We’ve been to Palmanova yesterday. That’s a small town south of Udine, just where the highway coming from Austria, the A23, meets the highway A4, Trieste - Venice.
It was built from 1593 as an ideal city - which mostly meant ideally suited for war. It’s a gigantic fortress in the shape of a nine-pointed star, designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, and in the middel there is a completely oversized piazza, circular, with the cathedral on one side.
Palmanova is a nice place to visit, sit in the sun, sip a drink and watch people. At least that’s what we did 🙂
The Song of the Day is once more “An Architect’s Dream” from Kate Bush’s 2005 album “Aerial”. I used the title a year ago for “950 – An Architect’s Dream”. Hear the Song on YouTube.