Thursday, 11 December 2025

A Thousand and One Nights in Italy: The Moorish Fantasias of Cesare Mattei and Ferdinando Panciatichi

quote [ In mid-19th century Italy, two eccentric aristocrats set forth on parallel projects: constructing ostentatious castles in a Moorish Revival style. Iván Moure Pazos tours the psychedelic chambers of Rochetta Mattei, optimised for electrohomeopathic healing, and Castello di Sammezzano, an immersive, orientalist fever dream. ]

I'll get lost at night in Italy
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[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT]

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mechanical contrivance said @ 6:46pm GMT on 11th Dec
Some of those rooms are really ugly.

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