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Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy, requires visitors to wear clothing appropriate for a place of worship. This means modest dress with no exposed shoulders, upper arms and midriff. Skirts, dresses, and shorts should extend below the knees. Large bags, backpacks and luggage cannot be taken into the basilica. Read more...
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The river running through Rome, Italy, is the Tiber (or Tevere in Italian) which flows south on the western side of the city. The Tiber is the third-longest river in Italy, rising some 210 kilometres (or 130 miles) to the north, from water springs on Mount Fumaiolo in Emilia-Romagna’s Apennine Mountains. After passing through Rome, the river continues in an Read more...
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Turin’s Stadio Delle Alpi football and athletics stadium, demolished in 2009, suffered from high running costs and criticism for bad sightlines, seating distance from the pitch, poor acoustics and an atmosphere described as ‘soulless’. Built for the FIFA Italia 1990 World Cup with a theoretical capacity of just over 69,000 spectators, it incorporated an athletics track that encircled the football Read more...
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Juventus FC plays at the Allianz Stadium (also called Juventus Stadium) in the Vallette neighborhood in the northwest of the city of Turin, Italy. Juventus moved to the new stadium in 2011, constructed on the site of the club’s former permanent home ground, Stadio delle Alpi, in an area known as Continassa. Despite sharing the old Stadio delle Alpi with Read more...
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The Ponte Vecchio bridge crosses the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, connecting the Duomo area with Oltrarno on the south side of the river. Completed in its current form in 1345, the segmental arch bridge also carries the Vasari Corridor enclosed passageway, added in 1565, which runs between Palazzo Vecchio, the Uffizi Gallery and Palazzo Pitti. The Ponte Vecchio was Read more...
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