Rome’s Fascist Era

Architecture

Architecture in Rome thrived under fascism although there were some shocking demolitions involved in order to clear the way for Mussolini’s new Roman Empire.  Some projects were halted during the war years and only completed afterwards. Known as Italian...

Radicofani and the Grand Tour – Part 2

Architecture, Art & Culture, Tuscia Excursions

The Roman Road The Val D’Orcia is one of the most famous valleys in the world even though the name itself may not mean much. Tourists have travelled the Roman road called the via Cassia since the 16th century on the Grand Tour, but before them it was trod by...

A Tale of Four Cities – Part 1

Art & Culture, Freud and Orvieto, History & Heritage

Freud and a Tale of Three Cities: Vienna, London, Orvieto, and Pribor The Vienna home in Berggasse 19 is easy to spot – he lived and worked in two modest, dark flats on the mezzanine floor left and right of the long red Freud sign; 20 Maresfield Gardens,...

Castro the Renaissance Pompei.

Art & Culture, History & Heritage, Jewish Heritage, Photography Spots, Tuscia Excursions

An Off-the-beaten-track photography tour to the ruined city of Castro. Destroyed by the Pope in 1649, Castro was given the epithet The Carthage of the Maremma and today it could be defined as the Renaissance Pompeii. In April 2015 we went on a photo tour to the ruined...

Creepy Places to photograph in Tuscany: Castle Cahen, a Mock-Gothic Style Mansion of the Late Nineteenth Century in Italy.

Art & Culture, Photography Spots, Tuscia Excursions

Mock Gothic Horror: painted by Whistler, photographed by Cameron, the tragic story of Christine Spartali, Contessa Cahen. Near Orvieto on a ridge looking over a deep valley into Southern Tuscany stands a sinister looking castle in the mock-Gothic style of the late...

Grand Tour: Radicofani on the Cassia.

Art & Culture, Tuscia Excursions

Following the ancient Via Cassia, our photography workshop follows the Grand Tour route. The Val d’Orcia,  famous and  beloved site of modern photographers and artists in Tuscany,  to the traveller of yore it was just a desolate region to be got through. For...