Madonna Inn
Let me show you the kitschiest place on Earth, The Madonna Inn Hotel. Located in California, this one of a kind hotel has 109 guest rooms and suites uniquely designed and themed. Opened as a simple motel in December 1958…
Turin photodiary
Two weeks ago I’ve been in Turin for a few days. It was my second time there, I really love Turin, its composed elegance and royal reticence. (analog and digital pictures mixed) Duomo (inside) Valentino Park Medieval Village Turin streets Cesare Lombroso…
The Medieval Village in Valentino Park
E, Dame Jolie & Douce Dame Jolie, medieval song In a café in the centre of Turin, on the 8th of May 1882, some men were arguing about what age would be better to choose for an ipotetical walk back…
The Buontalenti Grotto
The Buontalenti Grotto or Large Grotto (Boboli Gardens, Florence) The Grotto is a great exemple of mannerism architecture and a typical seventeenth-century artificial cavern mixing sculpture, architecture and painting. The Large Grotto is placed into Boboli Gardens, Florence, and it’s…
Bologna-Ravenna photodiary
Some pictures I took during my weekend in Bologna and Ravenna in April. analog pictures here. Bologna from the Asinelli tower (97m) left: Fountain of Neptune (Fontana di Nettuno) is an early work of Giambologna’s maturity, completed about 1567. Archiginnasio frescos…
Bologna analog photodiary
analog pcs taken with an Olympus OM20 from 1978