Opificio delle Pietre Dure: the Medici's Secret Museum in Florence
Just steps from the Duomo, a state museum tells the story of Florentine pietre dure mosaic art: Medici masterpieces and almost no tourists.
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Just steps from the Duomo, a state museum tells the story of Florentine pietre dure mosaic art: Medici masterpieces and almost no tourists.
Jul 29, 2026
On the edge of the Guadiana, Mértola harbours a parish church that was a 12th-century mosque, with the mihrab still intact.
Jul 9, 2026
Teshima, in Japan's Inland Sea, holds a one-of-a-kind water museum, an archive of heartbeats and terraced rice paddies: art and absolute silence.
Jul 5, 2026
Étroubles weaves the Via Francigena, contemporary sculptures set among its lanes, and the authentic stillness of the Gran San Bernardo valley.
Jul 5, 2026
Roscigno Vecchia is Italy's abandoned stone village in Cilento, emptied by landslides yet perfectly preserved: empty streets, a fountain and silence.
Jul 1, 2026
Trekking in the Monti Lucretili Park, in the Sabina: olive groves, medieval villages and the remains of the poet Horace's villa at Licenza. A regional park a stone's throw from Rome yet almost unknown, where you walk in silence among centuries-old olive trees, oaks and ancient Roman memories.
Jun 30, 2026
Bakkehuset, the Rahbeks' home in Frederiksberg: period rooms, a historic garden and the literary salons frequented by H.C. Andersen.
Jun 28, 2026
In Dublin, beside St Patrick's Cathedral, Marsh's Library has preserved since 1707 its oak shelves, rare books and the reading cages.
Jun 28, 2026
A free museum in Meguro, Tokyo, devoted solely to parasites: 300 specimens and the longest tapeworm in the world, 8.8 metres.
Jun 28, 2026