The interior of Milan Cathedral is probably the darkest place I’ve ever tried to photograph; it is downright cavernous with minimal light. I hope these pictures give you some sense of the experience. Huge paintings…
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Cathedral, Milan, Italy
Milan’s cathedral is a glorious pile of stone, a strange mix of the Gothic style, which never moved too terribly further south on such a grand scale, and other more Renaissance style motifs, such as…
A Room With A View, Urbino, Italy
I was in Urbino, Italy, last fall on business and snapped these three pictures out of my hotel window: once in the afternoon, once at dusk, and once the next morning before I left. What…
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy
There’s an amazing open air shopping mall in downtown Milan, and when I saw it, I knew it seemed familiar. That’s right, I saw a similar mall in Naples.
Architectural Variety, Milan, Italy
I was actually sort of tired of Renaissance buildings by the time I got to Milan, so I was pleased to discover that the city is graced with stunning architecture of the Nineteenth Century, as…
Pyramid of Cestius, Rome, Italy
The Romans loved the ancient Egyptians too. But the great irony of our interest in the Romans is that builders of the Pyramids were more distant in time to the Romans than they are to…
Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy
It’s hard not to take a great picture of one of the most picturesque places on the planet.
Urbino, Italy
Urbino, Italy, is one of the most beautifully sited cities I have ever visited, and worthy of a post on my website. Dominated by the stunning twin towers of the ducal palace commissioned by Federico…
Early Italian Adaptive Reuse
Out the Appian Way, just beyond the city walls of Rome to the south, is the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella, one of many monuments that line the road outside of the city. What is fascinating…
Mid-Century Modernism, Milan, Italy
I couldn’t find anything about the history of the Sheraton Milan Malpensa Airport, but it is pretty cool. The hotel I stayed at was pretty cool as well; it sort of reminded me of the…
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