Leith Steel

The black rooster on a gold background is the historic symbol of Chianti Classico. The mascot has a deep-rooted background which dates to the middle ages when Florence and Siena were chief Read more [...]

Perhaps the most memorable part of the Siena’s incredible Duomo isn’t in the Duomo at all, but the grand façade just outside of it. During the Middle Ages, Siena in constant competition with its Read more [...]

This “little” Farnese palace, perhaps would better be named Villa Chigi, in honor of the powerful and wealthy Sienese banker and art lover, Agostino Chigi, who commissioned the building and Read more [...]

Let us now talk about the first D.O.C. (Denominazione di Origine Controllata, controlled designation of origin in English) ever. It all dates back to September, 24 1716, when the Gran Duke of Read more [...]

Vasco Pratolini is thought to be one of the most important Italian writers of the second half of the 20th century. Some of his writings and novels are the best representation of the realist and, Read more [...]