The Vajont dam was designed in 1926 by engineer Carlo Semenza and subsequently built between 1957 and 1960 in the municipality of Erto and Casso in the province of Pordenone. The purpose of…
The municipality of Erto and Casso, situated in the Vajont Valley, is located in the province of Pordenone on the border with the province of Belluno. The existence of Erto is well…
The earliest finds in Longarone date back to the Roman era as confirmed by the findings of Roman tombs and the remains of an elaborate communication route. In the late Middle Ages Longarone was…
The Vittoriale degli Italiani, a hillside estate with a series of buildings, streets, squares, an open-air theatre, gardens and waterways was built starting in 1921. Located in Gardone Riviera on the Brescia…
In Bergamo Alta (upper town) there are two main centres of the urban design. The first being Piazza Vecchia with its Contarini fountain, the Palazzo della Ragione, Palazzo del Podestà, Palazzo Nuovo and the Torre Civica. Piazza…
Bergamo is located in the Lombardy region of Italy and is distinguished from other cities for one of its most particular features: it is in fact physically partitioned (because of the…
Prato della Valle, one of the symbols of Padua, is a large elliptical square which, in addition to being the largest square in the city, is one of the largest in Europe second…
The Cathedral of Saint Anthony in Padova, also called Cathedral of the Saint, was built between 1232 and 1310. On the death of Friar Antonio (12 June 1231), later proclaimed a Saint, his body was taken to the convent…
With the breakdown of the Italian front and the retreat of Caporetto, Monte Grappa became the first line of the mountain sector between Brenta and Piave. After a dramatic retreat, the Italian troops reached…
The works for the construction of what was originally the Mausoleum of Hadrian began around 130 AD and ended in 138, a year after his death. The Emperor Hadrian did not choose the place bychance: the Roman Emperor…