Een typische conversatie over het dorpje Fodele zou ongeveer als volgt kunnen gaan: “Ah, Fodele, de geboorteplaats van de beroemde Kretenzische schilder El Greco!” “Dat had je gedroomd Nikos, zijn geboorteplaats was Candia, het huidige Heraklion!” “Nonsens, het was Fodele, en dat kan ik bewijzen ook! Het huis van zijn…
After discussing three dozen churches in Rome, it is now time to discuss a museum again. The Palazzo Barberini was a pleasant surprise during my last visit to the Eternal City back in January of this year. It is one of two locations of the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, the…
A conversation about the village of Fodele could go something like this: “Ah, Fodele, that’s where the famous Cretan painter El Greco was born!” “In your dreams, Nikos, he was born in Candia, present-day Heraklion.” “Nonsense, he was born in Fodele, and we have the proof! There’s a museum at…