Nicolo Ciampini writes location-based stories on Reveal.World.
Forte Preara: the polygonal mountain fortress of Verona
Forte Nago's dual-layered limestone defenses
Castello Ursino: The 13th-century royal castle of Catania
The Rocca and the dual defense system with the Cittadella
The Fort Colle delle benne in Levico Terme
The late baroque Palazzo Arese Borromeo in Cesano Maderno
Cesano Maderno
The House of the Vettii in Pompeii
The Guns Turned Toward the Austro-Hungarian Border
The Marble Blockade of Rivoli Veronese
A farmer's dream of buried gold reveals the Walls of Timoleon
Where King Frederick II Met St. Francis of Assisi
Piazza Federico Secondo di Svevia
The pentagonal Mannerist design of Villa Farnese in Caprarola
Forte Monte Folaga: The Fort Named for Ludwig von Benedek
The trompe-l'œil wood inlay of the Studiolo in Urbino
Piazza Duca Federico, Urbino
The Mithraeum of Rome beneath the Basilica of St. Clement
Via Labicana 95, Roma
The executioner's house in Milan's Palazzo del Capitano di Giustizia
Via Cesare Beccaria 19, Milano
Sforza Castle houses da Vinci's sketches and 14th-century manuscripts
The Marble Memorial to Poet Giuseppe Gioachino Belli
Forte San Mattia built in 1843 on the hills of Verona
The Villa of the Mysteries: A Suburban Roman Villa Northwest of Pompeii
The Visconti-Sforza Castle of Novara
The equestrian monument to King Carlo Alberto in Casale Monferrato
The centuries of history within Vercelli Cathedral
Prato Cathedral's Expansion for the Belt of the Holy Virgin
The 1500s evolution of Villa Sioli Legnani
The 3rd-century bones inside the Tomb of Antenor
The Galliani Polyptych in the Church of Sant'Agnese
The Nuragic complex of Noddule
SS389, Nùgoro/Nuoro
The late 18th-century reconstruction of Palazzo Jona-Millo
Corso Giuseppe Mazzini, Ancona
The 30-metre bronze statue that gave the Colosseum its name
The Pompeii villa with a mosaic floor and two gardens
The shell that failed to explode in a Genoa cathedral
Piazza San Lorenzo, Genova
The 28-meter Torre del Candeliere in Massa Marittima
The 1230 construction of Porta Solestà in Ascoli Piceno
The construction and capture of Forte Verena
The Basilica della Madonna dell'Umiltà and its 1490 miracle
The 13th-century fortified house of San Didero
The 17.3-metre gate of Lecce
How 19th-century developers pushed the Trofei di Mario into a corner
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II
The Arch of Augustus in Susa
The late Baroque and Rococo architecture of San Filippo Neri
The Palazzo del Seggio in the center of Lecce
The Fort with Retractable 57mm Turrets
The 1430 bronze bell inside Oristano's Torre di Mariano II
The Austrian Fortress That Traded Artillery for Wooden Cannons
The 53-meter ship's wheel monument in Brindisi
The medieval ruins of Castel Casatsch in Tesimo
Villa Moro and the 1893 plaque commemorating Jacopo del Cassero
Via Venezia 142, Mira
