Rick Steves: Orvieto is what an Italian Hill Town Should Be
Perched on a chunk of volanic stone in Umbria, this small city offers a well-preserved, almost traffic-free world highlighted ...
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Rick Steves’ Europe: Germany’s popular Rothenburg keeps its medieval charm alive
As a young backpacker, I fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At that ...
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Steves: Orvieto is what an Italian hill town should be
Orvieto is one of the most striking, memorable, and enjoyable hill towns in central Italy.
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This Portuguese village was voted a “national wonder” and you’ve probably never heard of it
On a peninsula washed by the clear waters of the Zêzere River, Dornes seems like a timeless place where knights and legends ...
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Leonardo da Vinci's Famous Paintings & Drawings
In 1481, Augustinian friars hired Leonardo to paint a massive altarpiece. He was to depict ... Mary of course was the most common subject in Medieval and Renaissance art. Here, Mary is Leonardo ...
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On Sunday Feb. 16, 23 and March 2 and 4, the town of Malo will once again hold one of the most spectacular and engaging events in Italy. The keys to the city are symbolically handed over to the ...
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16th Century
The Capitoline Museums in Rome have just today opened an exhibition exploring the history of The Farnese in sixteenth-century Rome. The show draws together one hundred and forty masterpieces including ...