First constructed in 1228, and located at the foot of the Rialto Bridge across from the fish market, the Fondaco dei Tedeschi is one of Venice’s largest and most recognizable buildings. It was used as a trading post for German merchants, a customs house under Napoleon, and a post office under Mussolini. Depicted by Canaletto and other masters, and photographed countless times as the impressive but anonymous backdrop of the Rialto bridge, the Fondaco stands as a mute witness of the Venetian ...| OMA
Visit the Neoclassical Rooms, the historical collections about the Serenissima and great examples of Venetian painting until the early 16th century.| Museo Correr
The local hospital in the French town of Baugé, built in 1675, was a hard-wrought refuge for the ailing poor. But cast aside any grim visions of desperate hovels and wizened mountebanks: despite all the suffering it saw, the building was strikingly opulent, with a baroque apothecary hidden away at its heart. Still perfectly preserved with all its original pillboxes, jars and intricate herb cases, the chamber is a moment in medical history, bottled| The World Of Interiors
Stay the night under 17th-century frescos at the Vipp Hotel pop-up in Brescia, Italy, where Scandi minimalism meets Baroque maximalism| The World Of Interiors
