Tag: italy

  • 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.…