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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San Gimignano
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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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Anglo-Florentines and the 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 Chinese 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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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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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 [...]
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