#italianmonuments

[carryonwithkids]

Good morning, Rome. Our first impression of the ancient city was so much to do with so little time.⏳⁣ ⁣ What are your strategies when the challenge is to see and do everything?⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #familytravel #familytravelca #familytravelfriends #familytravelers #familytravelgram #takethekids #nodistancetoofar #familytravelideas #familytraveler #carryonwithkids #familytravelgoals #familytravelbloggers⁣ #esquiline #obolisk #PiazzadellEsquilino ⁣#esquilino #monument #italianmonuments #rome #visitrome #italywithkids @italiait @carryonwithkids ⁣ ⁣ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7TjRlalL6O/?igshid=1ssfp8jrf6001

[salvatoreleggiero-blog]

Palazzo Reale di Torino, or the Royal Palace of Turin, is the first and most important of the Savoy residences in Piedmont. It is located in the heart of the city and represents the heart of the Savoy Court, a symbol of power of the dynasty.

The palace, designed for the royal residence, was designed between the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century by Ascanio Vittozzi and later entrusted to Carlo di Castellamonte. The façade has a central part, alongside two tall wings. The rooms on the grand piano are decorated with allegorical images that celebrate the Royal Dynasty, made by the hands of different artists.

The palace is part of a complex of buildings in the city center, one of the most ancient and rich in Turin charm. Originally, the building was used as a bishop’s palace, at least in the 16th century, which makes it a far more remote foundation.

“The inside of the royal palace is amazed: I would not know so far anything else in the richness and vivacity of her tapestries, which look painted. The beautiful floors, the porcelain, the paintings of each school, everything is precious: you would not see a corner, door or window, that he is deprived of it.”

–Count Girolamo Orti’s first impression of the interiors of the Royal Palace

[salvatoreleggiero-blog]

Palazzo Biscari, the most important private palace in Catania, is unique in terms of structure, outlay and decoration. The Paterno Castello family, the Princes of Biscari, built the palace in the late 17th century. After the earthquake of 1693 destroyed nearly the entire city, the family rebuilt the new palace on the ramparts of the 15th century walls of Catania.

In the beginning of the 1700’s, the building had the shape of a trapezoid centered upon a large courtyard, which one could access through a richly decorated doorway on top of which stood the four-quartered arms of nobility. From the sea, the palace held a view of decorated balconies and flowered pilasters. Decorative vestments, putti and telamones emerge from the black lavic base.

The airy gallery divided among twin columns, builds itself on the bank of walls. Without straining toward a cold, formal composition, the architect, Battaglia, demonstrates the genuineness, if not the vigor, of his classical inclinations.

The palace reached its greatest splendor under Price Ignazio V, an eclectic man, a man passionate about art, literature, and archeology, and one of the most significant figures in the cultural life of Catania in the mid 1700’s who was very interested in the cultural progress of the city.

Today, the central courtyard of the palace is surrounded by constructions of various epochs and is dominated by the central double spiral staircase, which leads into the most important part of the edifice.

[michelle--harrison]

Best of Rome - Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II

Explore the Best of Rome and witness the grandeur of Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II.

[ahmadzakeri]

#sancalimeromilano #basilicasancalimero #milano🇮🇹 #italianmonuments (at Basilique San Calimero) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt-9YR4AR3Q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sw0kzgzjr4mh

[gioview]

Crossing Piazza Venezia, Rome... #rome #piazzavenezia #altaredellapatria🇮🇹 #crialesiprocreative #italianmonuments #city #photography #red #beautifuldestinations #car (presso Roma, Italia / Rome, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt-qwcpHtxc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1eoypyl0zgh4h

[tonimblr]

Scorci di città pt.5 #verona #arenadiverona #italy #italianmonuments #photography #ToniPH #myphoto #landscape #trip #travel #aroundtheworld (presso Arena di Verona) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpZMI0SHw2U/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j25idjz44try

[jotassassina]

In #versace we #trust ❤️. #God saves #italy🇮🇹 . #versaceshirt #gayboy #travelling #monopoli #monopoli_puglia #outfitoftheday #picoftheday #pugliagram #pugliamia #summer2018 #italianmonuments #apulia (presso Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II)