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Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Siena | No Comments »
Monasteries were essentially rural until the beginning of the thirteenth century, when the idea of an exclusively meditative retreat was displaced by the preaching orders of friars. Suddenly, in the ... Read more..Loggia Della Mercanzia
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Siena | No Comments »
Gaps between buildings behind the Fonte Gaia lead up to the junction-point of the three main streets of Siena, marked by the fifteenth-century Loggia della Mercanzia - reluctantly Renaissance, with ... Read more..Museo Civico
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Siena | No Comments »
The Palazzo Pubblico (also known as Palazzo Comunale), with its 97m belltower, the Torre del Mangia, is the focus of the Campo, occupying virtually its entire south side. Its three-part ... Read more..North Of The Campo
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Siena | No Comments »
Exploring only slightly beyond the touristed central alleys between the Campo and the duomo reveals much more of the bustling everyday life of the city. North of the Campo, the ... Read more..Siena’s Contrade
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Siena | No Comments »
Siena takes great pride in its division into neighbourhoods, or contrade , ancient self-governing wards that formed a patchwork of tribal identity within the fabric ... Read more..Arrival and information
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Siena | No Comments »
Siena's train station is 2km northeast of town, down in the valley. It has a counter selling city bus tickets (Mon-Sat 5.50am-7.30pm; L1400/¬0.72). To get ... Read more..Radda In Chianti
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Florence - Firenze | No Comments »
A ridge 22km south of Greve is occupied by the well-heeled town of Castellina in Chianti : its walls, fortress and the covered perimeter walkway ... Read more..Chianti Region
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Florence - Firenze | No Comments »
Ask a sample of northern Europeans to describe their idea of paradise, and the odds are it will sound much like Chianti , the territory of vineyards and hill-towns that ... Read more..Arrival, information and accommodation
Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Arezzo | No Comments »
Arezzo is a major stop for trains between Florence and Rome, and is also served by a branch line from Perugia. Buses from Siena and elsewhere arrive diagonally opposite the ... Read more..Painting and sculpture
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 Posted in Italy Painting and Sculpture | No Comments »
Italy's contribution to European painting and sculpture far surpasses that of any other nation. This is in part due to the triumph of the Renaissance period, but Italy can also ... Read more..