If you’re a foodie, then Parma might be the right place for you, and not just because it lends its name to Parmesan cheese and Parma ham. There are museums and festivals dedicated to local cuisine.
UNESCO also recognized Parma as a Creative City for Gastronomy. You might think that’s common in Italy, but Parma was the first in the country to receive that award and remains one of only three cities in the nation with that honor (Alba and Bergamo are the others).
Painting is an ancient medium and even with the introduction of photography, film and digital technology, it still has remained a persistent mode of expression. So many paintings have been limned over dozens of millennia that only a relatively small percentage of them could be construed as "timeless classics" that have become familiar to the public—and not coincidentally produced by some of the most famous artists of all time. We, of course, have our opinion of what makes the grade and we present them here in our list of the best paintings of all time.
