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Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
Elia Vettorato Italy - 20-Jan-25
Padova is my city, so my judgement is surely cloud by pride and attachment. However, I think that Padova is the Italian city where it's the most worth visiting the inside of buildings. If you just walk through the historical center you will find a charming and historical centre, but it won't be that much different from other former Venetian cities. Visiting churches and palaces, with their frescoes, is the real deal to see the beauty of Padova. In this sense, this WHS is a huge help to assist a tourist that wants to see the main frescoes landmarks. After some years from WHS declaration, I had the chance to visit all (expect one) sites in the city and I found overall good organization and easy access (which I was surprised about, especially for lesser sites)
Read OnPico Island
Elia Vettorato Italy - 25-Jan-23
Vineyards are the topic of this WHS, and they will be extremely visible since the beginning of the trip on Pico island, coming via boat to Madalena. There are a few nice spots where to see from above the particular landscape, made of irregular lava bricks. I'd say that the main places to see the vineyards are around the wine museum at Madalena (which is worth a visit, also for the low prize), the Moinho do Frade (a bright red windmill in Criacao Velha), but the most amazing one is the view from Prainha Forest Park. You will get the chance to see many vineyards along the way, in any case. A bit out of topic, but we tasted several wines during our Azores vacations (all from Pico island) and some were better than others, but nothing extremely special
Read OnProfile Data
- Name
- Elia Vettorato
- Country
- Italy
- Ranking
- 332
- Most Impressive
- Padova Urbis Picta
- Proposal
- The cultural landscape of the Benedictine settlements in medieval Italy
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