Villas and Palaces

The White Palace of Gulbene

Bearing witness to bygone eras and changing fortunes, Vecgulbene Castle, built in 1840 during the possession of Rudolf Gottlieb Magnus von Wolff, embodies a rich historical and architectural heritage, with its two majestic manors, the White Palace and the Red Palace. Where is it located? The White Palace in Gulbene is a neo-Renaissance palace of […]

May 9, 2024
Lazdonas Muiža

The Lazdona Manor, located in the vicinity of the town of Madona, has a history dating back to the second half of the 16th century. It has changed hands several times over the centuries, each of which has left an indelible mark on the evolution of the building. The History In the 17th century, the […]

February 4, 2024
Khanjan Villa

Hidden in the mountains of Dilijan are the ruins of a circular villa built in 1936 for the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia. Dilijan Dilijan is a popular tourist destination for both locals and foreign tourists wishing to visit Armenia. There are forests and mountains, with various treks and breathtaking landscapes. Aghasi […]

June 20, 2023
Villa Franzan

Villa Franzan and the Minor Seminary of the Diocese of Padua are located in Barcon, a locality to the north-west of the municipality of Sarcedo. In the 20th century, Barcon (a term meaning ‘large enclosure of fields’) defined the complex of the Venetian villa and seminary, currently in a state of neglect. The Franzan family […]

January 16, 2023
Palacio del Canto del Pico

In the Spanish countryside, just a 20-minute drive from the cosmopolitan centre of Madrid lies the jewel of the Canto del Pico Estate.  The property This property of 100 hectares and a 9 km perimeter is located between the Sierra de Guadarrama and the capital and connects the two districts of Madrid: the agricultural area […]

November 20, 2022
House of Soviets (Kaliningrad)

The House of Soviets (Russian: Дом Советов, transliterated: Dom Sovetov) is a building located in the Russian city of Kaliningrad. Locals often refer to this structure as the ‘buried robot‘ because of its appearance of a steel giant buried up to its shoulders. The architect who designed the structure was Julian L’vovič Švarcbrejm. It was […]

October 9, 2022
Italian settlements in Rhodes

Italian Settlers in Rhodes Italian settlers landed in the Aegean Sea and the Dodecanese islands in the 1930s during the fascist government of Benito Mussolini.During this period, many important architects, archaeologists, historians and town planners in Rome collaborated to recreate monuments and historical sites of the former Roman Empire following the Duce’s guidelines. The first […]

June 19, 2022
Villa Paradiso

Villa Grompo-Pigafetta, Bettanin known as ‘Paradiso’ (Paradise): a building dating back to the late 17th century located in the Grompa area, near the left bank of the Masina Canal, which appears to be the extension of previous 16th-century construction. It consists of a central body with living functions and two lateral barchesse (barns) that were […]

June 16, 2022
Musicians’ Villa

Within those walls echoed faint voices and scores buried by dust and time.

June 11, 2021
Villa Ventura

A fusion of Art Nouveau, Neo-Gothic, Eclectic and Neo-Renaissance styles, a villa more reminiscent of a Masonic place of worship than a residential building.

May 25, 2021