"The Museo delle Maioliche, also known as the Stanze al Genio, is a private-owned collection of around 5,000 pieces of southern Italian hand-painted tiles to be visited with a reservation only. It's located on the noble floor of the 16th-century Palazzo Torre Pirajno." - Laura Itzkowitz Laura Itzkowitz Laura Itzkowitz is a freelance writer and editor based in Rome. She has been contributing to Travel + Leisure since 2014, when she started as a fact checker before becoming a contributi