Our Gems

Unveiling Italy’s Timeless Marvels, One Gem at a Time

  • LITTLE JEWELS – ROMAN LOCRI Locri Epizephyrii

    The Roman Villa of Casignana A lavish mansion by the Ionian sea: overlooking the azure waters of the Costa dei Gelsomini, on the Eastern Coast…

  • Two hearts, one destiny

    ‘Speaking Stones’ by Carla Vetere The Civic Museum “Guido Sutermeister” in Legnano, in western Lombardy, houses a small treasure from the 1st century AD: a…

  • LITTLE JEWELS – ROMAN ORDONA Herdonia

    The Pompeii of Apulia It has been called the ‘Pompeii of Apulia’, it is the Roman city that lived twice: Herdonia (today Ordona, near Foggia,…

  • Seize the centuries! A unique testament to a poet in stone

    ‘Speaking Stones’ by Peter Stothard THIS IS THE FIRST ESSAY OF A NEW SECTION CALLED ‘SPEAKING STONES’, FOCUSED ON SINGLE ROMAN ARTEFACTS AND EPIGRAPHS Just…