August 15, 2010 by europeexplored
Verona – the city of neverending love and paradise of open-air opera, Italy Updated: December 19, 2020 | By Claire | More About 30 km from Lake Garda you can find the second largest city of Venice area. Verona is the capital of the province of Verona located in northeastern Italy. The world’s awareness gained […]
Tags: anastasia, artistic-heritage, balcony, basilica-di-san-zeno, city, dante-alighieri, inhabitants, italy, italy-thanks, love, neverending-love, northern-italy, open-air-opera, paradise, porta-borsari-verona, provincial-capitals, region-veneto, romans, structure-and-architecture, tourist-destinations, unesco, urban-structure, verona, verona-arena, verona-piazza-dei-signori, world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 14, 2010 by europeexplored
Padova – where the beauty meets spirituality in Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Padova is located in the northern part of Italy along the banks of the Bacchiglione River. Situated only 40 kilometers from the famous Italian city of Venice, Padova has been a very popular tourist […]
Tags: altichiero, alvise-cornaro, basilica-di-sant, capitanio, capitoline-hill, cappella-degli-scrovegni, cappella-degli-scrovegni-padova, city, city-of-venice, english-literature, equestrian-statue, erasmo, francesco-bassano, galileo-galilee, gattamelata, gran-guardia, italian-city, italy, loggia-cornaro, marcus-aurelius, metropolitan-region, oldest-cities, padova, padova-cappella-degli-scrovegni, padova-italy, padua-italy, palazzo-della-ragione, piazza-dei-signori, prato-della-valle, roman-empire, saint-anthony-of-padua, saint-rest, taming-of-the-shrew, taming-of-the-shrew-by-william-shakespeare, university-of-padua, walled-city
Categories: Italy, Sights
Updated June 8, 2026 by europeexplored
Màntova (Mantua) is one of Italy’s greatest artistic and cultural centres — a Renaissance jewel in the Lombardy region, surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes created in the 12th century, whose magnificent Palazzo Ducale (the largest palatial complex in Italy after the Vatican), Andrea Mantegna’s revolutionary frescoes, and deep connections to the musical heritage […]
Tags: architectural-treasures, art, bibiena, city, clock-tower, education, education-italy, elegant-palaces, gonzaga-family, history-of-opera, italy, lake-lago, lombardy-italy, mantova, northern-italy, palazzo-castiglioni, palazzo-del-capitano, palazzo-della-ragione, palazzo-ducale, rotonda-di-san-lorenzo, san-sebastiano, sant-andrea, tazio-nuvolari, uberti, water-ring
Categories: Italy, Sights
Updated June 8, 2026 by europeexplored
Grazzano Visconti is a surreal neo-Gothic fantasy village hidden in the countryside of Emilia-Romagna, Italy — a meticulously crafted ‘faux medieval’ hamlet built in the early 1900s by a visionary count. Every cobblestone, turret, and wrought-iron balcony was deliberately designed to transport visitors back to a romanticised Middle Ages, making it one of Italy’s most […]
Tags: anguissola, duke-study, fortress, galeazzo-visconti, giovanni, grazzano-visconti, italian-garden, italy, labyrinth, landmark, large-park, neo-gothic, piacenza, rio, specimens, squares, viewpoint, wife-beatrice
Categories: Italy, Sights
Updated June 8, 2026 by europeexplored
Pavia is one of Lombardy’s richest treasure-houses of art, history, and culture — an ancient university city on the Ticino River, just 35 kilometres south of Milan, whose magnificent Certosa di Pavia (one of the most beautiful Renaissance monasteries in Italy), its Romanesque churches, and the Visconti Castle make it one of the most rewarding […]
Tags: art, castello-visconteo, castle-home, city, city-cathedral, city-museums, culture, emperor-frederick, frederick-barbarossa, golden-sky, history, history-and-culture-in-italy, italy, lombard-king, pavia, pavia-duomo, peaceful-atmosphere, renaissance-church, rich-treasury, romanesque-basilica, romanesque-church, san-michele, santa-maria-del-carmine, santa-maria-del-fiore
Categories: Italy, Sights
Updated June 8, 2026 by europeexplored
Stonehenge is the most famous prehistoric monument in the world — a haunting circle of colossal sarsen stones and bluestones rising from the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, whose purpose, construction methods, and precise astronomical alignments have fascinated and mystified humanity for over 5,000 years. A UNESCO World Heritage site and Britain’s most iconic ancient […]
Tags: ancient-monument, bronze-age, burial-mounds, earthworks, english-heritage, henge-monument, monument-stone, monuments, national-trust, neolithic, prehistoric-monument, salisbury, standing-stones, stone-monument, stonehenge, unesco, united-kingdom, wiltshire, world-heritage-sites
Categories: Sights, United Kingdom
August 9, 2010 by europeexplored
Karlštejn Castle – the most visited castle in the Czech Republic Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | More Karlštejn Castle is located approximately 30km west of Prague. It is one of the most beautiful castles in the Czech Republic. Construction of the castle was completed in 1365 under the reign of Holy Roman […]
Tags: castle, castles, chapel-of-the-holy-cross, czech-grand-canyon, czech-republic, czk, different-languages, exact-times, grand-canyon, guided-tour, holy-cave, holy-roman-emporer, karlstejn, limestones, monastery, national-forest, pod, prague, svaty-jan, tour-option, tourists, velka-amerika
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
Updated June 8, 2026 by europeexplored
Milan (Milano) is Italy’s capital of fashion, design, and finance — a sophisticated northern metropolis that moves faster than Rome, dresses sharper than Paris, and contains some of the most extraordinary cultural treasures in the country, including Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper and one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in the world. Often dismissed […]
Tags: ac-milan, arena-civica, bagatti-valsecchi, biblioteca-ambrosiana, canal-side, city, course-football, crowds-pack, duomo-cathedral, emanuelle-ii, inter-milano, italian-fashion, italy, litta, milan, milan-teatro-alla, milano, monte-napoleone, navigli, piazza-duomo, poldi-pezzoli-museum, s-canal, san-siro-stadium, teatro-alla-scala
Categories: Italy, Sights
Updated June 8, 2026 by europeexplored
Bergamo is one of northern Italy’s most beautiful and authentic cities — a tale of two levels: the Città Alta (Upper City), an enchanting medieval and Renaissance hill town enclosed by 16th-century Venetian walls (a UNESCO World Heritage site), and the Città Bassa (Lower City), a lively modern Lombard city whose Piazza Matteotti and elegant […]
Tags: battistero, bergamo, bergamo-rocca, cappella-colleoni, city, defensive-walls, enrico-caffi, expensive-place, foot-paths, historical, italy, lombardy-italy, modern-life, museo-di-scienze, museo-di-scienze-naturali, orio-al-serio, orio-al-serio-airport, orto-botanico-di-bergamo, palazzo-della-ragione, palazzo-nuovo, piazza-vecchia, pozzo-bianco, san-michele, santa-maria-maggiore, venetian-walls
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 6, 2010 by europeexplored
Fairy-tale castle Hluboká – one of the most visited castles in the Czech republic Updated: May 16, 2020 | By Claire | More The castle Hluboká is located in the town Hluboká nad Vltavou in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, near České Budějovice. Chateau Hluboká is one of the most visited castles […]
Tags: 13th-century, 16th-century, 1940, appearance, bohemian, castle, chateau, czech-republic, czechoslovakia, end-of-wwii, fairy-tale-castle, gestapo, hluboka, jackie-chan, jan-adam, national-cultural-monument, otakar, owen-wilson, royal-castle, schwarzenberg, second-half, shanghai-knights, south-bohemian-region, windsor-style
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
