Sentences with phrase «tuscan city»

The Lucca Center of Contemporary Art (also known as Lu.C.C.A) is a non-collecting art museum and exhibition space in the Tuscan city of Lucca, central Italy.

Serious opera buffs audition through the College - Conservatory of Music for spots in seven programs — which include production, conducting, and orchestral and chamber music — then, if they're selected, take off to participate in the festival in Tuscan city of Lucca.

Italy to open prison for transgender inmates: «The prison, at Pozzale, near the Tuscan city of Florence, is expected to house inmates who mainly have convictions for drug - related offences and prostitution.

Verdon draws upon the resources of the Diocesan Museum of Prato, a Tuscan city with a booming textile industry and many wealthy collectors who have lent their pieces to the museum.

Those statues look towards Siena, as rivalry between the cities (well, amongst all Tuscan cities, really) was fierce and people wanted this to be a clear statement.

From the age of 11 she accompanied her father on trips to Italy where she acquired his passion for the Tuscan landscape and Renaissance art, admiring the art and architecture of Florence and Lucca and other Tuscan cities.

An investigation into how the piazza functions as a site for religious and civic performance in the Tuscan cities of Florence and Siena

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Florence is a city not only rich in culture and history but food as well, and the «Pizza and Gelato Cooking Class in Tuscan Farmhouse from Florence,» operated by Walkabout Florence Tours, places second on TripAdvisor's list.

After appreciating the city's Renaissance architecture and art, sample some of the region's delectable Tuscan food and wine.

Pius also brought a pragmatic desire to realize in this small town what his papal predecessor Nicholas V desired but could not realize for Rome: the «most perfect paradise» of the Vatican district, a City of God on the Tuscan side of the Tiber.

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Mastroianni is the lonely flâneur who meets and falls in love with a fragile young woman (Maria Schell) amidst the fog - shrouded night world of the Tuscan canal city of Livorno.

The Renaissance city of Firenze (Florence to English speakers) figures strongly in this issue of BookPage; in my Whodunit column, I reviewed Magdalen Nabb's Vita Nuova, a contemporary mystery set in the Tuscan capital.

Ideally located on the hills of Pisa, in San Giuliano Terme, just few kilometres from the most important cities of arts as well as nearby undiscovered corners of Tuscan countryside.

Whether you want to spend some time meandering through the medieval cities of Tuscany, soaking up art and history, harvesting your choice of the finest fresh produce and savouring it with a beautifully matched bottle of wine, or just want to relax and lie in a pool within the comfort of a charming relais bathed in sunshine — this is the place for you to experience the quintessential Tuscan lifestyle.

There's plenty to do in the cities of Tuscany — from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to the innumerable museums and cathedrals of Florence — but in the countryside, you can finally live out your Under the Tuscan Sun fantasy in a provincial town with a good bottle of wine.

And so, at 7 PM, I found myself searching Rail Europe «s website and booking some last minute train tickets for Tuscan day trip from Florence that would bring us to two new cities: Pisa and Lucca!

If you don't want to eat in crowded Pienza, there a number of agriturismo just outside of the city where you can lunch in the Tuscan hills.

Favour began her study of figs along the steep winding alleys of the Tuscan hilltop city of Cortona and her fascination has continued visits to the back - yards of homes across Southern California.

From your base, take excursions to Greve, where you'll visit a renowned Chianti wine estate and indulge in a typical Tuscan lunch; visit Pisa, with its world - famous Leaning Tower; and stroll in Florence on your walking tour of the Renaissance city center.

This enchanting Tuscan style estate portrays pure luxury and elegance and offers spectacular views of the hills in and around the capital city.

Elegant Room with panoramic view over the Tuscan countryside of the Valdichiana Decorated in tones of orange and yellow, with a comfortable queen - size bed and a hand - painted wardrobe, this light and welcoming room overlooks the Valdichiana and its lakes through a wide window set in the ancient city walls.

The landscapes, art and architecture of Italy are timelessly captivating and for couples on holiday there are few places as romantic as a medieval Tuscan village or Renaissance city for a lingering candlelit dinner.

I Melograni del Chianti farm holiday residence is located in the Tuscan hills, in the small medieval town of Talciona, a perfect barycentre in between the biggest cities of art in Tuscany: Florence, Siena, Volterra and San Gimignano.

Born to a middle - class family in the Tuscan port city of Livorno, he grew up under fascism, an experience that fuelled a longstanding distrust of order and systems.

Maria is set to exhibit her work in a solo show called «Marmo & Bronzo» in the Sala delle Grasce, in Pietrasanta, a city on the Tuscan riviera called Italy's «Little Athens» for its marble studios and bronze foundries.

His bond with Tuscan history and art is further enhanced by the exhibition's intense interaction with such museums and institutions as the Grande Museo del Duomo, the Gallerie degli Uffizi and the Museo di Santa Maria Novella in Florence, as well as with the cities of Empoli and Arezzo.