October 23, 2010
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Pienza – the model of the Renaissance town in the heart of Tuscany, Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Pienza is a lovely town, whose small chamber center had been almost totally rebuilt by Pope Pius II. in 15th century. In 1405 in Corsignanu, as Pienza was called at that time, […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights
October 16, 2010
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Crete Senesi – Siennese Clays with its diversified “lunar” landscape in Tuscany, Italy Updated: May 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Crete Senesi is the area not far from Siena, in the valley of rivers Arbia, Ombrone, and Asso. The area includes the towns like Asciano, Buonconvento, Monteroni d’Arbia, Rapolano Terme and San Giovanni […]
Tags: ancient-churches, brick-tower, brunello-di-montalcino, buonconvento, crete-senesi, etruscans, fortified-village, growing-corn, italy, landscape, lunar, lunar-landscape, medieval-atmosphere, medieval-costumes, medieval-towns, mill-dates, monte-oliveto-maggiore, nature, outskirts-of-town, rapolano-terme, san-giovanni, sant-agata, siennese-clays, thermal-water, tuscany, tuscany-italy
Categories: Italy, Nature
October 2, 2010
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Siena – medieval traditions in the heart of Tuscany | Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Siena is the best preserved medieval city in Italy, surrounded with the ancient walls. It is located in the heart of Tuscany and has 55k inhabitants. It is said that the people of Siena speak […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights
September 20, 2010
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Parco dell’Uccellina – oasis full of natural beauty in Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More Located in Tuscany, Italy as part of the Parco Naturale della Maremma, the Parco dell’Uccellina has grown to become a very popular tourist destination. The Parco dell’Uccellina is a nature reserve that is dedicated to some […]
Tags: archaeological-evidence, deer, dell, italian-birds, italy, map, mare, natural-beauty, nature, oasis, parco-dell-uccellina, parco-delluccellina, parco-naturale, park, periods, porcupines, red-foxes, talamone, turtles, tuscany-italy, tyrrhenian-coast, wild-animals, wild-boar
Categories: Italy, Nature
September 3, 2010
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Chianti – the region of unique wine | Tuscany, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More In Tuscany, Italy, you will find the area that is known simply as Chianti. Every year, countless people from all over the globe make their way to Chianti, one of the most well-known wine regions of […]
Tags: arezzo, borders, bottle-of-wine, calendars, chianti, chianti-region, chianti-wine, chianti-wine-region, countryside, countryside-villages, crowds, elsa, florence, florentine, gentle-hills, globe, italy, landscape, landscapes, map, olive-groves, photographs, pistoia, postcards, region, rolling-hills, siena, stone-villages, tuscany, tuscany-italy, unique-wine, valdarno, wine, wine-area, wine-regions-of-italy, wineries-in-italy, wines, world-today
Categories: Italy, Nature
