Rural settlements in Montagna in Valtellina
San Giovanni S. Giovanni is a seasonal settlement, mainly inhabited from May until the beginning of winer. It has some typical features of the settlement built at the same elevation: a compact town…
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Rural settlements in Chiuro
Contrada Fancoli (Castionetto) The Fancoli settlement developed on a gentle slope of the Rheatian Alps, at the feet of the Medieval Qadrio tower, located at the entrance of Val Fontana. The tower…
Paribelli Castle
The Paribelli Tower in Albosaggia is a typical example of austere noble house derived from the progressive transformation of a fortification into an house. The rooms layout is clearly influenced by…
Il Rogolone
"Il Rogolone" is an enormous oak tree measuring 25 m in height and 8 m in circumference that stands in a clearing in the Woods around the commune of Grandola ed Uniti. It has been declared natural…
Mount Rolla Ecomuseum
Rolla is the name of the mount (2277 m a.s.l.) that rises on the North-Western side of Sondrio. Its rounded peak and the side sloping towards the Sassella vineyards are part of the town skyline. The…
Treasures of the Ca' Granda
T here are great works of art in Milan that almost no one has seen. A treasure hidden from the public because it is delicate, the result of a patient collection continued over the centuries and kept…
Discover the lakes of Brianza - Greenland
M oulded by the millennial movements of glaciers and painted by the ever-chancing colours or a generous nature, Upper Brianza (the mountainous area in the North and East of Brianza) is a territory…
Parish church of St. Augustine
The plant of the church - excluding the altar - is a square and reminds of a Greek cross. The central room has a circular, nearly flat roof. The main altar is made of polychrome marble and hosts a…
Parravicini House
The 16th century house is in the old town center, close to the church of Saint Martin and is surrounded by a large garden. The U-shaped building encloses a polychrome cobblestone courtyard , that…
House in via Roi
The building, now unhinabited, is located in the main street of Caiolo, closed to the Town hall. The facade overlooking the street was built in the Seventeenth-century , while the rear of the…
