Sinalunga market in Tuscany
Sinalunga has its weekly market on Tuesday. Among other items, you can find fresh produce, porchetta (pork), cheese, clothing, assorted household goods, table cloths. Even if you don't need anything in particular, if you're in the area, it is a fun place to visit! See my blog post on Feeding my Belly in Tuscany at
Best Views of the Amazing Churches of Palermo, Sicily, Italy
0.00 - 0.26 San Domenico
0.27 - 1.35 Cattedrale di Palermo
1.36 - 2.32 La Martorana o Chiesa di Santa Maria dell' Ammiraglio
2.33 - 3.44 Santa Caterina
3.45 - 4.45 San Giuseppe dei Teatini
4.46 - 5.39 Casa Professa o chiesa del Gesu'
5.40 - 5.49 Santa Maria della Pietà
5.50 - 5.53 Santa Teresa alla Kalsa
5.54 - 6.03 Santa Maria della Catena
6.04 - 6.42 San Domenico
VINCI and SAN GIMIGNANO
Crazy time with Yulia and Mirko while they continue on them journey to discover cities and sites of Tuscany, the surprising region of Italy. This time they are going to Vinci, city of the greatest Leonardo and to San Gimignano, an amazing medieval town into the Siena province.
What Mirko used to film this video:
PANASONIX LUMIX GH5
GOPRO HERO
ZHIYUN CRANE V2
ZHIYUN BARRA MANIGLIE
MIC SENNHEISER
MIC RODELINK VIDEOMAKER KIT
MAGIC ARM
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Extras
CASE PRO
ATOMOS NINJA INFERNO
BATTERY PACK F-990
FOLLOW FOCUS
MATTE BOX
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Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy: Jewel on the Hill
More info about travel to Civita di Bagnoregio: Perched on a pinnacle, in a grand canyon, the traffic-free village of Civita is Italy's classic hill town. In a town so full of history, exploring Civita becomes a cultural scavenger hunt.
At you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.
Places to see in ( Montalcino - Italy ) Abbazia di Sant'Antimo
Places to see in ( Montalcino - Italy ) Abbazia di Sant'Antimo
The Abbey of Sant'Antimo, Italian: Abbazia di Sant'Antimo, is a former Benedictine monastery in the comune of Montalcino, Tuscany, central Italy. It is approximately 10 km from Montalcino about 9 km from the Via Francigena, the pilgrim route to Rome. The name of the abbey may refer to Saint Anthimus of Rome, whose relics were supposedly moved here during the late 8th century.
After many years of disuse, the abbey was reoccupied in 1992 by a small community of Premonstratensian Canons Regular. Since January 2016, the occupants are a community of monks of the Olivetan Benedictine order. A tributary of the river Orcia, the Starcia, runs near the abbey.
In 1291 Pope Nicholas IV ordered the union of the abbey with the Guglielmites, a reformed branch of the Benedectines, in order to give back strength to the abbey. However, after another period of decay in the 15th century, Pope Pius II annexed St. Antimus to the new diocese of Montalcino-Pienza (1462), whose bishop was Pius' nephew. The abbey decayed to the point that in the 19th century it was used as stable. In the 1870s the Italian state restored it. In 1992 the abbey became again an active monastery with the arrival of a new religious community of Canons Regular of the Order of Premontre.
Of the Carolingian edifice, the apse (called Cappella Carolingia) and the portal, richly decorated with animal and vegetable motifs, are visible. The Carolingian chapel has frescoes by Giovanni d'Asciano with stories of St. Benedict and currently acts as sacristy. Under the chapel is a crypt with a nave and two aisles divided by four columns. The Sala Capitolare (Capitular Hall) is decorated with a triple mullioned window with richly decorated capitals.
Typically French in inspiration is the ambulatory with radial chapels. In Italy this scheme is known only in Santa Trinità of Venosa and the Cathedrals of Acerenza and Aversa, all in southern Italy, and in Santa Maria of Piè di Chianti, Marche. The ambulatory housed the pilgrims to pray the Martyrium, the place where the Saint's relic are placed. The aisles and the ambulatory are groin vaulted, while the nave has trusses. The nave, which is c. 20-m high, is divided into three sections: the huge arcades, the matronaeum and the chiaropiano (upper floor).
Notable is the so-called capital of Daniel in the lions' den, work of the French Master of Cabestany. It shows Daniel praying between the hungry lions, and, on the other sides, the lions devouring the accusers. The outer walls are made of Alabaster, you can shine a light against the walls and see the light translated/reflected back out to the eye.
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Italy: Market day in Pistoia, northern Tuscany - International Living
Saturday is market day in Pistoia, northern Tuscany - International Living
Places to see in ( Assisi - Italy )
Places to see in ( Assisi - Italy )
Assisi is a hill town in central Italy’s Umbria region. It was the birthplace of St. Francis (1181–1226), one of Italy’s patron saints. The Basilica of St. Francis is a massive, 2-level church, consecrated in 1253. Its 13th-century frescoes portraying the life of St. Francis have been attributed to Giotto and Cimabue, among others. The crypt houses the saint’s stone sarcophagus.
As if cupped in celestial hands, with the plains spreading picturesquely below and Monte Subasio rearing steep and wooded above, the mere sight of Assisi in the rosy glow of dusk is enough to send pilgrims' souls spiralling to heaven. It is at this hour, when the pitter-patter of day tripper footsteps have faded and the town is shrouded in saintly silence, that the true spirit of St Francis of Assisi, born here in 1181, can be felt most keenly. Though certainly at its heart a religious destination, Assisi's striking beauty and pristinely preserved medieval centro storico and Unesco-listed Franciscan structures are a fabled haven that will compel and electrify visitors of any motive.
A holy city for Christians, Assisi is an eternal destination for pilgrims wanting to the see the places where Saint Francis was born, where he worked, and where he died. In this small center – propped up on the slopes of Mount Subasio – everything in sight seems to refer to the Saint, even if it is only remotely relevant to his life. Together with almost all its surrounding territory, Assisi was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the year 2000, described as constituting a unique example of continuous history: a city-sanctuary beginning with its Umbrian-Roman origins, through the Medieval Age and up until today.
The World Heritage Committee included on its list the Basilica and other sites important to the Franciscan Order, due to the fact that they represent an amalgamation of masterpieces stemming from creative human genius – aside from being a fundamental reference in European and international art history. In particular, the Basilica of St. Francis has been defined as an extraordinary example of an architectonic complex that has heavily influenced the development of art and architecture.
The celebration for St. Francis as Patron Saint of Italy occurs every October 4; he cultivated a humble and poor style of life, which is probably why he is Italy’s most beloved saint. In this Umbrian city, the Basilica dedicated to his name and life preserves the remains of the “mendicant of Assisi,” thus making it a destination for thousands upon thousands of religious pilgrims.
Having been the birthplace of the Franciscan Order since the Middle Ages, Assisi has been the center of the Franciscan Cult and the movement’s diffusion throughout the world, focusing on a message of peace and tolerance, especially in regard to other religions.
Francis died at the age of 44, and only two years later, he was canonized in an official Church ceremony in Assisi, on July 16, 1228. On that same day, Pope Gregory IX laid the first stone of the future Basilica, destined to become the “mother house” for the Franciscan Order.
However, the initial intention of those who planned it is not one-hundred percent clear. Even today, the critics have not been able to interpret the stylistic discrepancies between the Upper and Lower churches. The Sanctuary of Assisi is one of the oldest existing Gothic churches in Italy, and its walls are decorated with frescoes by Cimabue, Giotto, Simone Martini and Pietro Lorenzetti.
In this regard, no other church can compete with the Basilica at Assisi.
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