This image arrives with us via a travel photography contest on Photocrowd in association with Alamy. It is by “Lucas” and it is called “Feeding the Soil”… Lucas explains: “Cultivating the land to get ready for winter and spring on a beautiful Tuscan vineyard in San Minato, Italy, between Pisa and Firenze. I volunteered on […]
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Diurno Venezia
It’s Milan as you have never seen it before as we explore, Diurno Venezia, below the street with Forbidden Places… These public baths below the streets of Milan were built in an Art Deco style typical of the interwar period. Besides baths, barber shops and sundry recreational facilities, customers had a choice of services ranging […]
Abbey of San Galgano
The Abbey of San Galgano by Sharene Hanlon “With the day having beautiful blue skies, we set out to find the Abbey of San Galgano. After stopping in a few towns and then stopping by a local Italian bar and receiving the correct location, we found it! In 1789, lightening struck the bell tower which […]
Belaggio, Lake Como
Belaggio, Lake Como by Steven Madonna “I am very happy to be a subscriber to Italia! magazine – it is a truly special way to relive my trips to Italy. This is a photo I took in Belaggio in 2004. I sincerely believe it captures the beauty and Dolomite setting of this special place. I […]
Venice Carnevale
Carnival Costumes by Rosemary Wilmot “I was lucky to join the procession for the Silent Gondola Parade for the end of Carnevale – absolutely fantastic – in an old Batella for eight people. All the palazzi were candlelit, and even the waterbus stops were illuminated with candles. We had two lady rowers, and had mulled […]
Mogliano
Loro Piceno by Shaun Thomas “This was a morning view in April 2012 towards the village of Mogliano. I bought this property in 2004 and set about a total rebuild and renovation of this old farmhouse, built in the 1890s. The village of Mogliano is about three miles away, out towards the Adriatic coast.”
Fruit & Vegetable Stall, Bologna
Trish Fuell, Fakenham, Norfolk “I attach a shot from Bologna, of a very colourful fruit and vegetable stall, taken on a tour of central Italy last year.”
Villa Lante, Caprarola
Angela Moonan, Pulaski, New York “Magical, timeless renaissance gardens at the Villa Lante, Caprarola. My time in Italy was truly magical and I cannot wait to return this summer!”
Capri Chair Lift
Michael Lawton, by email “My sister and wife riding the chair lift on Capri, on a beautiful June day last year. The views from the top are spectacular.”
Val Gardena
Hugo and Diana Seno, Melbourne, Victoria “The last rays of sunshine beam over the Dolomite mountains while driving through Val Gardena in the Veneto region.”