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MALASPINA CASTLE OF FOSDINOVO

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" video="" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] "Sum mala spina malis, sum bona spina bonis" [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" video="" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space image_repeat="no-repeat"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" video="" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Malaspina Castle is located in Tuscany, at Fosdinovo, on a sand rock cliff and offers...

MUSTANG CH’ AM DANCES

Religious dances are among the most spectacular rituals of Tibetan tradition. Every monastery and village performs them according to its own customs. The dancers, usually monks, wear colorful brocade clothes, masks of wrathful deities, or special black hats. Each one is equipped with magical weaponry...

JELLYFISH – Surreal Sea Creatures

At 300 feet beneath the surface, the ocean is dark. There are no landmarks around, you are suspended. Look hard enough and they appear: translucent creatures filled with colour. Some are as tiny as the nail on your finger, others are the size of a...

MARBLE HEART

The extraction of marble from the Apuan Alps in the Carrara region dates back from the first century AD when Romans extracted it under the name of "Marmor lunese". Initially marble was extracted through primitive techniques, using gunpowder. 1890 was a revolutionary year, as the...

St. PIETRO’s CHURCH OF PORTOVENERE

The grey stone church with white marble inlays dates back from the 11th century and is one of the world’s most desired wedding locations, which is why those interested need to reserve the church at least one year beforehand. This is not surprising for...

LIGURIAN SEA

The Ligurian Sea washes the shores of Italy, France and of the island of Corsica. To the East is neighbors the Tyrrhenian Sea and to the West it joins the Mediterranean. The North-Western Coast, featured in this collection is renowned for both the extraordinary beauty...

LIVING STONES

n the way from Ramnicu Valcea to Targu Jiu, right before Horezu, in Costesti, one can see, upon the exit from a curve, a small former sand quarry. The hurried and uninformed traveler can easily miss this ravine without knowing he went right past an open air...

THE HUNIADY CASTLE

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" video="" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] "You have water, but not soul" [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text] FACTS [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]Hunyad Castle (or Corvin Castle), Hunedoara, Romania - rare photograph made from helicopter in the 70's by the Romanian photographer, Gh. Dumitriu Maican. Hunyad Castle, one of the largest castles in Europe,...