Tag: architecture | Weird Italy

Facts, Images & History of the Appian Way

January 11, 2022May 24, 2021 by Matteo Damiani

History of the Appian Way The Appian Way is one of the earliest and most important Roman roads of the ancient republic that changed the … Read more

Crespi d’Adda: The Model Village

January 10, 2022May 2, 2021 by Matteo Damiani

Crespi d’Adda is a model company town in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy. The village was built by Cristoforo Benigno Crespi in 1877 and finished … Read more

Polcevera Park, East side: Sport Park and “Genoa in the Wood” (© The Big Picture, courtesy by SBA)

Stefano Boeri Architetti, Metrogramma Milano and Inside Outside win the competition for the Parco del Ponte in Genoa, the Polcevera Park

March 1, 2021October 9, 2019 by WeirdItaly

“A Red Steel Circle. A ring that embraces – passing under the new bridge – an area made of iron, water, cement, and asphalt. The … Read more

The bridge to nowhere in Naples

August 29, 2023April 17, 2015 by WeirdItaly

In a 2014 report, the Italian government revealed that over €3 billion had been invested in a staggering 693 structures across Italy that remain unfinished … Read more

Royal Palace of Caserta

January 2, 2022May 31, 2014 by WeirdItaly

Built by the Bourbon kings of Naples during the 18th century, the Royal Palace of Caserta was the largest palace in Europe and a perfect … Read more

Three amazing Roman Villas reopened in Pompeii

November 24, 2021March 31, 2014 by WeirdItaly

Three large and majestic Roman domus (villas) have been restored and will be reopened to the public by Easter: Home of Triptolemus, the House of Romulus and Remus and the House of Marco Lucrezio Frontone.