Sanfelice’s Rococo Palazzos in Naples’ Rione Sanità
Can any site embody a city, especially one as architecturally rich as Naples? If so, our candidate would be a pair of staircases in the…
Baroque
Borromini's Baroque: Rome Beyond the Gilt
It’s easy to overdose on gilt, colored marble, and cherubs when visiting Baroque buildings in Rome. The Roman church used excessive ornamentation to impress the…
Building Back Baroque in Ragusa, Sicily
If your city was leveled by an earthquake, would you rebuild in the same spot or start fresh on the next hill over? This was…