Castelli e fortezze, palazzi, ponti storici e opere d'arte fuori dai circuiti, che quasi nessuno va a vedere.
In Florence, near San Marco, the Chiostro dello Scalzo holds Andrea del Sarto's Stories of Saint John the Baptist, free of charge.
Jun 23, 2026
A stone's throw from the Imperial Forums, the Renaissance loggia of the Knights of Rhodes looks out over the Forum of Augustus: an almost secret medieval balcony.
Jun 23, 2026
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.
Jun 23, 2026
A sixteenth-century Ottoman masterpiece suspended over the Drina, made immortal by a Nobel-winning novel and yet almost unknown to international tourism.
Jun 21, 2026
At 1,460 metres in the Abruzzo Apennines, Rocca Calascio is among the highest fortresses in Italy: stone, wind and endless horizons.
Jun 21, 2026
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.
Jun 21, 2026