic Sardinia.
Jul 1, 2026
In the Sulcis, a natural amphitheatre of rock guards more than forty tombs cut five thousand years ago: the necropolis of Montessu, in Sardinia.
Jul 1, 2026
On the Sinis promontory, in Sardinia, the columns of Tharros stand out against the sea of an ancient Phoenician-Roman city eroded by time.
Jul 1, 2026
Among the Balze cliffs of the Valdarno, the Orientalist castle of Sammezzano guards the most colourful rooms in Tuscany, today closed to the public.
Jul 1, 2026
Clinging to the rock above Lake Maggiore, the Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso, born of a medieval vow, is a rare pocket of silence.
Jul 1, 2026