Here are our favourite photos of Italy from Italia! readers this month. Read on to find out our photo winner and runners-up for December… This month’s winner: “Beautiful crisp winter morning on Lago Trasimeno with the snow-capped hills in the distance seen through a memorial sculpture, best view in all Umbria!” by Stuart Moore, Rochdale […]
This fine example of Romanesque architecture is largely ignored, thanks to a mistake that occurred in its grounds… Photo by Getty Images Ask anyone what they know about Pisa and they’ll mention its Leaning Tower, the freestanding campanile of the city’s Cathedral, on which construction began (on dodgy ground) nearly a century after the Cathedral […]
We’ve got lots more wonderful photos of Italy to showcase this month. Enjoy these marvellous shots from Italia! readers… This month’s winner: “It could only happen in Venice! A truly theatrical backstreet.” by Anita Hashtrudi, Aberlady More of our favourites this month… “Isola Bella, view from Stresa. Photo taken in April 2019, just after receiving […]
This month brings with it another gorgeous gallery of Italy photos from Italia! readers – sit back and enjoy! This month’s winner: “Castellabate. Taken early June ’19.” by Thomas Grant, Lenzie More of our favourites this month… “It was a quiet summer afternoon in Venice, so I retreated to the shadow to admire the […]
Pulsano Abbey stands on the spur of Italy’s heel in the Gargano area of Puglia, overlooking the Gulf of Manfredonia Photo by Getty Images There has been an abbey at this location on the Gargano promontory since the 6th century. However, the original was destroyed by Islamic invaders and the 12th-century rebuild – which had […]
This historic but dilapidated residence sits on the Posillipo coast in Naples, west of the Mergellina harbour, some way beyond the Castel dell’Ovo… Photo by Getty Images The Villa Donn’Anna takes its name from Anna Carafa, the wife of a Spanish viceroy of Naples who inherited the property in 1630 and had it rebuilt to […]
Sit back and enjoy this gallery of glorious photos of Italy, all taken by Italia! readers – and read on to find out how to enter our monthly photo competition… This month’s winner: “Val d’Orcia, Tuscany.” by Nick Board More of our favourites this month… “This was taken in Sicily at the Valley of the […]
We’ve got a gorgeous crop for this month’s Reader Photo Competition – which one is your favourite? This month’s winner: “Doing what Italians do best – talking! Maiori, Salerno.” by Brian Bennett, Burgess Hill More of our favourites this month… “In a walk in the Bardini Gardens in Florence, an open view between the trees […]
It’s time for November’s gallery of spectacular photos of Italy… the perfect pics to inspire your next Italian adventure This month’s winner: “Rose at the Duomo, Florence.” by Nick Board, Reading More of our favourites this month… “We have finally moved from Australia to live in Lucca, and after five months have accumulated many photos […]
Welcome to another gallery of glorious photos from Italy – all of them captured by Italia! readers for our monthly competition… This month’s winner: “Strolling through the beautiful historic town of Susa, Piedmont, we were taken by surprise when a herd of donkeys came careering down the main shopping street towards us. They were eventually […]