Saling at the end of the world…..Greenland
Saling at the end of the world…..Greenland. More than a million years ago, snow fell on Greenland in the summer. Temperatures were low enough th… Read the rest
Pompei: House of the small fountain
House of the small fountain
The original layout (early 1st cent. BC) retains the typical plan of the "atrium style" house, based on the en… Read the rest
Pompei: House of the geometric mosaics
House of the geometric mosaics
This large dwelling, with more than 60 rooms, combines two existing houses (late 3rd-2nd cent. BC) with entrances at… Read the rest
Pompei: House of Sallustio
House of Sallustio
Damaged by the bombing in 1943, the house is one of the most ancient (3rd cent. BC): it is attributed to A. Cossius Libanus, as s… Read the rest
London: The Supper at Emmaus
The Supper at Emmaus – a popular theme in Christian art – represents the story, told in St. Luke’s Gospel when after the Crucifixion… Read the rest
Alabarda di Trieste
La cosiddetta “alabarda” di Trieste è una reliquia attribuita a San Sergio, martire cristiano del IV sec. d.C. La leggenda che circonda qu… Read the rest
The Sarek National Park
The Sarek national park with magnificent mountain ranges, glaciers and wild rapids is unspoiled wilderness.Sarek is the national park with six of Swed… Read the rest
The Church of Saint Peter in Portovenere
The church of Saint Peter in Portovenere, in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, juts out from a rock spur onto the Gulf of Poets, an area that was de… Read the rest
The painting Venus and Mars by the artist Botticelli
The painting entitled Venus and Mars was completed by the Florentine artist, Sandro Botticelli around 1485 and the nineteenth-century title of the pai… Read the rest
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck was originally believed to be a portrait of Giovanni di Arrigo Arnolfini and his wife Giovannna Cenami, but it… Read the rest