Ravenna! The Italian jewel of Byzantium – Part I: San Vitale

Today I visit Ravenna, a sleepy small town near the Adriatic Coast. Ravenna became the seat of Byzantine government in

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Pompeii and Herculaneum (Ercolano): A journey back in 1st century AD

View of Pompeii with Vesuvius in the background Pompeii has always exerted a special influence on me. The sudden destruction,

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