City corners
The Alley That Guards Bramante: Santa Maria della Pace and the Arco della Pace
Just steps from Piazza Navona, Santa Maria della Pace guards Bramante's first Roman cloister, far from the crush.
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City corners
The Passetto del Biscione: The Secret Passageway with the Miraculous Fresco
Near Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the Passetto del Biscione hides frescoed vaults and a little Madonna tied to an ancient miracle.
Jun 23, 2026
Castles, palaces and monuments
The secret loggia of the Knights of Rhodes, a medieval balcony over the Forum of Augustus
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
Wild nature
The rock necropolis of Norchia: cube tombs carved into the tuff
In the Tuscia region of Viterbo, the cube tombs of Norchia carved into the tuff: an Etruscan city of the dead set among wooded gorges.
Jun 23, 2026
Churches and cathedrals
In Tuscania, the frescoed Judgement of Santa Maria Maggiore
In Tuscania, off the beaten track, a medieval church preserves a cycle of fourteenth-century frescoes that almost no one comes to see.
Jun 21, 2026
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.
Jun 21, 2026
City corners
The Coppedè District, Rome's Fairytale Corner Just Steps from Via Veneto
Just steps from Via Veneto, Rome's Coppedè district weaves together Art Nouveau, medieval echoes and pure fantasy in one of the city's most surprising corners.
Jun 21, 2026
Churches and cathedrals
Anagni, the frescoed crypt that rivals a "Sistine Chapel"
In Anagni, the Romanesque cathedral and the crypt of San Magno hold some of the finest cycles of medieval frescoes in Italy.
Jun 21, 2026