Category: Italy
Rome: the so-called ‘temple of Minerva Medica’ and the ‘trophies of Marius’
Parma: Camera di San Paolo
Parma: Biblioteca Palatina
Parma: Galleria Nazionale
Parma: Teatro Farnese
Parma: Santissima Annunziata
The district west of Parma’s historical city centre is called Oltretorrente, which means ‘beyond the river’. This is of course a reference to the river Parma. It is hard to miss the church of Santissima Annunziata while exploring Oltretorrente. The church, which is alternatively known as the Basilica del Paradiso,…
Parma: Museo Diocesano
Parma: Santa Maria della Steccata
Parma: San Giovanni Evangelista
Parma: The Baptistery
The beautiful Baptistery of Parma occupies the south side of the Piazza del Duomo. The building, clad in pink marble from Verona, is a mix of Romanesque and Gothic architecture. The lower part has the well-known Romanesque rounded arches and Romanesque sculptures, but higher up these rounded arches have already…
Parma: The Duomo
Vicenza: Teatro Olimpico
Vicenza’s Teatro Olimpico can be counted among the most famous creations of the architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). Palladio designed the theatre, but died before it could be completed. It is therefore only fair to see the theatre as a work by his student Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548-1616) as well. Scamozzi not…