Piazza Navona, Rome
00186 Rome, Italy
Piazza Navona is one of the most beautiful squares in Rome. It has an elongated oval shape. The Navona Square is always crowded. There are many cafes and restaurants on Piazza Navona. Artists paint pictures, which you can purchase right there. Musicians and dancers often give presentations. On ...
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Piazzale degli Uffizi 6, 50122 Firenze, Italia
The Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi) occupies two floors of a large 16th-century building in Florence. Offering to the attention of its guests voluminous collections of paintings and sculptures, the museum is known not only in Italy, but also far beyond its borders. The exhibits cover the ...
Pisa Cathedral, Pisa
Piazza del Duomo, 56126 Pisa PI, Italia
Pisa Cathedral (Duomo di Pisa) in the city of Pisa is one of the most significant masterpieces of Romanesque architecture in Italy. The church is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Pisa Cathedral, together with the Tower of Pisa, the Baptistery and the Campo Santo Cemetery, ...
Castle of Sammezzano, Leccio
Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 6, 50066 Leccio FI, Italia
Castle of Sammezzano, with its double façade, which symbolizes the Sun and Moon, is located in the village of Leccio in Apulia, 40 km from Florence. The unique structure is the most striking example of Moorish architecture in Italy and a symbol of the real Renaissance, which came to medieval Europe ...
Duomo Square, Bergamo
Piazza Duomo, 24129, Bergamo, BG, Италия
Duomo Square in Bergamo is pretty tiny by modern standards. However, it is considered to be the “soul” of the city. It might seem as if the buildings here are pressed against each other, and sometimes it is a bit hard to figure out where one ends and another begins. It was named after Bergamo ...
Fountain of the Four Continents, Trieste
Piazza Unità d'Italia, 34121 Trieste, Italia
Fountain of the Four Continents in Trieste (Fontana dei Quattro Continenti) is located on the Piazza Unità d'Italia in front of the Town Hall. A winged figure stands out in the center of the sculptural composition on a pedestal of uneven blocks, embodying the hospitality of the port city. It is ...
Piazza Castello, Turin
Piazza Castello, Turin, Italia
Castle Square of Turin (Piazza Castello) has been the center of the city for many centuries. Historical, political, and any other! Life pulsates here, many of the key city buildings, that are the main tourist attractions of Turin are located here. This is literally the heart of the big city, that ...
Fountain at Piazza Mazzini, Roma
Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, 00195 Roma, Italia
The fountain on the Mazzini Square in Rome was built between 1927 and 1930 by the design of Raffaele De Vico. For the construction he used such materials as: travertine, tuff, cement mortar, crushed stone. There is a fountain in the center of the square, in the public garden. It is a large ...
Fountain on Piazza Colonna, Rome
Piazza Colonna, 00186 Roma, Italia
The fountain on Piazza Colonna in Rome is an octagonal tank with convex and concave sides of marble, and is adorned with sixteen lion heads made of Carrara white marble. Marble was brought from the island of Chios, and it served as the basis for the bowl of the fountain.
History of the fountain on ...
Fountain of Pantheon on Piazza della Rotonda, Rome
Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Roma, Italia
The Fountain of the Pantheon on the Piazza della Rotonda in Rome is one of the most popular sights in the city. With the light hand of Pope Gregory XIII and the performance of Giacomo della Porta in 1575, Rome acquired one more gem. Leonardo Sormani worked on sculptures.
In 1711 Pope Clement XI ...
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