Posts by
Piazza del Campo
Piazza del Campo is undoubtedly one of the most harmonious squares in the world. Its layout lasted from 1293 to 1349. Its beautiful paving of red bricks is shell-shaped and split into nine sectors which symbolize the Council of Nine, the organ governing the city of Siena, at the time when the city was independent […]
Pistoia
Pistoia is a town of about 90,000 inhabitants in the north of Tuscany, located at the foot of the Appenines mountain. The city was a Roman oppidum, but earlier traces of Ligurian and Etruscan occupation were found. The city had its own bishop in the 5th century under the Byzantines. In 1254, Pistoia being ghibelline, […]
Palazzo Pubblico of Siena
On the Piazza del Campo square, the Palazzo Pubblico palace was built between 1297 and 1310 by the Government of the Nine as their own headquarters. Nowadays, it is still the seat of the town hall. The floors are occupied by the museum Museo Civico where one discovers in particular the rooms of the former […]
Montepulciano
Montepulciano is in the province of Siena, not far from Pienza, in the south of Tuscany. This small town of nearly 14,000 inhabitants, is medieval and Renaissance style, amidst beautiful hills, at an altitude of 605 meters. The town is known for its gastronomic production, including its wine, the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, which is […]
Cathedral of Siena
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is one of the most stunning and beautiful churches in Italy, with its white and black stones and marbles. It was built from 1136 to 1382 in the historic center of the city. A great nave remained unfinished because of terrible setbacks like the plague of 1348. If it […]
Museo Civico
The Museum of the City of Siena, the Museo Civico, was installed in the year 1930. It is located on the first floor of Palazzo Pubblico. In addition to the historical rooms, it is home to many masterpieces of Sienese art, including important frescoes such as Good and Bad Government in the Hall of the […]
Pienza
Pienza is a charming village of with more than 2,000 inhabitants, in the province of Siena, and more precisely in the Val d’Orcia. The region is renowned for its gastronomy, including delicatessen. Several trattorias offer local cuisine. In addition, the historic center has a great artistic value and is classified as a World Heritage by […]
Radicofani
Radicofani is located in the Val d’Orcia, near Pienza and Montepulciano. It is a small medieval village of a little more than 1000 inhabitants, situated at 766 meters of altitude, on a hill where dominates a fortress at 846 meters. The first historical traces date back to 1028, at the time of the Tale Ildebrando […]
Carrara
Since antiquity, Carrara is famous for its white marble, extracted in the hundreds of quarries that surround the city. The region was already inhabited in the ninth century BC by Ligurians of Celtic origin. The city was considered a capital of Italian and international anarchist thought. It still remains for some today, even if the […]
Maremma
The Natural Park of the Maremma was created in 1975. It measures 9800 hectares extending along the coast. Protected area, its nature is almost intact. Its coastal portion is one of the only parts of the Italian coastline that is virgin. It is also one of the most beautiful. The interior of the park is […]
Promontory of the Argentario
The promontory of the Argentario is in the south of the Tuscan coast, in the province of Grosseto. Until the eighteenth century it was an island, but the deposits of alluvium formed little by little two lagoons of sand which connected it to the coast. Between these, is the village of Ortebello. Off the western […]