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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LES ROUTES BLANCHES
La Toscane, avec 45 mille km de «routes blanches», est la région italienne qui en a le plus. On appelle «routes blanches» tous ces parcours clôturés sur Read more [...]
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Piazza del Campo
La place constitue le carrefour central d’où partent les trois rues principales de la ville. La place a une forme incurvée, qui ressemble à une coquille Read more [...]
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Pistoia
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Petites fenêtres de vin
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The so-called buchette del vino were little windows built outside the main entrance of the old Read more [...]
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LA REINE “MOCHE”
On parle de Catherine de Médicis, la reine de France qui emporta avec elle des chefs et pâtissiers florentins pour respirer “l’air de sa maison”. On dit qu’elle était très Read more [...]
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Vasco Pratolini
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Vasco Pratolini is thought to be one of the most important Italian writers of the second half Read more [...]
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Gino Bartali
Gino Bartali (18 juillet 1914 – 5 mai 2000), appelé “Ginettaccio” par ses amis à cause de son caractère bourru et réservé, est un inoubliable champion cycliste, il a été trois fois Read more [...]
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La conjuration des Pazzi
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The event that more than anything else fueled rumors and aroused the curiosity of historians, Read more [...]
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Anglo-Florentins et le British Institute
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. “The double line of dark cypress, and the intricate underbrush of rosemary, lavender and Read more [...]
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Florence, Palerme et le trône d’Angleterre
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Michelangelo appâts Raffaello à la 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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Bataille de 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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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 [...]




