Castles, palaces and monuments

Castelli e fortezze, palazzi, ponti storici e opere d'arte fuori dai circuiti, che quasi nessuno va a vedere.

Fénis, the courtyard where the walls speak (Fénis, Aosta Valley, Italy)

Fénis, Aosta Valley, Italy

Castles, palaces and monuments

Fénis, the courtyard where the walls speak

In Fénis Castle, in the Aosta Valley, a courtyard frescoed with Saint George and the dragon is the secret heart that almost no one takes the time to observe.

The stone bridge of Višegrad, where Bosnia tells its own story (Višegrad (Republika Srpska), Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Višegrad (Republika Srpska), Bosnia and Herzegovina

Castles, palaces and monuments

The stone bridge of Višegrad, where Bosnia tells its own story

A sixteenth-century Ottoman masterpiece suspended over the Drina, made immortal by a Nobel-winning novel and yet almost unknown to international tourism.

Rocca Calascio, the Fortress Where Abruzzo Ends and the Sky Begins (Calascio (L'Aquila), Abruzzo, Italy)

Calascio (L'Aquila), Abruzzo, Italy

Castles, palaces and monuments

Rocca Calascio, the Fortress Where Abruzzo Ends and the Sky Begins

At 1,460 metres in the Abruzzo Apennines, Rocca Calascio is among the highest fortresses in Italy: stone, wind and endless horizons.

Palazzo Spada, Where Borromini's Illusion Beats the Vatican's Pigna (Rome, Lazio, Italy)

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Castles, palaces and monuments

Palazzo Spada, Where Borromini's Illusion Beats the Vatican's Pigna

In Rome, a few steps from the Tiber, Borromini's perspective gallery at Palazzo Spada enchants with its illusionistic trick, without the crowds.

Caltagirone: 142 hand-painted majolica steps in Baroque Sicily (Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy)

Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy

Castles, palaces and monuments

Caltagirone: 142 hand-painted majolica steps in Baroque Sicily

In Caltagirone, 142 steps clad in hand-painted majolica tiles climb through the heart of Baroque Sicily, best taken slowly and on foot.

Sperlinga, the castle carved from the rock that Sicily forgets (Enna, Sicily, Italy)

Enna, Sicily, Italy

Castles, palaces and monuments

Sperlinga, the castle carved from the rock that Sicily forgets

Sperlinga, a village perched on the Nebrodi mountains: a cave castle and a maze of grottoes tell the story of a stone Sicily few travellers reach.

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