Fénis | Chteau - castle

Castle of Fénis

Fénis

Fénis Castle is the most famous castles of Aosta Valley, in Italy and a National Monument. Known for its spectacular architecture, with double walls surrounding the main building and the many towers, the castle is one of the main attractions of the Aosta Valley (Italy). The Fénis castle is one of the best preserved medieval […]

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Prato | Palais Pretorio palace - Statue Datini

Pretorio palace and Datini staute

Montefioralle

Palazzo Pretorio is the former city hall of Prato in the village square in front of the current town hall. It houses the Museum of Palazzo Pretorio. The building, in its current form, was born in the late thirteenth and fourteenth century from three separate buildings. The different building materials used in the various buildings […]

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Prato | Placeet église de Sant'Agostino - square church

Sant’Agostino place and square

Prato

The church of Sant’Agostino Prato is very old. The Augustinians in 1271 erected a chapel and a small convent; the present church was built between the late fourteenth century and 1440. The interior of the church is a tourist destination not to be missed, where it is possible to admire remarkable paintings: the Madonna della […]

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Venise | Pont des Soupirs - Bridges sighs

Bridge of Sighs

Venice

The Bridge of Sighs is built Istrian stone, baroque, and was built in the early seventeenth century by the architect Antonio Contin son of Bernardino Contin by order of the Doge Marino Grimani, whose coat of arms is engraved. The Bridge of Sighs, characteristic of Venice, at a short distance from Piazza San Marco, crosses […]

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