Moments in Northern Italy: Bologna, Verona, Lake Garda (Part 1)
Traveling around Northern Italy was therapeutic in a way. The scenery was just so beautiful and architecture was simply amazing. Italians are known to be people who knows how to enjoy life and I had my take of it too! A journey of exploring, experiencing and reflecting as I stepped into different towns.
Flight from Frankfurt to Bologna didn't take too long and before I know it, I was in the charming town of Bologna. I took a bigger step to look for Romeo (and Juliet) in Verona and then to Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy.
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Places featured in the video:
Bologna:
- Bologna Cathedral (Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Pietro)
- Palazzo d'Accursio and Fountain of Neptune at Piazza Maggiore
- Two Towers of Bologna (Le due Torri)
- Trattoria Anna Maria
- La Sorbetteria Castiglione
Verona:
- Arena di Verona
- Juliet's House (Casa di Giulietta)
- Piazza delle Erbe
- Ponte Pietra (Stone Bridge)
- Ristorante Redentore
Lake Garda:
- Il Vittoriale
- Tignale
- Riva del Garda
- Bardolino
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Places to see in ( Tuscany - Italy )
Places to see in ( Tuscany - Italy )
Tuscany is a region in central Italy. Its capital, Florence, is home to some of the world’s most recognizable Renaissance art and architecture, including Michelangelo’s David statue, Botticelli’s works in the Uffizi Gallery and the Duomo basilica. Its diverse natural landscape encompasses the rugged Apennine Mountains, the island of Elba’s beaches on the Tyrrhenian Sea and Chianti’s olive groves and vineyards.
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, traditions, history, artistic legacy and its influence on high culture. Tuscany is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contains well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace. Tuscany is traditionally a popular destination in Italy, and the main tourist destinations by number of tourist arrivals are Florence, Pisa, Montecatini Terme, Castiglione della Pescaia and Grosseto.[5] The village of Castiglione della Pescaia is also the most visited seaside destination in the region, with seaside tourism accounting for approximately 40% of tourist arrivals in Tuscany. Additionally, Siena, Lucca, the Chianti region, Versilia and Val d'Orcia are also internationally renowned and particularly popular spots among travellers.
Seven Tuscan localities have been designated World Heritage Sites: the historic centre of Florence (1982); the Cathedral square of Pisa (1987); the historical centre of San Gimignano (1990); the historical centre of Siena (1995); the historical centre of Pienza (1996); the Val d'Orcia (2004), and the Medici Villas and Gardens (2013). Tuscany has over 120 protected nature reserves, making Tuscany and its capital Florence popular tourist destinations that attract millions of tourists every year. In 2012, the city of Florence was the world's 89th most visited city, with over 1.834 million arrivals.
Tuscany is a traditionally popular destination in Italy, and the main tourist destinations by number of tourist arrivals are Florence, Pisa, Montecatini Terme, Castiglione della Pescaia and Grosseto. Additionally, the Chianti region, Versilia and Val d'Orcia are also internationally renowned and particularly popular spots among travellers. As far as seaside tourism is concerned, which represents 40% of tourist arrivals in the region, Castiglione della Pescaia's sea has been repeatedly nominated as Italy's best sea by the Italian non-governmental environmentalist organisation Legambiente. Castiglione gained the first place in the most recent ranking too, published in 2015. The town is also the most visited seaside destination in Tuscany, and fourth most visited overall, with circa 1.3 million tourist arrivals recorded in 2015. Other popular seaside destination are Grosseto (second most popular after Castiglione), Orbetello (third most popular), Monte Argentario, Viareggio, Elba and Giglio Island.
Alot to see in ( Tuscany - Italy ) such as :
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Florence Cathedral
Uffizi Gallery
Piazza del Campo
Siena Cathedral
Piazza dei Miracoli
Galleria dell'Accademia
Florence Baptistery
Palazzo Vecchio
BargelloPiazza della Signoria
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Giotto's Campanile
Santa Croce, Florence
San Miniato al Monte
Elba
David , Michelangelo
Torre del Mangia
Ponte Vecchio
Palazzo Pitti
Lucca Cathedral
Palazzo Pubblico
Monte Amiata
Piazzale Michelangelo
Boboli Gardens
San Michele in Foro
Basilica di San Lorenzo, Firenze
Piazza dell' Anfiteatro
Basilica of San Frediano
San Francesco, Arezzo
Santa Maria della Pieve
Collegiate Church of San Gimignano
Santa Maria Novella
Piazza del Duomo, Florence
Pisa Baptistery
Loggia dei Lanzi
Villa La Petraia
Santa Maria della Spina
Medici Chapel
Villa di Castello
Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park
Palazzo Strozzi
Pisa Cathedral
Palazzo Medici Riccardi
Abbey of San Galgano
Vasari Corridor
Museo Galileo
San Marco, Florence
Piazza della Repubblica, Florence
Brunelleschi's dome
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Introduction to town of Atrani, Italy
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Tourism in Tuscany Italy - Best Tourist Attractions
Tourism in Tuscany Italy - Best Tourist Attractions
Florence, Pisa and Siena
Tuscany is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 square miles) and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants (2013). The regional capital is Florence (Firenze).
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, traditions, history, artistic legacy, and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contains well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace. Tuscany produces wines, including Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino. Having a strong linguistic and cultural identity, it is sometimes considered a nation within a nation.
Tuscany is traditionally a popular destination in Italy, and the main tourist destinations by number of tourist arrivals in 2014 were Florence, Pisa, Montecatini Terme, Castiglione della Pescaia and Grosseto. The village of Castiglione della Pescaia is the most visited seaside destination in the region, with seaside tourism accounting for approximately 40% of tourist arrivals in Tuscany. Additionally, Siena, Lucca, the Chianti region, Versilia and Val d'Orcia are also internationally renowned and particularly popular spots among travellers.
Seven Tuscan localities have been designated World Heritage Sites: the historic centre of Florence (1982); the Cathedral square of Pisa (1987); the historical centre of San Gimignano (1990); the historical centre of Siena (1995); the historical centre of Pienza (1996); the Val d'Orcia (2004), and the Medici Villas and Gardens (2013). Tuscany has over 120 protected nature reserves, making Tuscany and its capital Florence popular tourist destinations that attract millions of tourists every year. In 2012, the city of Florence was the world's 89th most visited city, with over 1.834 million arrivals.
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Places to see in ( Montalcino - Italy ) Fortezza di Montalcino
Places to see in ( Montalcino - Italy ) Fortezza di Montalcino
Castle of Montalcino
The external front with the Medicean bastion.
The front inside the walls with the main door.
Montalcino can be easily reached from Siena following the via Cassia (ss2) until just beyond Buonconvento, where we find on the right the junction that leads us under the city walls.
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Montalcino is located in the heart of southern Tuscany. In the Middle Ages the territory of Montalcino was divided between four ecclesiastical districts: Arezzo, Chiusi, Grosseto and Siena. This subdivision mirrored that of antiquity, in fact here were the territories of the important Etruscan lucumonies of Arezzo, Chiusi, Roselle (Grosseto) and perhaps also of Volterra. Many finds from this era are still preserved today in the Archaeological Museum of Montalcino.
The news starts from the end of the XIIth century, with Montalcino already an autonomous ally of Siena during the war, lost, against Florence in 1176. Soon Montalcino found himself having to counteract the expansionist aims of Siena and the alliance was broken, even in 1200 the castle was destroyed by the Sienese army, momentarily in truce with the Florentine one, also committed to eliminating the similar obstacle constituted by Semifonte. The resumption of the war with Florence prevented the Sienese from completing the conquest of Montalcino. However, the castle remained under the protectorate of the Church and the Municipality of Siena. After a failed attempt to conquer the autonomy again, in 1232 the castle was reoccupied and forced to a new alliance with Siena. After yet another revolt the castle was again conquered by the Sienese in 1252 but lost soon after thanks to the intervention of Florence and Grosseto. In Montaperti the Montalcino were lined up against Florence against Siena and the victory of the latter did nothing but lead them to a new loss of autonomy. In 1269 Siena was again defeated, in Colle, and Montalcino again free. Only after the mid-fourteenth century Montalcino returned under the control of Siena.
By now Montalcino was Sienese and in the XVth century it became one of the most important centers of the territory of the Republic. In the following century the city and the castle resisted the siege of the Imperial and Medicean army in 1553 during the war that led to the definitive Sienese capitulation in 1555. After the surrender many Sienese citizens reached Montalcino where, led by Piero Strozzi, they revived in exile the Republic. The city became the capital of the territories not yet conquered by the Florentines and resisted until 1559 when, by now isolated from the fall of Talamone and Castiglione della Pescaia, it was offered the surrender and sworn loyalty to Cosimo de 'Medici.
The castle is still practically intact today. As mentioned, its construction began in 1361 on the southern summit of the pre-existing city walls of the 1200s, incorporating the donjon of S. Martino, the S.Giovanni tower. The appearance and the classic castle-enclosure with pentagonal plan with towers at all angles. The southeast tower is flanked by the quarterdeck. The walls and towers are equipped with a jutting out round ramp, supported by small arches on inverted pyramid corbels, which can still be walked through today. The northern towers are open on the inside. The castle also incorporated an ancient basilica with three naves, then reduced to one to serve as a chapel to the fortification, of which the remains can still be seen at the north-east tower. On the south side, the mighty Medici bastion extends
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UMBRIA - CITERNA antico borgo medievale [Full HD]
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Il borgo medievale di Citerna si trova in provincia di Perugia e sorprende i visitatori con camminamenti di grande suggestione, mura, torri e un complesso sistema di cunicoli.
E' unica tra i borghi del centro Italia per la sua rarissima struttura architettonica organizzata su due livelli urbanistici sovrapposti: il borgo medioevale con strade, vicoli, monumenti, punti panoramici da cui abbracciare l'intera Valle del Tevere e, nel sottosuolo gli ammassi con camminamenti, percorsi, volte e antiche cisterne per la raccolta di acque piovane, che danno origine al nome del borgo.
Di antiche origini etrusche il suo territorio fu densamente popolato anche in età romana come è attestato dai ritrovamenti di fittili e monete in tutto il territorio. Nel periodo medioevale fu aspramente contesa tra la ghibellina Arezzo e la guelfa Città di Castello, divenendo ambito feudo delle più potenti famiglie dell'epoca.
Nel 1463 passò allo Stato Pontificio che nel 1500 la concesse in vicariato alla famiglia Vitelli di Città di Castello che con alterne vicende, arrichendola di monumenti e opere d'arte, la resse fino alla fine del XVII secolo. Nel 1849 ospitò Garibaldi mentre si ritirava verso Ravenna e nel 1860, prima fra tutte le città umbre, entrò a far parte del Regno d'Italia.
Citerna ospita un'opera di grande pregio, che è la Madonna col Bambino di Donatello, opere di Pomarancio, scuola di Raffaellino dal Colle e Signorelli. (testo di:Loredana Corina Bobinca Berbece)
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It is the only village in the Italian center having a rare architectural based on two urban overlapping lyers: the medieval village with its streets, alleys, monuments and viewponts from where to see the entire upper Tibber valley.
In the underground layer there are clusters with walkways, vaulted ancient cisterns for the water gathering that gives the name to village.
With its ancient Etruscan origin its territory was densely populated also in Roman times, as is testified by fictiles and coins, found all around the area. During the Middle Ages it was a bitter bone of contention between Ghibelline Arezzo and Guelph Città di Castello. In 1463 it passed to the Papal - State and in the year 1500 Citerna was given in vicar to the family Vitelli from Città di Castello, which with alternate events and after having it enriched with work of art and monuments, kept it until the end of the XVII century. In 1849, Citerna gave hospitality to Garibaldi whilst he retreated towrds Ravenna and in 1860 it entered, being the first Umbrian town, to be part of the Italian Kingdom.
Citerna hosts a work of great value, which is the Madonna and Child by Donatello, newly restored, works of Pomarancio and Raffaellino dal Colle's school and Signorelli's school.
In Giro per la Città di Grosseto
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VAL D'ORCIA TOSCANA - CASTELLO DI RIPA D'ORCIA - S.Quirico d'Orcia TOSKANA TUSCANY
1213 - 2013 - 800TH ANNIVERSARY !
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Toskana - Cortona - Etruskerstadt im Valdichiana
Schon von weitem ist Cortona zu sehen, liegt es doch wunderbar auf vier Terrassen am Hang des Monte Sant´Egidio in 494 bis 650 m Höhe. Den Wagen muss man unten vor dem Stadttor stehen lassen, sonst kann man sich der Faszination der städtebaulich so interessanten, ursprünglich etruskischen Siedlung nicht hingeben. Am Beispiel Cortona lässt sich gut vorstellen, wie sicher sich hier die Etrusker gefühlt haben mochten, wie die Stadt ausgesehen haben mag und was die Römer daraus machten. Doch wie sie heute Aussieht zeigen wie Ihnen in unserem Video.