Inside Parma, Italy: Art, Cheese, Verdi, and Wine

[@ryandietzjr.5756]

Great cathedral and cheese tour. Parma seems interesting.

[@BigSmallTravel]

Thanks, the fresco in the Parma cathedral was jaw dropping as you can see at 3:52 And, of course the cheese is one of-a-kind in Parma.

[@ryandietzjr.5756]

@@BigSmallTravel Hi! Parma Looks Amazing.

[@BigSmallTravel]

Getting to Parma and History of Parma: 1:40 Lambrusco Wine and Parma Ham: 5:06 Dinner in Parma: 16:25 Parma Cathedral and Corregio Fresco: 3:06 Parma Cheese Factory Tour and Bike Tour: 8:04 Classical and Opera Icon, Verdi: 6:37 Giordano Ferrari Puppet Museum: 12:01 Renaissance Theater in Parma: 14:41 Pillota Art Gallery (Galleria nazionale di Parma): 17:46

[@Smithsgold]

Looks like a good time !!!!!!👍

[@BigSmallTravel]

Thanks, Parma really surprised us. Where have you visited lately?

[@Smithsgold]

@@BigSmallTravel Hawaii in March

[@BigSmallTravel]

@@Smithsgold Big and Small did Kauai: bigandsmalltravel.com/a-travel-snobs-virgin-voyage-to-hawaii/

[@tlacorp.3813]

​@@SmithsgoldNot a good time for Hawaii. Pray for Hawaii. Italy is a better option.

[@bikefoodstories]

Thank you so much guys for this beautiful video and surprise! If anyone wants to discover Parma and its gastronomic excellence by bike, they can find me at Bike Food Stories

[@BigSmallTravel]

Thank you! Your tour is so unique. Cheese and Biking ... Keep up the great work.

[@Dorianjay]

Moved to Parma two weeks ago. Come to me, all the ham!

[@BigSmallTravel]

Wow! We were only in Parma for about 5 days. We are based in Florence now.

[@BigSmallTravel]

Where are you from?

[@Dorianjay]

@@BigSmallTravel Originally from Belgium 🇧🇪 😍

[@BigSmallTravel]

That must be exciting, are you working in Parma now? We found out there is a lot of agricultural industry there. Welcome to Italy.@@Dorianjay

[@Dorianjay]

@@BigSmallTravel Oh I'm remote working for EU Institutions as a consultant. Did you find a local job?

[@snailtravelers]

Great video! We're planning a trip to this part of Italy and this video was very helpful. We didn't know about the puppet museum so thanks for sharing your experience there.

[@BigSmallTravel]

Thanks, that means a lot to us. Parma was a surprise in every way, we discovered the puppet museum while walking to the Parma Duomo. And, the bike and cheese tour was epic. All in all, this town is highly underrated in Italy. Our next video will be in an overlooked town in Tuscany.

[@BigSmallTravel]

What other cities will you visit in Italy?

[@snailtravelers]

@@BigSmallTravel We'll start in Rome and our plan is to work our way north to Milan. We look forward to your future videos, thanks again!

[@Freedom6240]

Art, cheese, Verdi and Wine. 😊

[@BigSmallTravel]

Yes, indeed. Have you been to Parma?

[@julian65886]

Love it!

[@BigSmallTravel]

Thank you, we are very happy you enjoyed it.

[@stefandee1970]

Going there next week

[@BigSmallTravel]

Lucky for you! How long will you be in Parma for? If you have time there is a lot to see, which surprised us.

[@julian65886]

There were no ceiling lights when he painted that.

[@BigSmallTravel]

This blew us away, just breathtaking. The sheer beauty of this fresco by Correggio was unexpected, and entrance to the church was free. Sometimes parts of Italy feel like a living museum.

[@julian65886]

At the time of the painting there was no good way to see the ceiling and the art work. It has been said that the artists gave 100% effort even though they knew it was hard to admire the work from below. They were pious men that assumed God was looking. How high is the ceiling?

[@BigSmallTravel]

Yes, the effort to make this painting a reality is incredible to think of with the limitations of the past. Correggio wanted to visualize key religious doctrines to celebrate Parma's return to the Papal States. It is stunning in person and shows one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance. Check out this article about it: www.atlasobscura.com/places/parma-cathedral-duomo-di-parma We went two times to the cathedral to check it out in our short stay in Parma. @@julian65886