The richest and most populous of Italy’s regions, Lombardy is home to Milan. Milan is not only the capital of Lombardy, but also Italy’s capital of fashion, finance, and media. Known as Lombardia in Italian, Lombardy derives its name from the Longobards, a Germanic kingdom that ruled large stretches of the Italian peninsula beginning in…
Part 1 of 20 Things We Love About Italy includes travel ideas for the regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Le Marche, Liguria, and Lombardy.
Florence isn’t the only city in Italy with a duomo.
Fendi travels to all 20 of Italy’s regions for inspiration for its latest Baguette collection.
This map shows Italy and its neighbors to the north and east. Italy shares land borders with six countries (France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Vatican City, San Marino) and maritime borders with 10 countries (Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Malta, Spain). France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia border Italy along its north, with the…
“Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” is the perfect cure for wanderlust. Here is a comprehensive guide to all the places he visits in Season 1.