Vado spesso in questo bellissimo parco centrale, ora chiamato giardino scottò o lo SCOTTO così chiamato dai pisani. E situato a est della città, sulle rive dell'Arno, a due passi da Piazza Guerazzi. È un parco molto pulito, verde e ben tenuto. Ha atmosfera accogliente e rilassante. Mi piace andare al giardino per passeggiare, e per fare jogging. E pieno di aiuole e fiori di ogni tipo. Ci sono grossi platani, le palme e labirinti fatti di siepi. Ci sono molte panchine e tavolini al sole e all'ombra, dove mi piace studiare all'aperto. Sopra i tavoli ci sono gazebi in legno e adoro leggere alla loro ombra. A settembre ho letto lì la rivista Psychologies. Ho passato molte ore lì in totale relax Adoro questo parco e per questo scrivo la descrizione in due lingue : ... read more

Florence was beautiful without tourists and it was really nice to be able to pick out the florentines as they were the only visible group of people in Florence, as there were no tourists. I could also admire the buildings and take clearer photos than I had been able to over the last 3 years, before the general lockdown came into force and flights from Asia and the US arriving into Italy were banned, which saw a huge drop in tourism to Florence. I arrived in Santa Maria Novella station, walked past the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, then towards Piazza del Duomo, then towards Piazza Della Signoria and on to Ponte Vecchio, where I took several photos of the river Arno. The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella is probably the church I passed by most ... read more

Nervi is one of the suburbs of Genoa and is 15 km from the city centre, in the countryside. The walk along the seaside promenade is called Passeggiata Anita Garibaldi and follows cliffs and beaches along the way. There are also four museums in Nervi. There is Museo Giannettino Luxoro with clock exhibits, The Wolfsoniana which houses architectural drawings and sketches and Galleria d'Arte Moderno with famous 19th and 20th century paintings. There is also a park called Parchi di Nervi.... read more

'In 1640 Pope Urban VIII initiated the rebuilding of the fountain. This project was presented by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini.' (1) However, the rebuilding was not carried out, due to financial problems in the papal court. Competitions to design new fountains and structures were common during the Baroque era. 'In 1732, Pope Clement XII announced a competition for a design of a new fountain, in which the major artists of the time took part. The Pope chose the Niccolo Salvi project. The work started in 1732 and took 30 years to build. Salvi died in 1751 before the work was finished, and it was completed in 1762, by Giuseppe Pannini.' (2) The work we see today was the product of Pannini and Salvi. It was officially opened and inaugurated on May 22 by Pope Clement XIII. 'This ... read more

The Archaeological Area, which covers a green surface area of approximately 3 hectares, includes the remains of a Roman theatre, an Etruscan-Roman temple and Roman baths. The presence of Etruscans in Fiesole is noted from the eighth-seventh century by a small sanctuary that was later enlarged, during the fourth century, when the city was surrounded by walls. At the start of the first century BC, when the Romans took power, they began by starting construction of a new, more monumental temple, and other buildings such as the theatre and the baths, which transformed the Etruscan city of Fiesole into a Roman city. These buildings began to decay and deteriorate from the fourth century when the city entered a grave crisis that continued during the sixth century when Fiesole was involved in the Gothic war. The Lombards ... read more