Olivetti Showroom, a dip into nineteenth-century Venice

Thursday December 20th, 2018 , Cities of Art, Museums

Water and light: symbols of Venice. This is the very reason we find them inside the Olivetti Showroom, a vintage dream in the historical heart of Piazza San Marco.

There’s a rare gem in the middle of Piazza San Marco in Venice, which deserves to get more attention. A true architectural beauty built in the Nineteenth Century that attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world, year after year.

It is the Olivetti Showroom, a space that showcases some of the iconic machineries and office tools that were designed and built by the renowned brand from Ivrea. Among them, “Lettera 22” is a special portable typewriter by Marcello Nizzoli, which is also exposed at the MOMA, in New York, pairing up with many other Olivetti cult devices.

A brief history of the Olivetti Showroom

Genoa, where to go: the best museums

Friday November 23rd, 2018 , Cities of Art, Museums

Museo del Risorgimento

GENOA WHERE TO GO: THE BEST MUSEUMS

Genoa is full of history, traditions as well as museums.
After telling you which museums you can’t miss in Genoa, in this post I want to give you some advice on the least known and unusual museums.

To make this 24-hour tour, I bought the Genoa Museum Card, that is to say to easiest way to enter the city’s most interesting museums and monuments.
At the end of the post you’ll find the video with all the stages of my journey, too.

Genoa, where to go

Secret Paris: discovering museums and hidden places

Friday October 26th, 2018 , Cities of Art

Image source: Stoinvacanza.it

SECRET PARIS: DISCOVERING MUSEUMS AND HIDDEN PLACES

There are so many things to see in Paris, from the Louvre Museum to the Musée d’Orsay and many famous and magical places.
But there’s also a secret Paris, made up of unique places and not very popular with tourists.

I made a list of the less-known places of the city to make a journey through the secret Paris, which you must see at least in your lifetime.

Secret Paris

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Where to see Tintoretto in Venice

Friday October 19th, 2018 , Cities of Art

Paradiso Tintoretto | Palazzo Ducale Venezia

Tintoretto , “Paradiso” in Doge’s Palace

WHERE TO SEE TINTORETTO IN VENICE: THE PLACES TO VISIT

Where to see Tintoretto in Venice and not to miss out his most beautiful masterpieces?
The museums but especially the churches, the religious and laic institutions, the palaces of power house the works of the last artist of the Venetian Renaissance.

You should write a book to know where to see Tintoretto in Venice without missing out even one of his works, and to admire them you should spend many days in Venice. So, I decided to suggest you the most important works, those masterpieces by Tintoretto you must see.

Where to see Tintoretto in Venice

Free museums in Madrid

Wednesday October 17th, 2018 , Cities of Art, Museums

FREE MUSEUMS IN MADRID

Spain is a culturally rich country nation and not everybody knows that there are many free museums in Madrid.
The museums have created this opportunity to allow Spanish citizens or regular tourists to admire their huge collections in many ways.
In fact, the admission is free on specific days or at specific times, so you can visit the museums and admire only one work or focus only on the works of a particular artist or historical period.
So here are the list of free museums in Madrid and useful information not to miss out this opportunity.

Free museums