Ca’ Marcello in Piombino Dese, Italy is a beautiful eighteenth-century Venetian villa still inhabited today by the Marcello Counts, a...

In the province of Verona, in the small town of Montecchio Maggiore, there are two castles that look at each other from two hills close...

More than simply the rooms where many masterpieces are exhibited, the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice are a work of art on their ow...

Possagno is a small town in the province of Treviso famous throughout the world for being the birthplace of one of the greatest all-tim...

In the heart of the UNESCO-enlisted Dolomites, there is a small, picturesque village: Pieve di Cadore. It is a special place for the hi...

For the few daring visitors who decide to head to the Castello district, away from the crowds swarming around Piazza San Marco and the ...

If you are visiting Verona, a must-see attraction is definitely Juliet’s House, where lovers from all over the world leave love messa...

There is no doubt that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Salzburg 1756-Vienna 1791) is one of the greatest musicians of all time... It is not su...

One of the most famous people in the history of Verona is surely Cangrande della Scala, Lord of Verona from 1308 to 1329, the year of h...

Until 4th June, 2017, the Doge’s Palace in Venice is set to host a large exhibition on Jheronimus Bosch in Venice. The exhibition beg...

Giuseppe Verdi is one of the most famous musicians of the 19th century... Even those who are not Opera experts recognise the arias of h...

When visiting the beautiful city of Verona, Casa di Giulietta - the house of Juliet, the character immortalized by William Shakespeare ...

Near Asolo, the reign of the queen Catherine Corner, there is a small village called Altivole... Its cemetery is renowned for containin...

One of the most charming figures of the history of Venice is certainly Catherine Corner, queen of Cyprus (1454-1510). At the age of 18,...

For many years, the vaporettos - the water buses that every day carry residents and millions of tourists along the Grand Canal, or to t...

If you have to go to a Revenue Agency office, it is never a good day! But if the office in question is in Venice, you can console yours...

The whole world knows the Murano blown glass, but usually most people see the glass masters like good craftsmen intent on making pots a...

When you visit St. Mark's Basilica there are many secrets to be discovered! For example, as soon as you walk through the central entran...

The history of the Venetian Republic was inextricably linked to the Doge's charismatic personality, but also adventurers and traitors, ...

St. Mark's Basilica houses an incredible treasure: reliquaries and objects in precious materials. Among these you can see several  ...

Venice was for centuries the centre of Mediterranean life: crusaders, pilgrims, merchants, and preachers…they all passed through this...

Near Piazzale Roma is the impressive Tolentini church, built by Vincenzo Scamozzi in the 16th century and finished with an elegant Gree...

We would like to celebrate Women's Day by remembering a Venetian lady who more than any other woman left a mark on the history of Venic...

If you are on Giacomo Casanova's trail in Venice, you surely cannot miss a visit to Palazzo Bragadin Carabba in Campo Santa Marina, Ses...

Villa Pisani is one of the most significant examples of a Venetian villa along the Riviera del Brenta ... Construction of the villa beg...

Venice was always home to orders of knights, in many cases related to the Crusades. Templar, Teutonic and Malta Knights were therefore ...

The famous English poet George Gordon (Lord Byron 1788-1824) lived for a time in Venice when he was forced to leave England for his deb...

The Carnival of Venice was undoubtedly the best time for every kind of gallant adventure. The party atmosphere and unbridled fun that w...

The little-known church of San Luca in Venice (in St Mark's district) has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries for people who are d...

Giacomo Casanova (1725 - 1798) is one of the world's most famous Venetians, especially for his numerous amorous adventures, which he re...

On the Grand Canal of Venice towards St Mark's Square there is a strange building that has only one storey. The project was much more a...

If you are on the trail of the famous Venetian seducer Giacomo Casanova, you must see the Santa Maria degli Angeli church in Murano. Gi...

On 4 October we celebrate St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of Italy, not everyone knows that during his travels the saint stoppe...

The Empress Sissi (1837-18989), the wife of Austria Emperor Francesco Giuseppe of Habsburg, has remained in the collective imagination ...

Women in Venice are often distinguished by their courage and their unconventional choices and an excellent example is Elena Lucrezia Co...

The Florentine poet Dante Alighieri is considered one of the greatest poets of all time and continues to fascinate the world, despite b...

  All music lovers always connect the city of Venice with the famous composer Antonio Vivaldi. The great composer of Baroque music...