Boccaccio’ s Women

November 19, 2011

One hundred paintings inspired by the Tales of Boccaccio by Jenny McIntosh, Scottish transplant to Bagni di Lucca, are on exhibit in Lucca at Corte dell’Angelo, via Roma this week beginning on November 5th (see What’s On). Her discov- ery of Boccaccio is a tale within a tale in- volving Franklin Samuel Stych, “Sam” as [...]

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Lucca Italy – Giacomo Puccini’s Birthplace Museum Now Open

September 14, 2011

The birthplace of Giacomo Puccini Museum, originally opened in 1979.  It was closed for extensive renovations and is now open again for visitors.  The museum contains precious objects belonging to the musician on the piano with all the work which he composed Turandot.
There are also autograph scores of early works like the Mass for 4 voices [...]

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Luminaria di Santa Croce–A Festival in Italy

September 13, 2011

In Lucca, a medieval walled city in the Tuscany region of Italy, an illusionary festival of lights called the Luminaria di Santa Croce, is held in September. It is part of the traditional Santa Croce Festival which is called “Settembre Lucchese” in Italian, meaning “Lucca’s September.” The origin of the festival is said to be [...]

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Movies: to inspire your Italian vacation thoughts!

September 5, 2011

A Room with a View: When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy’s life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage [...]

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More Recommended Reading – Tuscany by Sonja Bullaty

August 11, 2011

Memorable are the splendid photographs in Tuscany, which exquisitely capture the light, colors, and textures of Italy’s most romantic and inspiring region. For three decades Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo have been drawn to Tuscany and its surrounding areas endeavoring to photograph the special light, the sculpted countryside, the heralded cities and hilltowns, and the [...]

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Recommended Reading – The Most Beautiful Country Towns of Tuscany by James Bentley

August 7, 2011

Tuscany, with its sweeping hillsides planted with vineyards and olive trees, Mediterranean villas, and distinctive regional cuisine, is one of the most popular regions to visit in Italy. It can be difficult to choose which of the villages to visit to get the most out of the region. Bentley highlights 37 villages and towns; both [...]

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Chianti Wine

August 1, 2011

Chianti Wine Basics (pronounced key-ON-tee ) Everyone loves Chianti, right? But what exactly IS Chianti, and why do so many people love to order it with dinner? To begin, Chianti Classico is inside Tuscany, a region that raises the grapes that one day grow up to be part of Chianti Classico wine (Italy and France [...]

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