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The dining room of Palazzo Altieri in Oriolo Romano, decorated by Giuseppe Barberi.
Nature harnessed into the Marmore Waterfalls, created in the years of the Republic of Rome, became a must-see on the Grand Tour.
The starchitect Oscar Tusquets Blanca presents the Umbracle of Barcelona, a curious building to let water and sun pour in.
Contemporary artist Marco Barina’s assemblages are attributed, in a piece of fiction, to imaginary pre-human populations.
The tropical welter of vegetation painted in the cloister of the Mexican monastery of Malinalco bears witness to the encounter (and clash) of cultures.
Personal thoughts and profound memories reawakened by an object as simple and unassuming as a coin bank.
A journey through Provence, complete with a triptych by Nicolas Froment and legends concerning the Tarasque, il drago antropofago del Rodano.
The Sonrientes, pre-Columbian statuettes from southern Mexico, conceal archaic mysteries under the seal of gaiety.
The deeper and less obvious meanings of the series “Primitive Humanity,” painted by Piero di Cosimo in the Florence of the Medici.
The peculiar eclecticism of some eccentric villas in the Salento region of Puglia, which look like fantastical palaces belonging to an imaginary Orient.
Recollections and travel notes from a journey through the lovely Christian religious centers of Oaxaca.
The Neo-Andean Baroque buildings by the Bolivian acrhitect Freddy Mamani Silvestre in El Alto, above La Paz.
The Palace of Italian Institutions in Tangier, built by a sultan who never lived there, is a veritable kaleidoscope of detailed decorations.
