Author: Lucia Anastasi

At the foot of Mudurnu hills, Turkey, there’s a ghost city with over 700 abandoned buildings. Burj Al Babas is an example of how second home tourism can transform places for the worse.  It was supposed to become an enchanted valley, but it’s a spectral city, on the Northen coast of the Black sea. Built […]

A fairytale-like fortress, resembling the architecture of the Hogwarts castle, retouched with Arabic elements. Rocchetta Mattei lies deep in the hills of the Reno valley, not far from Bologna, and amazes adults and children. From liberty to Moorish, Rocchetta Mattei melts different styles. Built in the late 19th century, abandoned for more than thirty years, […]

Breathing in sea air can help to combat cancer and cholesterol. A Belgian research team has found evidence that the tiny seawater drops that we breath when we are near the coast may have a significant role in the prevention of lung cancer and on the level of cholesterol, impacting the genes that enact them. […]