Italy - Dante
On the occasion of the seven hundredth anniversary of his death, Italy celebrates the cantos and key places of the great poet
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Italy - Aquaeductus
Rome’s ancient aqueducts are still viewed with great affection and feature regularly in daily life
World - Twice in the Dust
Two hundred years ago, the death of one of the most beloved (and most controversial) characters in history
Libya - Gaddafi’s Utopia
Ten thousand years of history. Civilizations that have fought, traded, loved, hated, overlapped, merged and intertwined in an inextricable tangle. Ten thousand years of history and a single, eternal common denominator: the Mediterranean. With Libya at the center: yesterday as today, it is both the natural gateway to – and exit point from – Africa. […]
Iraq - The Archaeology of a Regime
The fall of a dictator starts from his portraits
Iraq - Baghdad. The Last Supper
Pre-war souvenir pictures, an enigma from the past.
Italy - Leonardo. The Great Visionary
Five centuries after his death what remains of the genius from Tuscany? Leonardo da Vinci died 2 May 1519 in Amboise, France. Exactly five centuries ago. Over the course of his long life – 67 years – Leonardo experimented with the effects of Gutenberg’s invention, witnessed the fall of Byzantium and the unification of the […]
World - In Hoc Signo Vinces
Into the life of the emperor who legitimated Christianity
China - Matteo Ricci: Chinese Connection
The art of diplomacy in the Middle Kingdom
India - Karnataka. The Key to India
The last Maharajas in the Silicon Valley