Ravenna

Ms. Galla Placidia

[ Feb.2015 ] The second place we went during our mosaic tour in Ravenna in Italy was Mausoleum of Galla Pracidia.This is situated in the same site as the Basilica of San Vitale which we…

Ravenna

Temple of mosaic

[ Feb.2015 ] Main destination for our short trip to Emilia Romagna in Italy this time was Ravenna.I had heard the mosaics there were wonderful, but they were more than wonderful.Seeing is believing– I was…

Emilia Romagna

Went as far as Faenza

[ Feb.2015 ] We went as far as Faenza in Emilia Ronagna, Italy. This town has been famous for its pottery productions since medieval time. This time we just walked around and did not visit…

Emilia Romagna

Town hall

[ Feb.2015 ] There is a big castle like building in Lugo in Emilia Romagna in Italy.The name is Rocca Estense and it is a medieval fortress.I thought it was a ruin and went into…

Emilia Romagna

Pavaglione

[ Feb.2015 ] This is a square called Pavaglione in Lugo, a town in Emilia Romagna in Italy. The length is 131 – 133 metres and the width is 82 metres and it is surrounded…

Emilia Romagna

The symbol of a rearing horse

[ Feb.2015 ] Lugo is a town in Emilia Romagna in Italy and it is famous as Francesco Baracca’s birth place.If you know him, you must be an expert about Italy or WW1.I did not…

Turin

Along the river Po

[ Feb.2015 ] We walked along the river Po in Turin in Italy for a while. There was a notice at the end of  Ponte Vittorio Emanuele 1 and according to that, they built a…

Turin

Via Po in Turin

[ Feb.2015 ] The taxi driver we met in Turin in Italy knew a lot of things in art history in his town.This street in the photo is Via Po, which links Piazza Reale and…

Turin

Symbol of the town

[ Feb.2015 ] We did not have very much time to do the sightseeing in Turin in Italy this time, as we went there for business, but at least we looked up this town’s symbol,…