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Views of Rome

The Vatican Dominates Rome and Italy

In May, along with my family and a group of friends, I went to Rome.  I took may camera with me and took a few photos of Italy’s eternal city, which, as you might imagine, is very photogenic.  Here are two images of Rome. Can you guess where the second photograph was taken? The first […]

Rome and Memory Cards

I’m in Rome at the moment for a short break even if being here is a good excuse for gathering material and photographs for Italy Chronicles. Rome, I have discovered, it extremely photogenic. Italy’s towns, cities and villages are generally worthy of plenty of photographs, and Rome is no exception. Compared to other Italian cities, […]

Lovely Liguria

The Lovely Liguria Coastline

While not as well known as some areas of Italy, namely Tuscany, the Liguria region of Italy is an absolute jewel. The Liguria area is well known for the glorious five Cinque Terre seaside villages, and the luxurious and stunningly pretty Porto Fino.  What some visitors overlook is that most of the steep Liguria coastline […]

Italy Through a Lens

We’ve all heard about how beautiful Italy is some way or another, but have you ever seen it for yourself? There is the fashion capital of the world in Milan, the culture capital of the world in Rome and the art capital of the world in Florence, not to mention some of the most stunning […]

Four Doorways in Milan

The Entrance to a Palace in Milan?

If you ever come to Milan, do keep an eye open for the city’s majestic doorways, several of which I photographed tonight. These doors are often referred to as ‘portone’ in Italian – which means, logically enough, ‘big door’.  Some are very high too and you wonder just why such high doorways were required.  Did […]

The Black and White and Color Bar

Guitarist and Dog

I was out and about at Café Bistrot, an arty bar a stone’s throw from my home in Milan, last night.  Aside from being a friendly place, this bar is also rather photogenic and live music can often be heard there.  Owner Carlotta is a down to earth lass and her presence undoubtedly adds to […]

Guess Where in Italy – Part 16

Can You Guess Where this Photograph was Taken in Italy?

Time for a Guess Where in Italy photograph to get you thinking over this coming weekend.  This is the sixteenth in this series of images of corners of Italy for Italy Chronicles inquisitive readers to pore over. I suspect some readers will get the answer quite quickly.  Passing Italians should not find it too hard […]

Abruzzo People

While spending some time in the verdant and semi-unknown Abruzzo region of Italy I met a few people and photographed them. Here are my photographic portraits along with a little about the Abruzzo people I met, all of whom add to the character of this area of Italy which is worthy of further consideration and […]

Guess Where in Italy? Part 15

Where is this Castle in Italy?

The last Guess Where in Italy? post certainly got quite a few people guessing, with the distorted photograph causing quite a few problems! Well, seeing as I like to keep people guessing, here is Part 15 of this fun quiz to help people get to know Italy.

Italy, even if it does n0t make great play of the fact, has plenty of castles dotted around the country. Some fall into the fairytale category, while others would not look too out of place in the film such as Lord of the Rings or some medieval romp or other.

How well do you know Italy’s castles? Let’s see with this week’s photo manipulated brain teaser!