An editorial guide to the world's lesser-known places, one dispatch a day, one letter a week.https://walk.li/https://walk.li/ravenna/mausoleum-of-galla-placidia/https://walk.li/ravenna/mausoleum-of-galla-placidia/The plainest brick box in Ravenna hides one of the oldest surviving mosaic night skies on earth.Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://walk.li/bologna/anatomical-theatre-archiginnasio/https://walk.li/bologna/anatomical-theatre-archiginnasio/Two flayed wooden men still guard a lecture hall rebuilt from WWII rubble, statue by salvaged statue.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://walk.li/ravenna/baptistery-of-neon/https://walk.li/ravenna/baptistery-of-neon/A fifth-century dome over a font still used for its original purposeTue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://walk.li/ravenna/basilica-of-san-vitale/https://walk.li/ravenna/basilica-of-san-vitale/A Byzantine emperor who never set foot here rules this room in gold and glassMon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://walk.li/bologna/santo-stefano-sette-chiese/https://walk.li/bologna/santo-stefano-sette-chiese/A pretend Jerusalem in Bologna, stacked seven churches deep over a Roman temple to Isis.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://walk.li/parma/camera-di-san-paolo/https://walk.li/parma/camera-di-san-paolo/A nun's dining room hid a pagan goddess for 250 years — and Correggio's rise began here.Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://walk.li/ravenna/neonian-baptistery/https://walk.li/ravenna/neonian-baptistery/A Victorian restorer quietly reworked Ravenna's oldest baptism mosaic, and scholars still argue how much.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://walk.li/bologna/collezione-tagliavini-san-colombano/https://walk.li/bologna/collezione-tagliavini-san-colombano/Ninety harpsichords fill a deconsecrated church under a ceiling young Guido Reni helped paintThu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://walk.li/parma/baptistery-of-parma/https://walk.li/parma/baptistery-of-parma/A medieval sculptor signed his own church in 1196 — and left its Months cycle unfinished forever.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://walk.li/ravenna/arian-baptistery/https://walk.li/ravenna/arian-baptistery/The only Arian baptistery left on Earth, sunk two metres by fifteen centuries of rising ground.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://walk.li/bologna/museo-della-specola-bologna/https://walk.li/bologna/museo-della-specola-bologna/The tower where a falling lead ball first proved, in 1790, that the Earth truly spins.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT