The construction of Pendennis Castle on the southern point of Carrick Roads in the sixteenth century prepared the ground for the growth of FALMOUTH , then no more than a fishing village. The building of its deepwater harbour was proposed a...
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Until the mid-nineteenth century, GROSSETO was a malaria-ridden backwater. The draining of the marshes, however, which was finally effected under Mussolini, has transformed it into a provincial capital for the Maremma. Grosseto was rebuilt...
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First impressions don't do much at all for CATANIA , on an initial encounter possibly the island's gloomiest spot. Built from black-grey volcanic stone, its central streets can feel suffocating, dark with the shadows of grimy, high Baroque...
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