The Vajont dam was designed in 1926 by engineer Carlo Semenza and subsequently built between 1957 and 1960 in the municipality of Erto and Casso in the province of Pordenone. The dam was 261.60…
The earliest finds in Longarone date back to the Roman era as confirmed by the findings of Roman tombs and the remains of an elaborate communication route. In the late Middle Ages Longarone was…
In Bergamo Alta (upper town) there are two main centres of the urban design. The first being Piazza Vecchia with its Contarini fountain, the Palazzo della Ragione, Palazzo del Podestà, Palazzo Nuovo and the Torre Civica. Piazza…
The works for the construction of what was originally the Mausoleum of Hadrian began around 130 AD and ended in 138, a year after his death. The Emperor Hadrian did not choose the place bychance: the Roman Emperor…
Foro Boario was a sacred and commercial area located along the left bank of the Tiber River and took its name from the cattle market that was held there in Ancient Rome. In modern Rome it corresponds to…
Trevi Fountain is the largest and one of the most famous fountains in Rome. The construction of the present Trevi fountain is thanks to Pope Clement XII who, in 1732, proclaimed a competition in which the major artists of the time participate….