Posted on Mar 29, 2013 in Exhibitions |
Robert Doisneau loved Paris and Parisians, they were his obsession, he couldn’t help but photograph them, in such a way as to make them immortal, present them as if they were still here, despite the fact that they were shot in the 1950s. The City of Lights has a certain texture in his photos, seeming to almost have a sort of solidity, that is not just the result of the chemical process that imprints the image on paper. The most notable in this sense are his series on the Eiffel Tower, where you can almost feel the iron of which it is assembled, and the series that features the...
Posted on Mar 25, 2013 in Bergamo |
Many of those who land at Orio al Serio Airport wonder what is the conurbation with towers, bell towers and mighty walls that stands out on the horizon. The answer may be obvious, but it isn’t: Bergamo. People fascinated by the view have grown together with the number of passengers of the nearby airport. The popularity of the airport has increased thanks to the presence of companies that offer cheap flights. Now a huge number of those who lands here to reach Milan or Verona and Venice, given the proximity to Bergamo, choose to pass a few hours or at least one day to take a visit to the...
Posted on Mar 19, 2013 in Bergamo, Cities, Villages |
Crespi d’Adda is located 18 kilometres (11 miles) from Bergamo. It is a working-class village founded in 1878, completed at the end of the 1920s and has remained unchanged to this day. It is a perfect example of industrial architecture and in 1995, UNESCO named it a World Heritage Site. The Crespi were a family from Busto Arsizio that were in the textile manufacturing business. At the end of the 1800s, Cristoforo Benigno Crespi found the area at the border between the provinces of Bergamo and Milano, where they are divided by the Adda River, and bought the land, re-routed water from a canal to generate power and built...
Posted on Mar 14, 2013 in Bergamo |
What is that long iron bar, with different measurement units, doing mounted there beside the cathedral doors? Why does the bell of the most important medieval tower ring one hundred times every night at 10:00? Questions, sometimes trivial, sometimes fundamental, that evoke the most intimate heart of a place or an entire city. What type of questions does Bergamo suggest in people who are, for the first time, wandering its streets, the cobblestones of its many asymmetrical market squares, in the shadows of cloisters and porticoes? Every person from Bergamo will tell you that they have had to answer this question at least once in their lives: “Above or...
Posted on Mar 13, 2013 in Uncategorized |
A few days ago, in Milan, at the Royal Palace, opened the exhibition “Modigliani, Soutine and the cursed artists. The Netter’s collection”. The exhibition showcases over 120 artists who lived the golden age of painting in Montparnasse, at the beginning of the last century. The italian Amedeo Modigliani stands out among the hosted artists. His elongated women, without eyes, similar to archaic gods, are among the most amazing and loved artistic creations of the 20th century. Born on July 12, 1884, Modigliani is the fourth child of a Jewish family on the verge of a financial crisis. Desiring to become an artist, in 1896 he moves to Paris. The...
Posted on Mar 12, 2013 in Drinking |
Moscato di Scanzo is one of the oldest and noblest italian passito wines, loved by those who are looking for a precious wine, suitable for meditation. Just outside Bergamo, Lombardy, in an area that has nothing to envy to the most famous wine regions, on the hills of the City of Scanzorosciate, 30 hectares in all, rank the vineyards that give rise to the characteristic black-blue grape. You have news of this wine right from the middle of the 15th century. In addition to being one of the rare black passito wines, is famous for two other reasons. The first: it was the first italian wine to be listed...
Posted on Jul 5, 2012 in Your travels |
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Posted on Jul 5, 2012 in Documents |
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Posted on Jul 5, 2012 in Milan CU |
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Posted on Jul 5, 2012 in Bergamo-en-UT |
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