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Covers some of the most stunning scenery and the most famous towns in the world–including Venice, Verona, Milan and Bologna–focusing on the artists who lived in them and the patrons who gave them commissions.
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support // May 8th 2010 at 1:47pm
I’ve been reading the new Blue Guide Crete, which I like very much. Since the author is from Northern Italy herself, I hope you’ll invite her to write a new much needed Blue Guide for N. Italy, or for the region of Lombardy.
Reader // Oct 28th 2009 at 11:53am
The photograph on page 260 incorrectly labelled Palazzo della Ragione in Piazza delle Erbeis in fact shows Mantova’s Palazzo Ducale facing Piazza Sordello.
Really enjoyed using Blue Guides for the first time. Excellent.
Reader // Jun 11th 2009 at 11:05pm
For years I have been using Blue Guides on my travels. The new format is excellent, informative and reliable. A couple of details for your consideration re Northern Italy. On p 224 you mention the church treasury at Brescia is on view ‘on the last Friday in March.’ This should read ‘on Good Friday’ (which is not always in March). On p 225, the Roman amphitheatre is actually a Roman theatre.
Carry on the good work!
Liz Mathews // Oct 25th 2008 at 9:51pm
In the Blue Guide to Northern Italy, the church of San Giacomo dall’Orio in Venice is referred to throughout as San Giacomo dell’Orto (p430); this is probably a confusion with the church of the Madonna dell’Orto - but San Giacomo is ‘of the marsh’, while the ‘orto’ refers to the garden in which the statue of the Virgin performed her miracles. This distinction, though minor, could confuse the visitor.
Peter McCormack // Aug 27th 2008 at 7:51am
Following a recent holiday this month in Piemonte, I have a minor correction to suggest, as follows:
On page 78, there is reference to the communal cemetery at Arquata Scrivia containing 94 Second World War British Graves.
Actually the graves all relate to the First World War, and the dates range from 1918 to 1920. (Strictly speaking, there is a separate Commonwealth Cemetery immediately adjacent to the local municipal cemetery, with 93 British graves and 1 West Indian.) Many of the deaths are recorded as being due to influenza or pneumonia. I discovered from reading a book “With British Guns in Italy” by Hugh Dalton, that Arquata Scrivia was an HQ for the British Army in Italy during the First World War, and later discovered that there were two British Military Hospitals there, which probably accounts for the number of graves.
Incidentally, Serravalle Scrivia, which is mentioned in the same paragraph, is the locus of a very large Italian Designer Outlet complex (McArthur Glen, I think). It is very close to the Roman remains of Libarna which lie a little to the south, which in turn are close to the cemetery at Arquata a little further south. I mention this as it can help to justify (from a “family perspective”!) a trip to the area.
Stan Feinstein // Jul 28th 2008 at 3:57am
We are planning a trip to Liguria next May 2009, and bought the Blue Guide. In glancing through it, t seemed the most thorough, and the most interesting of the guide books at our local book store, and that has proven to be the case. We’ve read the section on Liguria several times, and always see something new. The pictures are stunning, and support our decision to go there. Thanks.
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