Places to see in ( Cortona - Italy )
Places to see in ( Cortona - Italy )
Cortona is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. Cortona is the main cultural and artistic center of the Val di Chiana after Arezzo. Cortona may be accessed by rail: the closest station is Camucia-Cortona, 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) away. There are direct trains from Florence, Rome, and Foligno (via Perugia).
The foundation of Cortona remains mixed in legends dating to classical times. These were later reworked especially in the late Renaissance period under Cosimo I de' Medici. The 17th-century Guide of Giacomo Lauro, reworked from writings of Annio da Viterbo, states that 108 years after the Great Flood, Noah entered the Valdichiana via the Tiber and Paglia rivers. He preferred this place better than anywhere else in Italy, because it was so fertile, and dwelt there for thirty years. One of Noah's descendants was Crano, his son who came to the hilltop and, liking the high position, the fine countryside and the calm air, built the city of Cortona on it in 273 years after the Great Flood.
The prevailing character of Cortona’s architecture is medieval with steep narrow streets situated on a hillside at an elevation of 600 metres (2,000 ft) that embraces a view of the whole of the Valdichiana. From the Piazza Garibaldi (still referred to by the local population by its older name, Piazza Carbonaia) is a fine prospect of Lake Trasimeno, scene of Hannibal's ambush of the Roman army in 217 BC (Battle of Lake Trasimene). Parts of the Etruscan city wall can still be seen today as the basis of the present wall. The main street, via Nazionale, is the only street in the town with no gradient, and is still usually referred to by locals by its older name of Ruga Piana.
Inside the Palazzo Casali is the Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca, displaying items from Etruscan, Roman, and Egyptian civilizations, as well as art and artefacts from the Medieval and Renaissance eras. The distinguished Etruscan Academy Museum had its foundation in 1727 with the collections and library of Onofrio Baldelli. Among its most famous ancient artefacts is the bronze lampadario or Etruscan hanging lamp, found at Fratta near Cortona in 1840 and then acquired by the Academy for the large sum of 1600 Florentine scudi. Its iconography includes (under the 16 burners) alternating figures of Silenus playing panpipes or double flutes, and of sirens or harpies. Within zones representing waves, dolphins and fiercer sea-creatures is a gorgon-like face with protruding tongue. Between each burner is a modelled horned head of Achelous. It is supposed that the lampadario derived from some important north Etruscan religious shrine of around the second half of the 4th century BC. A later (2nd century BC) inscription shows it was rededicated for votive purposes (tinscvil) by the Musni family at that time.
Alot to see in ( Cortona - Italy ) such as :
Diocesan Museum
Cortona Cathedral
Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca e città di Cortona
Church of San Francesco, Cortona
Santa Margherita, Cortona
Piazza della Repubblica
Fortezza Medicea di Girifalco
Molesini
Porta Bifora
Porta Sant'Agostino
Porta Colonia
Porta Berarda
Porta Montanina
Porta Santa Margherita
Audit Artea
Galleria Etrusca
Cathedral (Duomo) of Cortona (Santa Maria)
Basilica of Santa Margherita
Guzzetti Chapel
Spirito Santo
San Benedetto
San Cristoforo
San Domenico
San Filippo Neri
San Francesco
San Marco
San Niccolò
Santa Chiara
(Former) church of the Gesù
Abbey of Farneta
Franciscan Convent de Le Celle
San Donnino (or, Madonna della Croce)
Pieve di San Michele Arcangelo at Metelliano
Sanctuary of the Madonna del Bagno
San Biagio at Pierle
San Marco Evangelista
( Cortona - Italy ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Cortona . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Cortona - Italy
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Modena-Villa San Donnino-Balsamic
Biking from Florence Italy to the nearby villages
See the view of Florence Italy and the way to the nearby villages of Brozzi, San Donnino, San Mauro a Signa, Signa and the Renai Park. Pablo Bisquera.
Birthplace of Giuseppe Verdi, Busseto, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe
The birthplace of Giuseppe Verdi is Roncole Verdi, a fraction of Busseto, in the province of Parma. Presents - in the description that has made Barigazzi Giuseppe Verdi in his book - Life · The works, published by San Paolo Periodicals - as a poor house, low and long, a little 'crooked', surrounded all around by a handful of small buildings and in which is a palpable sense of the wretched life of those times, the imprint of fatigue, of poverty with dignity. On the ground floor there was a tavern-grocery Carlo Verdi and Luigia Uttini, housewife while spinner, parents of the future composer, with the windows barred to lighten the so-called tax on the air, one of thousand gabelle that complicated life, especially that of the poor, in the early nineteenth century. Premises are now home to the keepers of the house-museum was the kitchen of the old tavern. Not far - protected by a door that seems steeped in centuries of rain, in the words of Barigazzi - are located on the premises that served as shelter for the buggy, horses, pigs, chickens, hay, the oven and the furnace for the laundry. On the first floor, at the mouth of the scale, in a small room closed by the sloping roof, there was the attic; nearby, the low-ceilinged room with exposed beams where Giuseppe Verdi was born October 10, 1813, the day on Sundays and feast of the local patron saint, St. Donnino. The birth certificate will be registered in Busseto, the common reference. At that time, Roncole (then Roncole Busseto or, more simply, Le Roncole) was part of the territory of French occupation, that is, outside the territory of the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, or the Taro (named after the river that down dall'Appennino flows into the Po) then part of the Kingdom of Italy. Carlo Verdi walked the short ride in a carriage that separated from Roncole Busseto, along a flat, dusty, among wheat fields and expanses of grass, to sourcing from Antonio Barezzi, wholesale grocer, patron and good amateur musician (and also president of the Busseto Philharmonic and father of the future first wife Verdi). It will be this friendship to be decisive when, now a teenager, Verdi will be sent to Busseto still studying at religious. It will be Barezzi to put him in touch with Ferdinand Provesi, director of the municipal school of music and organist of the Collegiate, considered the one who first had knowledge of the innate talent of the great composer. The same Barezzi - that has become father of Verdi, who had married his daughter Margherita -will be decisive in the transfer to Milan of his pupil and son-in towards the beginning of what would have been a brilliant career.
ISOLA DEI PESCATORI o ISOLA SUPERIORE - Lago Maggiore Isole Borromee
GARFAGNANA: Borghi lungo la Via del Volto Santo - di Sergio Colombini
La Via del Volto Santo è una variante al percorso identificato dall'Arcivescovo di Canterbury Sigerico alla fine del X° secolo. Questa arteria è stata percorsa per tutto e oltre il Medioevo. Il percorso abbandona l'arteria principale della Via Francigena appena oltre la Pieve di Sorano di Filattiera e attraversa la Lunigiana orientale toccando le Pievi di Venelia e di Soliera, Fivizzano, Offiano, Pieve San Lorenzo fino a giungere in Garfagnana dal Passo di Tea e l’Ospitale di San Nicolao. Il primo tratto in Garfagnana è su crinale fino a Varliano, da qui la strada scende verso il comune di Piazza al Serchio incontrando Gragnana, San Michele, Piazza al Serchio, San Donnino, Verrucole, San Romano in Garfagnana, Sambuca, Villetta, Pontecosi, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Cascio,Gallicano, Fornaci di Barga, Ghivizzano, Calavorno, Rocca, Borgo a Mozzano, Diecimo, Valdottavo, Domazzano, Ponte a Moriano e infine arriva a Lucca dove nella chiesa di San Martino è venerata la statua del Volto Santo. In questo breve video ho visitato alcuni borghi della Garfagnana attraversati dalla Via del Volto Santo.
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Emma Villas - Le Terre di Nunzio (Toscana - Montepulciano - Siena)
ENG: A farmhouse immersed in vineyards at the foot of Montepulciano: this is the stunning setting that enfolds Le Terre di Nunzio, a completely renovated stone house with a rustic air, ready to welcome its guests who, despite being just a minutes from the famous borgo, known as the pearl of the Val di Chiana, close to the Val d'Orcia, can enjoy the discreet and tranquil atmosphere, guaranteed by the peace of the most typical Sienese countryside. Equipped with all mod cons, the house has large, luminous and welcoming rooms where tradition reigns and the materials are the result of the best local traditional workmanship: terracotta, wood for the ceiling beams and the floors of the sleeping area, fine travertine marble for the bathrooms and fireplace. The furnishings combine perfectly with the pastel tones of the walls and upholstery and define a harmonious noteworthy whole, declined in the colours of nature seen from the windows; an intimate atmosphere is breathed in the bedrooms, with wrought iron beds, floral decorations and canopies. Outside, the huge terrace and the pool offer a unique viewpoint over the neat rows of vines embracing the property that will produce the delicious nectar of the gods, the famous Nobile di Montepulciano, made from a very high quality Sangiovese grape which can be savoured here in its purest essence. Perched on the hill, the borgo can be seen in all its glory: admiring it at sunset whilst sitting at the pool with a glass of red wine will be a truly magical experience. The location of this house makes it the ideal destination for those who like to travel, by bike or car, the scenic roads that wind through the vast territory around Siena, discovering simple, essential pleasures - the taste of genuine cuisine, fine wine with its unmistakable aroma, nature brilliant and harmonious in a multitude of colours and scents, the exquisite little towns steeped in art and tradition, like Montalcino, San Quirico, Cetona, Cortona, all in the immediate vicinity. Finally, to round off with a sense of well-being, a rejuvenating visit to the nearby prestigious spas of Montepulciano, Bagno Vignoni, Chianciano and San Casciano dei Bagni cannot be missed.
ITA: Un casale immerso nella vigna ai piedi di Montepulciano: è questa la scenografica cornice che avvolge Le Terre di Nunzio, una dimora in pietra, completamente vestita di nuovo, dall'aria rustica, pronta a dare il benvenuto ai graditi viaggiatori, che pur trovandosi a pochi minuti dal celebre borgo, la perla della Val di Chiana a un passo dalla Val d'Orcia, possono godere dell'atmosfera riservata e silenziosa, garantita dalla placida e più tipica campagna senese. Dotato di tutti i comfort, il casale si presenta con ampi ambienti interni, luminosi ed accoglienti, dove a prevalere è il gusto della tradizione e dei materiali, frutto della migliore tradizione artigianale locale: la terracotta, il legno per le travi dei solai e per i pavimenti della zona notte, il pregiato marmo di travertino per i rivestimenti dei bagni e del camino. Gli arredi si combinano perfettamente con le tonalità pastello delle pareti e delle tappezzerie e definiscono un tutto armonico degno di nota, declinato nei colori della natura che si ammira dalle finestre; nelle camere si respira un'atmosfera intima, con letti in ferro battuto, decori floreali e baldacchini. All'esterno, l'enorme terrazza e la piscina offrono un belvedere unico sugli ordinati filari di viti che abbracciano la proprietà e che daranno vita al prelibato nettare degli dei, il rinomato Nobile di Montepulciano, prodotto con un sangiovese di altissima qualità che qui si può gustare nella sua pura essenza. Arroccato sulla collina, il borgo si concede in tutto il suo splendore: ammirarlo nelle ore del tramonto, con davanti un bicchiere di rosso, ai bordi della piscina, sarà un'esperienza davvero magica. La posizione di questo casale lo rende una meta ideale per i viaggiatori che amano percorrere, in bici o in auto, le panoramiche strade che si snodano lungo il vastissimo territorio attorno a Siena, alla scoperta dei piaceri semplici ed essenziali, come i sapori della cucina genuina, il vino pregiato dall'aroma inconfondibile, la natura brillante ed armoniosa nella moltitudine di colori e profumi, i borghi preziosi, impregnati di arte e tradizione, come Montalcino, San Quirico, Cetona, Cortona, tutti nelle immediate vicinanze. Infine, per completare in pieno benessere, non potrà mancare una tappa rigenerante presso i vicini e prestigiosi stabilimenti termali di Montepulciano, Bagno Vignoni, Chianciano e San Casciano dei Bagni.
Sarzana, Liguria
Sarzana, Liguria