Paolo Sorrentino’s Naples: The People and Places of “The Hand of God”

"The Hand of God" is packed with beautiful and surreal scenes of Naples. Learn about the locations, people, and cultural references in Sorrentino's Neapolitan masterpiece.
"The Hand of God" is packed with beautiful and surreal scenes of Naples. Learn about the locations, people, and cultural references in Sorrentino's Neapolitan masterpiece.
Did you know that the landscape around the Reggia di Caserta was designed to look like a violin? Learn more about this UNESCO Heritage Site near Naples.
The 18th-century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997. Located outside of Naples, ...
Photo of a stray dog sleeping among the ruins of Pompeii.
Campania is one of those regions that has it all. Naples, the capital of Campania, is a lively yet mysterious city whose influence stretches across the entire region and beyond. The cityscape of ...
A view of pastel Procida from the mountain ridge above town.
If you tell a Roman that you are going Paestum for the weekend, invariably he or she will tell you: "Make sure you pick up some mozzarella di bufala." Paestum and Its Greek Roots and Ruins ...
A month-by-month, personal account of my first year living in Italy.
It's been called the "shame of Italy" and for good reason. The A3 autostrada, a 443km highway that is to connect Salerno to Reggio Calabria, has been under construction since 1966. Faulty ...
In 2011, UNESCO inscribed Italy's newest World Heritage sites: The Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.). Treated as one entity, these seven sites stretch from as far north as ...
Italy is full of scenic drives. There are the honey-colored sunsets of Tuscany, sepia-toned ruins of Ostia, and the snow-capped cityscapes of Torino. But if you want a ride with the bluest of ...
With its rough coastline, deep blue sea, and color-drenched markets and hillsides, the Amalfi Coast is one of the most amazing destinations in Italy.
Large parts of Italy were once united under the Spanish flag, with conquests in Naples and Sicily by the houses of Aragon and Bourbon, among others. Even Milan and Parma were under Spanish rule at ...
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 ...