- The simbology of the Rotunda of Saint Thomas
A nice tree-lined avenue leads to the Rotunda of Saint Thomas. The pavement is slightly covered by a mantle of leaves and fronds, whose colours…
- The Holy Shroud, among science, history and mystery
Since its appearance, dating back to 1356, the relic of the Holy Shroud has aroused emotions, theories, variegated and contrasting beliefs, and still now it…
- Colossus of Barletta, echoes from the East
An imposing bronze statue seems to fix, with ice eyes, tourists who are walking along Corso Vittorio Emanuele in Barletta. It is a familiar figure…
- Discovering the mysteries of Milan: the Cathedral and the Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio
Discovering the two most important religious buildings of the city of Milan. From the unmistakable Gothic style of the Cathedral to the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio,…
- The Apulian Romanesque of Ruvo di Puglia
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta overlooks an elegant square of of the historical centre of Ruvo di Puglia. An elegant cicular rose window enriches…
- The Comacine Masters and the symbolic art in Como
Among the maestosity of the Alpes and the slow flowing waters of the Como Lake, near the Manzoni streets described in the Promessi Sposi, there…
- The mysterious pictograms of Alberobello
Alberobello is a nice city in Apulia. Near the gentle slopes that slowly climb towards the Altopiano delle Murgie, the village extends over a hilly…
- The city of Orvieto, the majestic Umbrian splendor
A shield surmounted by a crown containing four ancient symbols: firstly, a red cross, memory of a fervent Guelph past; a black eagle, as a…
- The Palatine Tables of Metaponto
On the right shore of the Bradano river, inside the archaeological area of Metaponto, there are the remains of ancient columns. These seem to overcome…
- The Theodolinda Chapel and the Iron Crown of Monza
It is the 22 of January 627. The queen of the Lombards, Theodolinda, has just died in Monza. The woman was buried inside the Basilica…
- Ognissanti, a church in Trani with Templar clues
The wind of Trani blew placidly to Eastern, where the salvation waits for men who act according to God’s will. It was revealed to the…
- Places and characters of the Byzantine city of Ravenna
The Byzantine city of Ravenna has ancient origins. Since the first Etrurian and Umbrians settlements, a maritime center of great importance arose. Romans and the…
- The renaissance of Murum by Frederick II
In 1232 the emperor Frederick II, king of the Reign of Sicily, decided moving into a little Apulia village, called Murum [1]. There, across the…
- Florence, history and mysteries
ย In a large basin, enclosed by the enchanting hills and cradled by the silent pace of the Arno, there is the beautiful city of…
- The complex and fascinating Pavia symbology
Until 774 Pavia was the capital of the Lombard Kingdom of Italy, established after the invasion of 568 against the Byzantine emperor Justinian. On that…
- Francis and Clare, the great saints of Assisi
ย After the year 1000 the Church faced a great change and several conflicts, both internal and against the temporal power authorities. In 1054 the…
- On the trail of Frederick II: Stupor Mundi
“And I saw a beast full of blasphemous names coming out of the sea, which resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a…
- The rock carvings of the Val Camonica
Since his appearance the Homo sapiens has engraved important historical and symbolic evidences on the rock. They are known as rock carvings or petroglyphs, which…
- The Romanesque in Emilia and its protagonists
During the 11th and 12th century Europe faced a process of political, social and artistic renovation. In this period the feudalism and the communes originated,…
- A fascinating journey into the city of Brescia
The city of Brescia, located next to the Camunian Alpes, has ancient origins. A legend tells that Cidno, king of the Ligures, founded the city…
- Templar symbolisms: the Cathedral of St. Lawrence in Genoa
The Genoa Cathedral of St. Lawrence was consecrated in 1118 by Pope Gelasius II. Located in the center of the city, the building is similar…
- The Altopascio Tau Knights
Altopascio and the Tau Knights In the Tuscan branch of the Via Francigena, the ancient way that led pilgrims to Jerusalem, there is the…
- The city of Lucca, a labyrinth of mysteries
Lucca, a city with a great cult tradition, located along the Via Francigena, outpost of the Christianity. Among the dichromate marbles of the Tuscany Romanesque…
- The Holy Face of Lucca, historical analysis and recent studies
Recent scientific analysis conducted on the famous relic of the Holy Face of Lucca have shed new light on the history and importance of the…
- The 5 mysteries of Venice
The city of Venice has ancient origins and a glorious history. Its oldest core corresponds to Riva Alta, or Rialto headquarter, where a first urban…
- The unknown knight and other mysteries of Bergamo
Bergamo has ancient origins. The Orobii period attests the first settlement from the Orobii, a Celticized-Ligurians population who lived in the area where the city…
- ๏ปฟWho were the ancient Sardinians? The mystery of the origins and the Nuragic language
Sardinia, with its history, customs and its lively language represents an inimitable unicum. So sunny, simple and frank like its population, as mysterious sentinel of…
- Mysteries of Rome, volume 2: The Alchemical Door and the lost Villa Palombara
Rome is the city in the word that mostly evokes ancient glories and extraordinary historical events. Moving along the stone pavement leading to the Colosseum…
- The last day of Lucius Vetutius Placidus in Pompeii
On the slopes of the Mount Vesuvius, in the quiet city of Pompeii, Indagini e Misteri tells the chronicle of a dramatic day. The life…
- Myths and rituals of ancient Sardinia
The meaning of the rite. Since the dawn of humanity, and simultaneously with the development of the first civilizations, complex systems of rituals and symbols…
- The mysteries of Sardinia
An extraordinary island located in the midst of the Mediterranean sea, ancient and unknown civilizations, imposing megalithic constructions: Indagini e Misteri comes to Sardinia to…
- A journey into the past in the ancient Poseidonia
Visiting the Archaeological Park of Paestum means travelling back in history. The site contains, as in a gap of a universe suspended in time, millennia…
- The sword in the stone, the myth begins in Tuscany
A proud knight, the Holy Grail, the sword in the stone and Camelot… or maybe Tuscany! In the midst of enchanting natural landscapes, in a…
A nice tree-lined avenue leads to the Rotunda of Saint Thomas. The pavement is slightly covered by a mantle of leaves and fronds, whose colours…
