Palazzo del Capitaniato

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Palazzo del Capitaniato
Piazza dei Signori
Vicenza, May 2025

“The palazzo del Capitaniato, also known as loggia del Capitanio or loggia Bernarda, is a palazzo in Vicenza, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio in 1565 and built in 1571 and '72. It is located on the central Piazza dei Signori, facing the Basilica Palladiana. The palazzo is currently used by the town council, inside the Sala Bernarda. It was decorated by Lorenzo Rubini and, in the interior, with frescoes by Giovanni Antonio Fasolo.” (Palazzo del Capitaniato, Wikipedia)

Torreón de Lozoya

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Torreón de Lozoya
Plaza San Martín
Segovia, September 2025

“The Torreón de Lozoya is one of the most emblematic buildings of Segovia's civil architecture. It is a palace complex with two towers, a courtyard, and a garden with a porticoed gallery. A towered fortified house, very common in Segovia between the 13th and 15th centuries. It has a large tower that gives it its name and entrance, as well as another smaller tower, aligned with the first at a certain distance, so that the initial complex had a careful defense that evidences the conflicts experienced in Segovia in the Late Middle Ages. The large tower, measuring 8 by 9 meters and 25 meters high, predates the entire complex and embodies the stately idiosyncrasy of its owners. From it, one can enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view of the city and its surroundings, protected from the elements by its large windows. These can be removed for crystal-clear photographs and videos.” (Torreón de Lozoya, Wikipedia)

Santa Maria ‘ad Portas Contarenas’

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Church of Santa Maria ‘ad Portas Contarenas’
Via Matteotti
Padova, May 2025

“As attested by the inscription on the facade, the Church was built in 1723, by the Comini family who built the church for public use. Later, in 1839, together with Palazzo Cavalli, the Church became the seat of the Austrian Customs, and after the Unification of Italy it was used as a hydraulic warehouse. In 1893, when the mill was purchased and modernised by Ilario Ercego, the little church risked being demolished, but was finally restored in 1968, as the plaque on the façade recalls.” (Porte Contarine, Wikipedia)

Casa Lis

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Museo Art Nouveau y Art Déco - Casa Lis
Calle Gibraltar
Salamanca, September 2025

“The Casa Lis is a museum located in the ancient city wall of Salamanca, Spain. Also known as Museo Art Nouveau and Art Déco, it is a museum of decorative arts, with exhibits dating from the last decades of the 19th century to World War II. The Museum is an old mansion that was built for its first owner, Miguel de Lis, by Joaquin de Vargas y Aguirre, a provincial architect from Jerez de la Frontera. Don Miguel de Lis was the owner of a tannery which he had inherited from his father. The thriving business gave him a privileged economic position and he was well-travelled; he chose a modernist design. The mansion changed ownership in 1917, when D. Enrique Esperabé de Arteaga, rector of the University of Salamanca, moved there with his family. Subsequently, the Casa Lis was inhabited by various tenants until in the 1970s, closed and unused, and fell into decay. In 1981, the city of Salamanca was able to save it from ruin.” (Casa Lis, Wikipedia)

Automat revisited

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‘Automat’ by Edward Hopper revisited
Via de' Guicciardini
Florence, December 2024

Casa consistorial

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Casa consistorial (Town Hall)
Plaza del Mercado Chico
Ávila, September 2025

“The Ávila Town Hall is the headquarters of the Ávila City Council, located in the Plaza del Mercado Chico, in the Spanish city of Ávila. Its erection dates back to the last years of the reign of Isabel II. Designed by the municipal architect Ildefonso Vázquez de Zúñiga, the works would take place in a period between 1861 and 1868. It is located presiding over the central Plaza del Mercado Chico, inside the walls of the medieval city . It replaced another town hall located in the same square and built during the 16th century. The building, which would be restored in the early 1980s, has a clock on its facade.” (Casa consistorial de Ávila, Wikipedia)

Cathedral of Santa Maria Matricolare

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Cathedral of Santa Maria Matricolare
Piazza Duomo
Verona, May 2025

“Verona Cathedral (Cattedrale Santa Maria Matricolare; Duomo di Verona) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Verona, northern Italy, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the designation Santa Maria Matricolare. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Verona. It was erected after two Palaeo-Christian churches on the same site had been destroyed by an earthquake in 1117. Built in Romanesque style, the cathedral was consecrated on September 13, 1187. The structure was later modified by several renovation interventions, although the plan has remained unchanged.” (Verona Cathedral, Wikipedia)