Tag: europe

  • 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 of Calabria, are the magnificent remains of the Roman Villa of Casignana, one of the most significant Roman archaeological complexes in southern Italy. It is called the ‘Piazza Armerina of…

  • 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, in South-Eastern Italy) was burned and destroyed by Hannibal in 210 BC because it sided with the Romans in the battles against the Carthaginians fought in the area during the…

  • ROMAN FLORENCE-FIESOLE Faesulae

    The ‘Must See’, the Archaeological Area When Ancient Rome was a Republic, Florence was only a marshy area with just a few inhabitants. Fiesole, less than 10 km. north-west, was the main city at the heart of what is today Tuscany, with a fully navigable River Arno as its main route. Despite not being an…

  • ROMAN AQUILEIA -Aquileia

    The ‘Must See’ – The MAN, more than a museum Founded in 181 BC for defensive and commercial purposes, Aquileia soon became one of the main Roman ports on the Adriatic Sea, a great cosmopolitan city at a crossroads of religions and cultures. This city in the North-eastern region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is only 10 km.…

  • LITTLE JEWELS – ROMAN FERENTINO Ferentinum

    A Roman Theatre restored to its ancient splendor, an acropolis with walls from the Sullan era, the testament of a Roman magistrate from the 1st century AD carved in limestone: these are some of the treasures of Ferentino, a town of 20,000 inhabitants near Frosinone, south of Rome. THE HISTORY – “If you like a…

  • ROMAN BRESCIA Brixia

    The ‘Must see’ – A Winged Victory on the Capitolium Brescia is a jewel of Eastern Lombardy nestled between lakes and valleys, in a strategic position halfway between Milan and Venice. Less famous than the near Bergamo and Mantua, it boasts the largest Roman archaeological area of northern Italy, spread over more than six hectares.…

  • ROMAN TAORMINA Tauromenium

    The ‘Must See’ – The Greek-Roman Theatre “Never has a theatre audience enjoyed such a view”, wrote Johann Wolfgang Goethe in 1787 in his famous ‘Italian Journey’ travelogue,  after admiring the Greek-Roman Theatre of Taormina, in North-Eastern Sicily. It is impossible to disagree with the words of the poet when you admire the unique panorama of the…

  • ROMAN FANO Fanum Fortunae

    The ’Must see’ – Vitruvius Basilica, the Dream of an Architect Fano, on the Adriatic Sea, is famous for its beaches, sandy or with smooth pebble, but it has also an incredibly rich Roman past. For this visit we must start by talking about a giant of architecture who was almost certainly born in Fano.…