What to do near Paitone, BS

The Teutonic crucifix of the Cathedral of Salò

Perhaps one enters the cathedral with clear ideas, but then everything takes a back seat in front of this masterpiece

Italy in the movies: Piazza Vittoria and "Rosso Mille Miglia"

The world's most beautiful race in a film by Claudio Uberti

Victory Square, where the Mille Miglia begins

In Brescia, a square and a legendary race come alive in the film "Rosso Mille Miglia"

Church of St. Mary of the Miracles

In Brescia, a triumph of marble embroidered with dazzling whiteness.

A Romanesque jewel in the shadow of the lakefront

At the churchyard of St. Andrew's, the light from the lake plays with the marbles and then creeps through the alleys of the village.

Along the Valley of the Paper Mills

A walk from the Old Bridge to the Paper Museum, going up the river

La Santissima of Gussago

Atop a hill of vineyards is an abandoned Dominican convent that gives itself airs of a castle. The walk to it and the views of Franciacorta are beautiful.

Pieve di santa Maria in Carpino, Carpenedolo, Bs.

Small but charming Romanesque church, lost in the Brescian countryside among oleander and corn, in the shade of a large tree.

The Olivetan Abbey of Rodengo Saiano

In Franciacorta, elegant monastery of Cluniac origin holds fine works of art

Pozzolengo Castle

High above the village, surrounded by walls that also embrace the ricetto, stands a 13th-century castle. Of its many towers, one gives access to the ricetto, another, cylindrical, serves as a bell tower.