Places

By Isla Quinn Houses cut into rock. That is the short version of Matera, a city on the right bank […]

By Isla Quinn A small town on a steep coast. Once a maritime power. Now also known for lemons and

By Ines Keane Hold a sheet up to the light. If there is a mark in it, you are looking

By Ines Keane A town whose name may mean “castle of pottery jars” has a staircase whose every riser is

By Porter Lang Cremona makes one kind of object better known than the city that makes it, and the city

By Porter Lang Glassmakers on Murano were forbidden to leave. A law of 1295 said so in plain terms, which

By Ines Keane Pottery was made in Deruta in the early Middle Ages, yet no surviving piece can be firmly