The Medieval Village in Valentino Park
E, Dame Jolie & Douce Dame Jolie, medieval song In a café in the centre of Turin, on the 8th of May 1882, some men were arguing about what age would be better to choose for an ipotetical walk back…
Venaria Reale
Antonio Vivaldi, L’estro Armonico Last week I’ve been in Turin and I spent the entire sunday visiting Venaria, one of the royal residences of Savoy and one of the largest royal residences in the world, comparable in size and structures…
The Buontalenti Grotto
The Buontalenti Grotto or Large Grotto (Boboli Gardens, Florence) The Grotto is a great exemple of mannerism architecture and a typical seventeenth-century artificial cavern mixing sculpture, architecture and painting. The Large Grotto is placed into Boboli Gardens, Florence, and it’s…