Tuscany isn’t only art and culture but also azure seas and beaches, some sandy, some not. One of the most beautiful zones is surely the Etruscan Read more [...]
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Piazza del Campo
Siena’s Piazza del Campo is located in the central point where the three main streets meet. Its distinctive shape resembles a shell, sloping downwards, Read more [...]
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Volterra
Volterra, dramatic and atmospheric, is a place which has been immortalized in international literature. The first to put this walled village to paper was 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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“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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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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Radio CO.RA.
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. CO.RA. is the acronym for Commissione Radio. Radio CO.RA. was an illegal radio created by the 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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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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“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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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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Lorenzo the Magnificent….prankster
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. It is said that despite his nickname, Lorenzo ‘de Medici was not that good-looking; yet, he was 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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Battle of 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 [...]