Cultural Italy Blog: Art, Coffee & Love

Under the Yellow Hood: Ferrari Museum in Modena

Under the Yellow Hood: Ferrari Museum in Modena

DAY TRIP
These cars are for millionaires. So expensive that sometimes it is hard to believe that people actually buy them. Indeed, there is no chance to get a Ferrari just like that off the assembly line. They are individual luxury products that the majority of us can only dream about … or see, touch and even test if you are planning to visit Modena.

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Church Turned Kids Museum in Milan

Church Turned Kids Museum in Milan

MUSEUM
A church converted into a kids museum? Why not? Surprisingly, Milan is much more than just a city of classic elegance. It is a place that knows how to boldly play with contradictions. Trees growing on building façades (Bosco Verticale residences), a classy tram rolling through the city with food service (Atmosfera restaurant) and now an ex-church turned into a children’s museum.

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Into the Wild: Autumn Vibes at Lake Maggiore

Into the Wild: Autumn Vibes at Lake Maggiore

DESTINATIONS
There are thousands of reasons why you should visit the lakes of Northern Italy. Crystalline water, stunning mountain landscapes and pure alpine air are only some of them. But adding to this picture autumn vibes, painting both woods and skies with yellow and deep purple palettes, will turn the trip into an absolutely unforgettable only-in-Italy and only-in-fall experience.

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Colosseum

Colosseum

HISTORICAL MOMUMENT
Did you know that Colosseum, perhaps world’s most famous architectural landmark ever,was, for years, a pasture for sheep? There were also times when citizens were slowly demolishing the Roman Giant using it as a source of construction materials to build their own tiny houses.

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Duomo di Genova

Duomo di Genova

DAY TRIP
Genoa, the capital of Liguria, has the second busiest port and is the sixth largest city in Italy. One of the most beautiful cathedrals if found here. The Duomo di Genova or Cattedrale di San Lorenzo was consecrated in 1118. Updated and embellished through the centuries, today it is famous for its almost two bell towers, a catchy façade, Gothic portals and stunning marble decorations.

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Winter Travels = Wonder Awaits

Winter Travels = Wonder Awaits

WINTER ACTIVITIES
While summer travel draws crowds to Italy with warm weather and outdoor activities, winter vacations can be magical with holiday celebrations, winter activities and fewer tourists. Christmas in Italy is just as big if not bigger than in the United States.

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With a Head Thrown Back: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Monte, Varese

With a Head Thrown Back: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Monte, Varese

ART
Visiting Italian holy places, expect sights beyond human scale. Expect magnificence and the divine. Expect something outstanding and almost heavenly imposing. Expect pure beauty and the ornate looking down at you from above. It is in Italy, if fact, that you will learn the real meaning of a masterpiece.

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Neon Lights of Lucio Fontana in Milan

Neon Lights of Lucio Fontana in Milan

EXHIBITION

You won’t believe your eyes! Bright colors, neon lights and luminous installations that alter your visual and physical perception of space and time is now on show in Milan. Stunning “Environments” exhibition of Lucio Fontana’s works will bring you through surreal sequence of spaces: from totally dark and soft-lined,  to dazzling, monochrome, seemingly infinite, or even tight and anxious nine rooms.

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