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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Pistoia
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Pistoia has ancient Roman origins, where, in 62 BC the battle Read more [...]
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The Sword in the Stone
In Chiusdino, in the province of Siena, there is an ancient Cistercian abbey. The site consists of the old hermitage (called „Montesiepi 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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Villa Farnesina
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. This “little” Farnese palace, perhaps would better be named Villa Chigi, in honor of 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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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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Fiorentina Football Club
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. In order to get to know deep inside the grumpy and polemic Florentines, we must know something Read more [...]
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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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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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Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli’s “Tre Rane” Inn
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. A fun fact about the Renaissance period, transmitted through the centuries: Leonardo da Vinci 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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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 [...]
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