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 [...]
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Monteriggioni
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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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Sammezzano Castle
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“Il Toni”
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Another common expression used by old and new generations in Florence and the environs is “Il Read more [...]
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Vasco Pratolini
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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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“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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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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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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“My Friends”
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. “Amici Miei” (“My Friends”, in English) is an Italian cult comedy-drama movie – the first of a 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 [...]