Since the eighteenth century, southern Italy has been the destination of European travelers who explored its foothills until they reached Sicily, documenting with drawings and diaries, places full of myths and legends, which still preserve the fascination of the stories of ancient writers. Painters, watercolourists and talented writers, the English brothers Edward and Robert-Henry Cheney, after spending a few years in Rome, undertake on a journey in southern Italy between 1823 and 1825, from Campania to Sicily.In this journey the Cheney also crossed Calabria – a mysterious and still wild land – from Campotenese to Reggio, representing the beautiful landscapes. The views produced by Edward, on which the essay dwells, depict the mountains of ...