Mosaics

Travel
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 06/24/2021 - 04:44
Whether it’s your first time in Rome or the tenth, the following often overlooked places will give you some great insight into the history, art and archeology…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 03/25/2021 - 06:40
A lost mosaic belonging to Roman emperor Caligula has been unveiled and put on display at the Italian museum in Nemi, Lazio, where it was supposedly kept…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 01/26/2021 - 09:03
[Photo credit: Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore.] The prophets, bishops and cherubs depicted in the 14th-century mosaics on the interior walls of Florence’s…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/20/2019 - 09:09
It’s not normally available for viewing, but for a short period between the end of summer and early fall, the magnificent inlaid marble mosaic floor of Siena’s…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/10/2019 - 00:00
Italian Carabinieri police detained a 20-year-old British tourist after she was caught removing the tiles of a mosaic at a house in Pompeii. The Carabinieri…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 02/14/2019 - 00:00
[Photo credit Classis Ravenna.] The recently-opened Classis museum in Ravenna may very well be your first stop when you visit this Emilia-Romagna city most…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 04/24/2018 - 05:31
Spello, one of Umbria’s prettiest medieval walled towns, famous for its narrow streets, marble buildings, the Infiorata (flower carpets on the Corpus Domini…
by ITALY | Fri, 10/19/2012 - 03:52
words by Carol KingThis weekend you will have the last chance to visit Siena Cathedral's magnificent mosaic floor on show to the public until the 24th of…