The Roccone is the spur of rock where Casale il Roccone has stood for over a century and a half, in the center of the Pigelleto Nature Reserve, at the foot of Monte Amiata, in the province of Siena. It is one of the wildest and most peaceful places in[…]
The workshop is located on the ground floor of an historic building of XIV century origin, with the last remodeling dating back to the XVIII century, in Via Ventura Vitoni No. 23 in the historic center of Pistoia, in the shadow of the dome of the Church of Madonna dell’Umiltà:[…]
Situated just a few kilometres from Cortona in Tuscany, in a small valley surrounded by rolling hills, la Corte Relais is an oasis of peace and tranquillity and is perfect for those seeking both culture and tradition. Guests will be seduced by the traditional fine food and comforted by the[…]
La crocetta is a complex located 4 km away from Lucca. It was originally a Roman watchtower around which, in sixteenth-century a house was built. The house was then enlarged in XVIII century and used as a parsonage, to which is added a small chapel, from which the name la[…]
The Mulino di Rovezzano sees its origins in 800 D.C, where the families of millers worked wheat and spelt. In the following centuries it underwent various changes, and became a convent in 1300, a period in which 4 towers were built to protect the inhabitants. The mill activity continued until the[…]
Palazzo Bardi alle Grazie was built by the Busini family in the 30s of the XV century, the construction was then completed fifty years later when it became property of the Bardi family.Among the most interesting features of the building there is the courtyard that was probably designed by Filippo[…]
Palazzo Boccella was built in the early 16th century by Enrico Boccella, in 1998, after a long series of changes of ownership and changes of destination it was purchased by the Municipality of Capannori. After saving it from the inexorable decline, the Municipality conferred Palazzo Boccella to the eponymous Foundation,[…]
In 1649 Maria Maddalena Macchiavelli, the wife of the Marchese Filippo Corsini, purchased this palace from the Grand Duke Ferdinando II de’ Medici. Originally Palazzo Corsini was what was called a casino (a small house surrounded by a large garden that extended to the banks of the Arno River where[…]
Palazzo Gondi, designed in 1490 by Giuliano da Sangallo for Giuliano di Lionardo Gondi, is one of the most important palaces of the Florentine Reinassance period, together with Palazzo Medici, Palazzo Rucellai and Palazzo Strozzi. In the past, on the land where Palazzo Gondi is located, there used to be[…]
The English artist Frederick Wilson, born in Hull (England) in 1828, came to Florence to study the Renaissance, fell in love with the city its green, its hills and therefore settled there.In 1870, when Florence became the capital of Italy, he designed his residence in the new piazza d’Azeglio and[…]
