Journal

As a war returnee, deeply marked by traumatic experiences, Donzelli undoubtedly belonged to the group of people whose eyes had been opened by the war.

In the middle of the seventeenth century the praetorian senate, today’s city council of Palermo, decided to make Benedetto da San Fratello, called “Benedict the Moor,” one of the patron saints of the city: a…

Although Palma, with its 48,691 inhabitants, at first gives newcomers the impression of a somewhat lively and monotonous city, anyone who becomes better acquainted with its population and learns to appreciate their good qualities soon…

Azulejos and street art meet us at every turn in Lisbon. But what is traditionally understood as "art" is also abundantly present. Today there are at least 150 museums, galleries, and exhibition spaces run by…

A few years ago, my wife and I spent several months in southern Spain, in Granada's old, history-overflowing neighbourhood Albaicín.

For automobile manufacturing, the region around Modena is roughly what Geneva and its surrounding countryside are for the watch industry: the cradle of artisanal and technical excellence, the heart of innovation and design development, the…

Distant, ever more distant, far too distant and mythical Palermo. Everywhere and at every moment of my childhood I heard about Palermo as a mysterious place. The statements were always contradictory, astonishing, and frightening.