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Torre Guelfa Hotel, Florence Italy
This is our favorite place to stay in Florence. A block or so from the Arno, the Ponte Vecchio, and a quick walk to the Palazzo Vecchio, the Duomo, the Baptistery, and the Accademia. The hotel has the tallest private tower in Florence, left when in the 1400s the municipal government put a halt to the endless construction of ever-taller towers. There's a two-level patio on top from which you can see much of Florence.
St. John Evangelist Abbey, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe
San Giovanni Evangelista is a church in Parma, northern Italy, part of a complex also including a Benedictine convent and grocery. Works for the abbey and church were started in the 10th century over a pre-existing oratory associated with St. Colombanus. In 1477 the whole complex was damaged by a fire. The abbey basilica was rebuilt from around 1490, with the present design by Bernardino Zaccagni dating from 1510. The construction ended around 1519. The design included since the beginning a thoroughly painting decoration of the interior, and a contract had been signed with the young Correggio, who a had already worked in another Benedictine monastery, in the Camera della Badessa of San Paolo. Correggio executed five frescoes groups. The first includes the lunette with St. John and the Eagle (c. 1520), followed by the dome, with the Ascension of Christ and the drum and the four pendentives decoration. The third work was the decoration of the vault and the apse ceiling of the Cappella Maggiore, partially destroyed in 1586 when the choir was prolonged: today the central fragment with the Coronation of the Virgin (now at the Galleria nazionale di Parma) has survived. The fourth intervention was in the choir's walls, which were totally destroyed during its reconstruction. Finally, Correggio added a painted frieze which runs for the whole internal perimeter. Preparatory drawings show that also the parts executed by his pupils were designed by Correggio, such as the candelabra in the presbytery's vault and the puttos on the cross-vaults. Around 1524, Correggio also painted two canvasses in the Del Bono Chapel, now at the Galleria nazionale di Parma: the Lamentation for Dead Christ and the Martyrdom of Four Saints. The marble façade of the church was designed by Simone Moschino in Baroque style in 1604, and completed in 1607. The bell tower on the right side, perhaps designed by Giovanni Battista Magnani, was completed in 1613. With a height of 75 meters, it is the tallest in Parma. The interior is on the Latin cross plan, with a nave and two aisles covered with cross vaults, and a dome at the crossing. The structure is similar to the nearby cathedral's. The grooved piers are Renaissance elements of classical inspiration. In the nave is a frieze by Correggio and his workshop (c. 1522-1524). Is ia long strip with monochrome paintings (with few red details) on a dark blue background, including also some tondoes with portraits of Benedictine popes, cardinals and monks. The main feature is a series of puttos in actions symbolizing the importance of the Christian mess and sacrifice. The grotesque decorations on the semi-piers and the vault decoration (with candelabra, puttos and symbols of St. John the Evangelist) were also from Correggio's pupils, in particular Michelangelo Anselmi (c.1520). The left nave has a baptismal font whose base is a c. 1st century AD Roman funerary monument. The twelve side chapels were frescoes by local artists (including Angelo Michele Colonna) in the late 16th century and early 17th century. The first chapel on the left has an arch frescoed by Parmigianino, with St. Agatha and the Executioner and Sts. Stephen and Lawrence. These are monumental figures influenced by Pordenone's frescoes in the Cathedral of Cremona. Another Sts. Stephen and Lawrence and a Saint Vitalis with the Horse, both by Parmigianino, are in the following chapel. Attributed to Parmigianino, but today considered by Anselmi, is a fresco cycle in the Zancheri Chapel, whose altarpiece is by Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli (Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria, 1536). Anselmi also painted a Christ Carrying the Cross (c. 1522) in the sixth left chapel. Works in the right chapels include an Cristoforo Caselli's Adoration of the Magi (1449, third chapel), Mazzola Bedoli's altarpiece of Madonna with Child and St. James (c. 1543-1545, fourth chapel), and 18th century copies of Correggio's canvasses in the Del Bono Chapel, whose arch has maintained frescoes executed by his pupils under his design (Conversion of St. Paul and Saints Andrew and Peter). The ceiling of the left crossing was painted by Anselmi with a St. Benedict Enthroned and Four Saints (1521), while the walls show terracotta sculptures by Antonio Begarelli (St. John the Evangelist and Madonna with Child and St. John, c. 1543).
Sbandieratori - 50th Anniversary of Florence - Kyoto Twin Cities
Sbandieratori di Firenze on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Florence - Kyoto Twin Cities, 8 June 2015, Florence
Agriturismo in Reggello near Florence (Florence)
This farmhouse is located in the village of Reggello, rises up close to the city of Florence, amid rural scenery that is highlighted by its small walls denoting boundaries and country roads leading to farmhouses, geometric shaped vineyards and olive groves interspersed with cypress trees. The estate with its 120 acres of grounds produces a very prestigious extra virgin olive oil and an excellent Chianti wine in accordance with an ancient farming tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. The guests can buy the products in the typical shop inside the Agriturismo and participate to the tastings that can easily be organized during their stay. The farmhouse is set out in the country, far from the noisy and bustle of the city but at the same time its location is such that in a short time you are within easy reach of famous historic towns such as Florence, Siena and Arezzo and at walking distance from the village, where it is possible to find the main services.
INVERNO AL MULINO DI KOTLI
A destra della strada che da Rozzo (Roč ) conduce a Colmo (Hum) in riva al fiume Quieto, sorge l'antico paesino di Cotole (Kotli) terra di mugnai e tessitori,sulle rapide del fiume,addossate alle pareti rocciose ancora resistono le rovine di antichi mulini, l'atmosfera è quasi mistica, il rumore dell'acqua e del vento sovrasta le flebili voci dei fantasmi.