The Italian Alcatraz. Prison Santo Stefano is a disused prison , built in 1795 on the island of Santo Stefano , part of the Pontine Islands. The Bourbon Prison of the Isola di Santo Stefano was one of the first prison buildings in the world to be built according to the principles of the Panopticon, […]
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The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, usually just called the Frari, is a church in Venice, northern Italy. One of the greatest churches in the city. The church has an important choir stalls installation by Marco Cozzi. In the church it is possible to admire important works of art by: Giovanni Bellini, Giambattista […]
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The statue of Hercules and Caco is a marble sculpture by Baccio Bandinelli on Piazza della Signoria in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, next to the replica of the statue of David by Michelangelo in Florence. The work is placed on a base with wildlife busts carved in low relief and bears, in Latin, the […]
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St. Mark’s Basilica (Italian: basilica di San Marco) , Venice, is the largest basilica in Venice. Built in 828, rebuilt after the fire that destroyed the ducal palace in 976 , it is, in 1807 , the cathedral of the Patriarch of Venice. It is located on the Piazza San Marco, in the San Marco […]
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The Verona Arena is a Roman amphitheater in Verona (province of Veneto, northern Italy). Built in 30 AD, they could accommodate about 30,000 spectators. The amphitheater is 152 meters long with a width of 128 meters and a height of 32 meters. Often considered the third Roman amphitheater with its dimensions after the Flavian Amphitheatre […]
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