Tag: italy

All the articles with the tag "italy".

• Pompeii: The City That Vesuvius Buried, and Then Preserved

  Published: 28 May, 2026

  • 9 min read

  Pompeii was buried alive in a single afternoon in 79 AD. The ash that killed the city is also what saved it. A walk through what the volcano left behind.

• The Striped Posts: Manet's One Trip to Venice

  Published: 28 May, 2026

  • 11 min read

  Manet went to Venice once, in 1874, with his brother-in-law. He came back with two paintings of the Grand Canal and a pair of striped mooring posts.

• Uffizi Gallery Florence: A First-Timer's Walkthrough

  Published: 29 Apr, 2026

  • 16 min read

  Uffizi Gallery Florence first-timer walkthrough. Where it sits in the city, the route through the U-shaped building, where to enter and exit, and what to do before and after on the same day.

• Uffizi Gallery Reservations: How to Book, What to Skip

  Published: 29 Apr, 2026

  • 13 min read

  Uffizi Gallery reservations are now mandatory in peak season. How to book on the official site, what to skip, when free days are, and the entrances most visitors miss.

• The Uffizi Gallery, Italy: The Ten Works to Know and Why the Museum Exists

  Published: 28 Apr, 2026

  • 15 min read

  The Uffizi Gallery in Italy holds the most important Renaissance collection in the world. Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio. Here are the ten works to know and why the museum exists at all.