‘Everything you’d want from Italy, all in one place’: Brescia, Lombardy’s hidden gem
The city’s rich history and culture have so far flown under the radar, but its fiercely proud inhabitants are determined to change thatWe have hardly begun walking before I spot the side alley, curving away from the main road in a patchwork of sunlit yellow walls, shuttered windows and shadowy archways. “What’s up there?” Elena, my guide to the city, pulls a wry smile. “That is Carmine. As a kid, I was warned not to go there.”I turn up the…
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