Santa Maria delle Grazie

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Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie
Via Sant'Agostino
Modena, May 2024

“The church was built in the first part of the 18th century. The facade is built in simple bricks with a single portal. The writing ‘Non si pongono arme de' morti’ (literally ‘Don't put coat of arms with the dead’) means that it was not possible to inscribe the family coat of arms on the graves. The bell tower is visible from the rear and it is older than the present church. The interior is more interesting. It has a single nave painted by Forti in the 19th century, with two chapels and two smaller ones. On the left, San Geminiano offre Modena alla Madonna by G. B. Codebò (1600); San Geminiano's chapel has been recently restored. The church is the seat of the 1000 year old Brotherhood of the Patron Saint of the city. In the first little chapel, on the left, is the funeral mask of Saint Anthony of Padua, who died on the 3rd June 1231. On the right, some canvases by 17th century-painters. The choir by Sante Giovanardi was built in 1750. The painting on the altar is a Virgin by the Modenese Francesco Vellani (1724).” (Santa Maria delle Grazie, Modena City Guide)

Jupp Schmitz

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Jupp Schmitz by Olaf Höhnen, 1994
Jupp-Schmitz-Plätzchen
Cologne, September 2024

“Jupp Schmitz (15 February 1901 in Cologne; 26 March 1991 in Cologne) was a German entertainer, pop singer and Krätzchen singer. His most famous songs include ‘Am Aschermittwoch ist alles vorbei’, ‘Wer soll das bezahlen?’ and ‘Es ist noch Suppe da’.” (Jupp Schmitz, Wikipedia)

Antonio da Correggio

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Antonio da Correggio by Guido Vinchesi, 1934
Parco del Popolo
Reggio Emilia, May 2024

“Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio was an Italian Renaissance painter who was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the sixteenth century. In his use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective and dramatic foreshortening, Correggio prefigured the Baroque art of the seventeenth century and the Rococo art of the eighteenth century. He is considered a master of chiaroscuro.” (Antonio da Correggio, Wikipedia)

Grand Tower

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Grand Tower by Magnus Kaminiarz, 2020
Europa-Allee
Frankfurt, September 2024

“The Grand Tower (formerly Tower 2) is a high-rise in the Europaviertel quarter in Frankfurt, Germany. The tower, completed in 2020 is Germany's tallest residential building at a height of 180 m (590 ft), exceeding the 147 m (482 ft) Colonia-Haus in Cologne built in 1973. The tower is located next to the Skyline-Plaza shopping center. The developer states the total investment at around 250 million euros. The Grand Tower is considered to be the first high-rise residential building in Germany to be marketed globally; with the Asian, Arab and North American markets being the main focus.” (Grand Tower, Wikipedia)

San Giovanni in Canale

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San Giovanni in Canale
Via Croce
Piacenza, May 2024

“San Giovanni in Canale is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic church located on Via Croce 26 in central Piacenza, formerly associated with a Dominican monastery. The Dominican order, newly founded in 2016, arrived in Piacenza in 1220 and patronage soon found them a suitable site next to the Rio Beverora (an Ancient Roman canal that flowed into the Po River, that allowed them to establish a monastery and a church. They dedicated the church to St John the Baptist. This church was called ‘in canale’ to distinguish it from a similarly dedicated temple in town. With the enlargement of the San Giovanni in Canale, a nearby small church belonging to the Templars (Santa Maria del Tempio) was converted into an oratory attached to San Giovanni. This Dominican complex once housed the Inquisition tribunal. The structure, including the facade were rebuilt in 1522 in a Gothic style, with a large rose window. The church was suppressed by the French in 1797.” (San Giovanni in Canale, Wikipedia)

Petersbogen Leipzig

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Petersbogen Leipzig
Petersbogen
Leipzig, September 2024

“On 3 levels, there are about 28 stores that promise customers variety and a relaxed shopping experience, including well-known tenants such as Decathlon, Lidl and Rossmann, but also regional concepts such as the RB and Lokomotive Leipzig fan stores and a DDR store. Petersbogen is located directly on Petersstrasse, one of Leipzig’s busiest shopping streets. On the upper floors there is a hotel of the NH Group, a CineStar multiplex cinema and the Casino Leipzig. Visitors have 550 parking spaces at their disposal, which are operated by the parking garage operator Apcoa.” (Petersbogen Leipzig, HBB)

Santa Maria del Quartiere

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Santa Maria del Quartiere by Giovan Battista Aleotti, 1604
Piazza Picelli
Parma, May 2024

“Santa Maria del Quartiere is a Baroque-style church in the quarter of the Oltretorrente of the city of Parma, Italy. The church was built inside the medieval walls from 1604 to 1619, on the site of a prior chapel dedicated to Mary, adjacent to the quarters for troops of the Duchy, hence its name. The design has been attributed to the Ferrarese architect Giovan Battista Aleotti. Atypical for most post-Reformation rectangular church naves, and more consistent with its role as a votive church built to honor an icon, the nave of this church is a centralized hexagonal plan.” (Santa Maria del Quartiere, Wikipedia)

Yenidze

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Yenidze by Martin Hammitzsch, 1909
Weißeritzstraße
Dresden, September 2024

“Yenidze is a former cigarette factory building in Dresden, Saxony, Germany built between 1907 and 1909. Today it is used as an office building. It is notable for its Moorish Revival exterior design which borrows design elements from mosques and the Alhambra in Spain. The Yenidze Tobacco and Cigarette Factory (Orientalische Tabak- und Zigarettenfabrik Yenidze) was a tobacco company started by the Jewish entrepreneur Hugo Zietz, which imported tobacco from Ottoman Yenidze, Thrace (modern Genisea, Greece). The ‘Oriental’ style of architecture recalled the exotic origins of the Oriental tobaccos it processed and functioned as advertising for the firm. It has 600 windows of various styles; the dome is 20 metres (65') high. It makes great use of tiles for decoration: both complex colour patterns and unusual three-dimensional forms.” (Yenidze, Wikipedia)

Fontana del putto con l'oca

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Fontana del Putto con l'oca (Fountain of the Putto with the Goose) by Giuseppe Graziosi, 1931 (copy 1980)
Piazza XX Settembre
Modena, May 2024

“Between Piazza Grande and the Covered Market lies Piazza XX Settembre: an urban “void” that was created by the urban ‘reclamation’ projects undertaken between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, aimed at demolishing blocks of dilapidated and unhealthy buildings with narrow courtyards. Here, until 1903, there was a network of medieval streets close to the square, with houses of minor construction, such as Vicolo del Bue and Via delle Vaccine, whose names convey an ancient activity of buying and selling livestock. Piazza XX Settembre, until a few years ago the site of a permanent market mainly selling clothes, rediscovers its vocation and colour as a place close to the market in the fountain that stands in the western sector, commissioned by the Municipality of Modena for public utility as well as for street furniture: it is the fountain with the bronze statue of the Cherub with goose performed by Giuseppe Graziosi, the well-known sculptor and painter from Savignano sul Panaro, in 1931. The people of Modena have always admired with sympathy the child who tries to save the fish he is holding in his hand from the attacks of the goose, an example of the naturalistic streak of Graziosi, whose vast figurative culture does not extinguish, but rather revives the spontaneity and freshness of the invention. Originally the fountain was in the centre of the square, and consisted of a tall column with a Cherub at the top and a circular basin at the base. The reconfiguration of the fountain then saw the statue placed on a small column, between the two characteristic oval basins taken from the Piazza Grande: the very shape of an old salt cellar, or rather a ‘salino’, from which the dialect nickname of ‘salein’ comes.” (The four fountains to discover when visiting Modena, Modena & Dintorni)

Nová scéna Národního divadla

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Nová scéna Národního divadla
(New Stage of the National Theater) by Karel Prager, 1983
Národní, Nové Město
Prague, September 2024

“The New Stage of the National Theater is a modern postmodern theater building that was built in Prague's Nové Město on Národní třída between 1977 and 1983. Sometimes it is also referred to as brutalist. In 2021, the New Stage building was declared a cultural monument.” (New Stage, Wikipedia)

Antonio Fontanesi

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Bust of Antonio Fontanesi by Renato Marino Mazzacurati, 1939
Parco del Popolo
Reggio Emilia, May 2024

“Antonio Fontanesi (23 February 1818 – 17 April 1882) was an Italian painter who lived in Meiji period Japan between 1876 and 1878. He introduced European oil painting techniques to Japan, and exerted a significant role in the development of modern Japanese yōga (Western style) painting. He is known for his works in the romantic style of the French Barbizon school.” (Antonio Fontanesi, Wikipedia)

Musical Dome

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Musical Dome
Goldgasse
Cologne, September 2024

“The Musical Dome (2012 to 2015: Oper am Dom) is a 1,640-seat theatre in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened in October 1996. It was originally built as a temporary performance venue for musicals in Cologne's inner borough of Innenstadt. The building has a distinctive fiberglass and steel structure, and is built on a promenade along the river Rhine, in the centre of the old town, adjacent to Cologne Cathedral. During the night, the Dome is illuminated with blue lights that can be observed from afar. The theater officially opened to the public in 1996. The Musical Dome is located between Breslauer Platz and the banks of the river Rhine near Cologne's main train station. A characteristic of the musical dome is the blue dome-shaped roof that is illuminated at night. In addition to the music hall it also houses a glassed-in foyer with bars, a restaurant, as well as administrative offices and a cloakroom. The building is 174 ft (53m) wide and 253 ft (77m) long with a height of 89 ft (27m) at the highest point. As a result, the covered area is 43,056 sq ft (4,000 m2). The structure consists mainly of steel and glass. The roof, which covers the entire building, is made of polyester and suspended from external 30-ton steel arches. Due to the differences in elevation around the dome, the main entrance on the Rhine side is only accessible indirectly via a balcony structure. Underneath this structure is a paid parking garage for 60 vehicles. The auditorium is divided into two levels: orchestra and balcony.” (Musical Dome, Wikipedia)

Palazzo Vescovile

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Palazzo Vescovile (Episcopal Palace)
Piazza Duomo
Piacenza, May 2024

“The Bishop's Palace stands next to the Cathedral, on the square of the same name. It was built in the first half of the sixteenth century, on the ruins of the dismantled church of San Giovanni de Domo, which dated back to the eighth century. It is believed that the Palace was built as part of the renovation of the square and other areas of the city, commissioned by Pope Paul III Farnese (1534-49), in view of the assignment of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza to his son Pier Luigi. The original porticoed façade was demolished in 1858 and rebuilt shortly afterwards based on a design by the architect Tassini. Punctuated by three orders of windows and a smooth ashlar base, it is crowned at the corners by two allegorical sculptural groups and, in the centre, by a clock from 1898 which serves as the basis for the coat of arms of Pope Pius IX. After passing the portal - which has high talamoni on its sides - you reach the sixteenth-century internal courtyard, punctuated by porticoes with round arches, which house tombstones and fragments of sculptures removed from the Cathedral during the restorations carried out in the twentieth century.” (Palazzo Vescovile, Piacenza)

Gallileo

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Gallileo by Novotny Mähner Assoziierte, 2003
Gallusanlage
Frankfurt, September 2024

“Gallileo is a 38-storey 136 m (446 ft) skyscraper in the Bahnhofsviertel district of Frankfurt, Germany. It was built from 1999 to 2003. The towers architecture is made up of two towers linked by a connecting central core. The north tower is 136 m (446 ft) with 38 storeys, and the south tower is 114 m (374 ft). The core is the building's full height. Together with its 49,000 m2 (530,000 sq ft) floor space, it is the 26th tallest building in the city. Its name is an intentional misspelling of the scientist Galileo's name; the extra l comes from the building's other namesake, the nearby park Gallusanlage. Along with the nearby Silberturm, it served as the corporate headquarters of Dresdner Bank since 2008. A year later, after the takeover of Dresdner Bank by Commerzbank, the new owner planned to use only the Gallileo.” (Gallileo, Wikipedia)

Fontana del Trianon

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Fontana del Trianon (Trianon Fountain) by Giuliano Mozzani, 1719
Parco Ducale
Parma, May 2024

“The Trianon Fountain is a monumental fountain with baroque forms located on the islet in the centre of the fishpond of the Ducal Park in Parma. The monumental fountain was built between 1712 and 1719 for the garden of the Royal Palace of Colorno at the behest of Duke Francesco Farnese, who commissioned the architect and sculptor Giuliano Mozzani to design the project; the latter, assisted by the French hydraulic engineer Jean Baillieul, created a copy of the fountain of the Grand Trianon in Versailles, built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1703. Following partial damage suffered in 1882 by patients of the psychiatric hospital, the fountain was dismantled and ten statues were sold. Having remained in storage for some years, it was reassembled in 1889 by the sculptor Giovanni Chierici and initially placed in Parma in front of the Reinach Theatre. In 1920, on the occasion of the general reorganisation of the Ducal Park by the scenographer Giuseppe Carmignani, the fountain was moved to the islet in the centre of the fish pond. In 1996 it was completely restored with funding from the Cariparma Foundation.” (Fontana del Trianon, Wikipedia)

The Westin Leipzig

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The Westin Leipzig by Kajima architects, 1981
Gerberstraße
Leipzig, September 2024

“The Westin Leipzig is a hotel in Leipzig, Germany. At 96.8 m (318 ft) tall, it is the second-tallest building in Leipzig as of 2023. Constructed for the GDR hotel chain Interhotel as Hotel Merkur, the hotel has been operated by Westin Hotels & Resorts since 2003. It features 436 rooms on 27 floors, of which 17 are guest floors and three are office floors. There is a swimming pool and a wellness area on the fourth floor. The hotel houses the Brühl restaurant and the Falco and Shinto bars.” (The Westin Leipzig, Wikipedia)

Santa Maria della Pomposa

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Church of Santa Maria della Pomposa
Piazza della Pomposa
Modena, May 2024

“The church of Santa Maria della Pomposa in Modena, Italy, is an ancient church in the city, once located at the edge of the city walls. Its name derives from the Pomposa Abbey located near the delta of the Po River. A religious building at the site was documented by 1153. In 1716, the Duke of Modena, Rinaldo I grants the building to his librarian Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1762 - 1750). Deconsecrated in 1774, along with the Aedes Muratoriana was granted by Duke Ercole III to the confraternity of St Sebastian. The church was reconsecrated in 1814. In 1922 Muratori was buried in the church, with a monument by Ludovico Pogliaghi. Among the works inside are a series of canvases depicting the ‘Life of St Sebastian’ by Bernardino Cervi and an ‘Enthroned Virgin with saints Sebastiano, Rocco, and Geminano’ by Giovanni Boulanger, copy of a Correggio painting now in Dresden. The adjacent museum celebrates the life and works of Ludovico Antonio Muratori.” (Santa Maria della Pomposa, Wikipedia)

Rundkino Dresden

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Rundkino Dresden, 1972
Prager Straße
Dresden, September 2024

“The Rundkino Dresden has been a striking building in Dresden since 1972. It is located on Prager Straße and, as a rotunda, has a diameter of 50 meters and a height of 20 meters. It is the third cylindrical building in the GDR and the first of its kind for the public. Due to its architecture and the Great Hall, which now has 898 seats (originally 1,018 seats), the circular cinema is one of the most important buildings of post-war modernism in Dresden. The Great Hall has the largest cinema screen in Saxony. Before the Lecture Hall Center was put into operation, it also served as a lecture hall for the Technical University of Dresden at large events. In addition to the cinema with six screens, the building also housed a puppet theatre that belonged to the Theater Junge Generation.” (Rundkino Dresden, Wikipedia)

Maria Melato

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Bust of Maria Melato by Michele Vedani, 1954
Parco del Popolo
Reggio Emilia, May 2024

“Maria Melato (16 October 1885 – 24 August 1950) was an Italian actress of the stage, screen, and radio. Maria Melato was born in Reggio Emilia on 16 October 1885, the daughter of Silvio Melato and Elisa Friggieri. Her father was a fencing master and cavalry officer. Her mother traveled with Melato during her theatrical career.” (Maria Melato, Wikipedia)

Národní divadlo

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Národní divadlo (National Theatre)
Národní, Nové Město
Prague, September 2024

“The National Theatre (Czech: Národní divadlo) is a historic opera house in Prague, Czech Republic. It is known as the alma mater of Czech opera, and as the national monument of Czech history and art. The National Theatre belongs to the most important Czech cultural institutions, with a rich artistic tradition, which helped to preserve and develop the most important features of the nation–the Czech language and a sense for a Czech musical and dramatic way of thinking.” (National Theatre, Wikipedia)

Church of San Paolo

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Church of San Paolo
Via Torta
Piacenza, May 2024

“The church of San Paolo in its current form dates back to 1686 and was built to a design by the architect Giacomo degli Agostini. In the single nave interior, rich in decorations, the main altar by Marco Aurelio Dosi (1733-1734) stands out. On the vault there is a pictorial cycle created between 1961 and 1963 by the painters Angelo Capelli and Luciano Ricchetti at the behest of the parish priest Adriano Dozza.” (Chiesa di San Paolo, Piacenzapace)

Messeturm Köln

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Messeturm Köln
Kennedy-Ufer
Cologne, September 2024

“The Messeturm Köln (German for Fair Tower Cologne) is a highrise building which is 80 meters high, in Cologne, Germany. It is crowned by the sculpture Hermes-Gesichter (German for Faces of Hermes) by Hans Wissel, professor for sculpture and plastic arts at the Kölner Werkschulen. The tower's top floor featured a tower restaurant (now closed). The tower got its name because it was erected besides the fair halls of Cologne. Faced with brick the finish of the buildings looks similar, but they were not built together. The halls opened with the first fair on May 11, 1924. The building of the tower was started in 1927 and it opened with a fair on May 12, 1928. Tower and halls were built on the banks of river Rhine in the borough Köln-Deutz just opposite Cologne Cathedral.” (Messeturm Köln, Wikipedia)

Gruppo del Sileno

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Gruppo del Sileno by Jean-Baptiste Boudard, 1766
Parco Ducale
Parma, May 2024

“To accentuate the bucolic effect, Petitot also modified the surrounding area, creating a slight slope towards the ‘Silenus Group’, a statuary group sculpted in 1765 by Jean-Baptiste Boudard, with fake bases and steps, inside a thick wood; he also designed a wooden canalization, now disappeared, which, in addition to allowing the filling of the internal basin, created the effect of a spring from which a stream flowed.” (Tempietto d'Arcadia, Wikipedia)

Marshall-Brunnen

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Marshall-Brunnen by Toni Stadler, 1963
Taunusanlage
Frankfurt, September 2024

“In 1948, as Secretary of State of the United States, George C. Marshall (1888–1959) drew up the so-called Marshall Plan to support the reconstruction of Western Europe. This economic support program consisted primarily of loans and the delivery of goods; Linked to certain conditions, it offered participating states help to help themselves and made a significant contribution to the economic miracle in Germany. For his initiative, Marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. Shortly after his death, the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry suggested building a memorial to commemorate his achievements; It was financed by donations from Frankfurt companies. The Marshall Fountain was inaugurated in 1963 in the presence of high-ranking guests, including Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and US Secretary of State Dean Rusk. It was created by the sculptor Toni Stadler, who was a professor at the Städelschule from 1940 to 1944. The three figures represent the three graces from Roman mythology.” (Marshall-Brunnen, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Frankfurt)

Chiesa del Voto

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Chiesa del Voto (Votive Church)
Via Emilia Centro
Modena, May 2024

“The church of Chiesa del Voto or Votive Church of Modena is a Baroque style church in the city of Modena, Italy. It is located near the town center, and was built to give thanks for the cessation of the plague of 1630. Older texts cite a full name of the church of the Madonna Santissima del voto della Città. Work on the structure began in 1634, under the direction of Cristoforo Malagola, also called il Galaverna. The church is modeled after the church of San Salvatore in Bologna. The dome recalls the Basilica of the Basilica della Ghiara in Reggio.” (Chiesa del Voto, Wikipedia)

Stein Palmen

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Stein Palmen (Stone palm trees)
Sächsische Aufbaubank (SAB) by acme, 2021
Packhofstraße / Gerberstraße
Leipzig, September 2024

“The building, designed by the London architectural firm acme, is divided into two areas, the bank and the public forum. The administrative building, with a ground floor and four upper floors, provides space for 500 Aufbaubank employees and its new design language clearly distinguishes it from a conventional bank building. The columns and the curved shape of the building enclose the forum area and thus become a public square.” (SAB Leipzig, Architonic)

Abate Ferrari Bonini

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Fountain of the abbot Ferrari Bonini, 1885
Parco del Popolo
Reggio Emilia, May 2024

“The fountain dedicated to abbot Ferrari Bonini was inaugurated on 22 November 1885, coinciding with the conclusion of the construction works on the city aqueduct. Both the fountain and the aqueduct were commissioned by Ulderico Levi, an illustrious Reggio Emilia politician who was the protagonist of numerous initiatives in favor of his city in the second half of the 19th century. The sculptural parts of the fountain are the work of the Reggio Emilia sculptor Ilario Bedotti and his student Guglielmo Fornaciari; the project instead belongs to the engineer Domenico Lanza. The work consists of a circular basin with a diameter of 10 meters, with a central rocky island from which a pedestal takes shape with vegetal motifs in relief, including algae and marsh reeds. The pedestal supports a second basin of smaller diameter, in the shape of a shell surmounted, in the terminal part of the structure, by a sculpture of Triton, a deity of ancient Greek mythology, son of Poseidon, god of the sea. Around the pedestal there are three putti, the work of Ilario Bedotti, interspersed with as many stone medallions. The cherubs originally bore the symbols of Fame, History and Recognition.” (Fountain of the abbot Ferrari Bonini, Reggio Emilia Welcome)

Ufa-Kristallpalast

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Ufa-Kristallpalast by Wolf D. Prix, 1998
Prager Straße
Dresden, September 2024

“The Ufa-Kristallpalast is a cinema building in the city centre of Dresden. It is located between Prager Straße and St. Petersburger Straße next to the Rundkino. The cinema opened on March 26, 1998 and has 2,668 seats in eight auditoriums spread over five floors.” (Ufa-Kristallpalast, Wikipedia)

Church of St. Anne

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Church of St. Anne
Via Scalabrini
Piacenza, May 2024

“Po Valley Gothic architecture, in the form of a hall, in the 12th century it was a monastery entrusted to the Humiliati which, according to tradition, hosted Saint Roch of Montpellier in the 14th century, of which a painting and a statue are preserved. The façade was rebuilt in 1957 based on a design by the architect Camillo Guidotti; the apse, in the rear part of the church, was enlarged in 1500 and the six side altars were created in the seventeenth century, totally or partially closing the long ogival windows; the bell tower was raised in 1957 based on a design by the architect Pietro Berzolla. Of the stained glass windows, dating back to the 20th century, some are designed by the artist Trento Longaretti from Bergamo (Nativity, Crucifixion, Baptism of Jesus, Our Lady of Sorrows).” (Chiesa di Sant'Anna, Piacenzapace)

Yellow Penguins

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Yellow Penguins (Re-Production) by Cracking Art, 2008
U Sovových mlýnů, Malá Strana
Prague, September 2024

“Standing in one single file line, 34 penguins flank a metal beam along the river of Vltava near Kampa Park in Prague. Despite their adorable stature, yellow hue, and tiny broad bellies, the penguins’ appearance comes with a warning against the dangers of climate change and plastic consumption. Created by the Cracking Art Group, a Milan-based art movement, the yellow penguins are all made from recycled bottles. ‘The penguin is a social animal and has a strong ecological meaning: its survival is affected by global warming and ice melting,’ says the group’s website. ‘Despite being loved by many, this animal is constantly endangered by human technological progress that brings wellness to man but damage to the planet.’ The group’s choice to use plastic is not only for its aesthetic appeal and malleability, but also to show how the world is becoming increasingly artificial. By repurposing plastic, the group hopes to inspire new dialogues surrounding plastic waste and its impact on the environment. Other quirky sculptures are located just outside the nearby Museum Kampa (which houses modern European art), including David Černý’s arresting Babies sculptures. The eerie installation features three giant crawling babies san faces. A walk through Kampa Park also offers views of Charles Bridge and the park is particularly popular during the summertime. ” (The Penguins at Kampa Park, Atlas Obscura)

Tempietto d'Arcadia

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Tempietto d'Arcadia by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, 1769
Parco Ducale
Parma, May 2024

“The Tempietto d'Arcadia is a small circular temple in the form of a ruin located in the Ducal Park in Parma. The small temple was built in 1769 based on a design by the court architect Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, who, according to neoclassical taste, drew inspiration from the temple of Vesta on the Aniene; it was inaugurated on the occasion of the wedding between Duke Ferdinand of Bourbon and Maria Amalia of Habsburg-Lorraine with a bucolic party, during which the guests dressed up as shepherds and shepherdesses.” (Tempietto d'Arcadia, Wikipedia)