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The Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico is marking 300 years of winemaking tradition in the famous Chianti territory.
Now in its 13th year, the annual photography showcase Seravezza Fotografia returns to Seravezza (Lucca) this week. Running from February 6 to May 1, the festival includes a ...
Pistoia is gearing up for great things in 2017. The city was named Capital of Italian Culture for 2017, as announced recently by the minister of cultural heritage, Dario Franceschini. The ministry will allocate one million euro for a set of projects that Pistoia presented in its application for
Covering topics as diverse as food, architecture and the possible meeting place of Dante and Beatrice, Pontassieve da Scoprire (Discover Pontassieve) is a new guide to the town, past and present. The guide contains some of the area’s most significant historical stories and legends, such as the meeting
Two sisters, Tessa and Arianna Moroder, both in their thirties, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds needed to purchase equipment for their new textile design workshop in Prato’s ...
The Pistoia Zoo closed out 2015 on a celebratory note with the birth of a female zebra. In celebrating the birth, on December 30, the zoo called on visitors and friends to choose her name via its Facebook page. Besting the other two top contenders, Striscia (Stripe) and Zoe, the
Data from a recent Confagricultura Toscana report indicates that 2015 was a red-letter year for Tuscan wine exports, with a record turnover of 588 million euro, a 10.5 percent increase from 2014. Confagricoltura Toscana’s representative for the wine sector, Francesco Colpizzi, commented, ‘these numbers
The Italian Ministry of Arts opened 2016 by announcing a three-year plan to invest 300 million euro in culture. Among those funds, 20 million euro has been allocated to support improvements and urgent restoration of several monuments throughout Tuscany. Minister of cultural heritage, Dario Franceschini, explained that the
Teaming up with Tuscan English Academy, Pisa’s Palazzo Blu is launching Crossroads, a free series of lectures in English. The program, which is designed to serve the international community and English-language learners, will be held monthly on Thursday evenings at 6pm in the Palazzo Blu Auditorium.
President of the Tuscan Region, Enrico Rossi, recently announced that Autolinee Toscana Spa has tentatively been selected to oversee local transportation in Tuscany. The assignment is provisional: Tuscany’s regional traffic assessor Vincenzo Ceccarelli noted that finalising selection of the overseer, which typically maintains the role for 11
After five years and a nearly two million euro restoration, San Gimignano’s twelfth-century Campatelli tower and house will reopen to the public on April 15. One of the ...
In 1996, Frances Mayes published Under the Tuscan Sun, a memoir about buying, renovating and living in an abandoned villa in rural Cortona. It went to number one on the ...
In 2014, I arrived in Tuscany to produce a rare and delicious olive oil with my own hands. Traveling back through Tuscany’s agricultural history, to live and work like the old lavoratore. Picking olives in the fields of Serravalle Pistoiese the traditional way: rising with the sun, and
Move over, Madonnas and Mannerists. Three exhibitions in Tuscany this winter pack an unusual punch, showcasing high-impact, modern images with thought-provoking themes. ph. Bettina Rheims PHOTOLUX FESTIVAL. International Biennial of Photography #LUCCA Contrast is at the core of the Photolux Festival’s Eliade-esque theme this
photos by Giulia Scarpaleggia More of a one-stop shop than a square, Pistoia’s singular piazza della Sala is one of the most multifaceted in the region, and its ...
photos by Cassie PrenaThis year, I’ve decided to broaden my Tuscan winter palate. Setting polenta and brodo aside, I’ve ventured into a bustling corner of Prato—Chinatown—in search of new yuletide ...
By now many of you will have heard about The Tuscan Times Book Club, which meets in Arezzo and in Cortona— and hopefully soon elsewhere. In Arezzo, we gather at none other than the elegant Casa Museo Ivan Bruschi, mentioned in my market article here. Director Lucio Misuri called
Darkness descends on the Tuscan landscape as weary farmers make their way home, ever mindful of dangers both real and imaginary. Ahead, the light from a farmhouse window pierces the ...
In 1600, three million pilgrims descended on Rome for the Jubilee proclaimed by Pope Clement VIII. Among them were the members of the Compagnia di Santa Caterina in Fontebranda (Society of Saint Catherine in Fontebranda), who had set off for the holy city on the famous Via Francigena. This December
The Leaning Tower of Pisa will be bathed in blue on October 24 to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations. Spotlights will illuminate the world’s much loved monument as part of the Turn the World #UNBlue initiative, presented at the United Nations Headquarters in New
The Roselle archaeological area, an Etruscan and Roman site 10 kilometres north of Grosseto, has reopened after a three-year restoration. The project, funded by ARCUS SpA, involved extensive work on the wall encircling the ancient city and to its major monuments, which include a Roman amphitheatre; expansion
From October 16 to February 14, visitors to Pisa’s Palazzo Blu can relive the Moulin Rouge’s glory days with ‘Toulouse Lautrec: Lights and Shadows of Montmartre’. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s vibrant, colourful artwork offers a slice of the nineteenth-century
Smiling buildings, trails of giant snails, plastic birds and pop-up performance art: see these and more interesting installations as Siena launches its Week of Contemporary Culture, taking place from October 9 to 17. International artists, among them Florence celebrity Clet Abraham, Chinese performance artist Xu Hong Fei and
