San Gimignano is one of the few remaining Italian “borgos”or walled medieval hamlets that remains intact, capturing its feudal character and spirit and Read more [...]
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Schlacht von Campaldino
The battle of Campaldino, fought not far from the Conti Guidi’s Castle in Pioppi, on June 11th, 1289, day of Saint Barnaba, between the Guelph army of Read more [...]
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Sammezzano Castle
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Sammezzano Castle, surrounded by a large park, is in a spot of Read more [...]
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The Eroica
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The Eroica is a bike “race” – depending on the itinerary – which Read more [...]
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Gino Bartali
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Gino Bartali (July 18, 1914 – May 5, 2000) was nicknamed “Ginettaccio” because he was grumpy Read more [...]
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Michelangelo Baits Raffaello in the Villa Farnesina
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. In the beautifully decorated Loggia of the Galatea in the Villa Farnesina, one particular image Read more [...]
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“Facciatone”
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Perhaps the most memorable part of the Siena’s incredible Duomo isn’t in the Duomo at all, but Read more [...]
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Fibonacci Series Hidden on Pisa Church
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. In September 2015, Professor Pietro Armienti found, embedded in the façade of Saint Nicola’s Read more [...]
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Florenz, Palermo und dem Englischen thron
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. What do Florence, Palermo and the English throne have in common? Let’s go back in time to the Read more [...]
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The “Sweet” Taste of Ballot
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. In the old city center of Florence, very close to Piazza della Signoria and Bargello, there is Read more [...]
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The “Ugly” Queen
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. When Catherine ‘de Medici became Queen of France, she brought to her new Country Florentine Read more [...]
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Florentine leather tradition
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Already during the XIV century, Florence was famous for the production of leather, from tanning Read more [...]
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Badia a Passignano
This historic fortified abbey in Passignano has a dramatic position in the Chianti hills. It has been destroyed and rebuilt many times throughout history, Read more [...]
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Greve in Chianti
The residents of Greve in Chianti are born and grow up around the central square, which since the middle ages, has been a vital marketplace; the crossroads Read more [...]
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Il Ponte del Diavolo (Die Teufelsbrücke)
In the small town of Borgo a Mozzano, in the province of Lucca, there is a famous humpbacked stone bridge, so dramatic, and so admirable, that it was said Read more [...]