In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like.
Do you remember Italy?
No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.
In architecture, Palladio is the game. It means hard thought all through - if it is labored, it fails.
The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew: The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Arcadia' was started and finished at the Medici villa in Rome.
French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community.
I am always connected with the Renaissance a lot; that's why I am connected with Pitti Palace.
For a Spaniard, Italy is the best place to live. You've got all the beauty, history, art, good food, and fashion.
When I was young, I was interested in Renaissance art.
The back of Saint Peter's is one of the finest pieces of architecture I've ever seen.
The more I see of Italy and her treasures, the more I see paganism in Christianity.
