All posts tagged: history

The Monuments at Mahabalipuram

5 November 2024
by Arnaldo Pellini
Architecture

Sono stato a Chennai per lavoro un paio di settimane fa. Abbiamo avuto un giorno di visita e abbiamo visitato i famosi monumenti di Mahabalipuram. Un luogo storico e davvero meraviglioso. — Kävin Chennaissa töissä pari viikkoa sitten. Meillä oli yksi päivä nähtävyyksien katsomista ja vierailimme Mahabalipuramin kuuluisassa monumenteissa. Todella upea paikka. — I went to Chennai for work a couple of weeks ago. We had one day of sight seeing and visits the famous monuments […]

Antique

16 December 2022
by Arnaldo Pellini
Architecture

Palazzo Fodri was built at the end of the 15th century by Cremonese architect De Lera, it was the home of the noble Fodri family. In the internal porticoed courtyard with overlapping loggia one can see a stringcourse strip in terracotta illustrating a battle scene as well as episodes from Roman history on the eaves.