Three itineraries for uncovering the best of the Tuscan region. Quaint, ancient, intricately constructed towns are situated fairly close to one another along the flow of the Sieve River. What was once an area dominated by important Etruscan developments later becomes, in Roman times, the site of numerous colonies and hamlets.
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From 4th to 7th October Pisa shows the future of the Net: 4 days, 104 events, 200 speakers, 12 locations spread around the city, concerts, installations, exhibitions, contests and workshops. From the city symbol of Italian computing – University of Pisa, born in 1969, was the first degree course in computer science from the National Research Council of Italy.
The Mugello Tuscany Open golf on the calendar in the Challenge Tour and Pro Tour Pilsner Urquell scheduled October 18 to 21 in the golf course of UNA Poggio dei Medici Golf Club, was canceled. The exceptional drought conditions, which have affected Tuscany in summer, have had some problems in the field.
Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, one of Italy’s leading family-owned wine companies, has chosen Lorraine Sules of White Plains, New York as the winner of the 2011 ‘Tuscany To You’ recipe contest. Lorraine’s recipe of Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms was awarded the top prize because of her recipe’s creativity, simplicity and depth of flavor.
Dana Fry and Jason Straka are designing a new golf course at PGA of Italy National Resort and Spa, near the town of Aulla, in Tuscany, Italy, under the auspices of Hurdzan-Fry Environmental Golf Course Design. The golf course at PGA of Italy National Resort and Spa, overlooking the Apennine Mountains, will cover hilly terrain, blending with the surrounding rolling Tuscan landscape.
Italian archaeologists are searching for the remains of the real-life Mona Lisa. They have found two more skeletons. The two bodies were found under the basement of a former convent in Florence, Italy, on Tuesday. The team believes Lisa Gherardini, said to be the model in Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous piece, is buried there.
In the historical premises of Old Conventino, renovated and changed in the beating heart of the artistic craft in Florence, Lungoungiorno returns in an autumn version. In the sign of handicraft and of Florentine tradition, there will be a two-day market exhibition of unique products, workshops to test manual skills and creativity and for the most greedy people.
The Euro-Crisis in Germany and Italy is the debate on October 2, 2012,at 6 pm, Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy. In his talk, Professor Ertman will focus on the way the current European crisis has been understood and discussed in Germany. Thomas Ertman is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at NYU.
George Clooney will be actor and producer of the film “The Monster of Florence”. In 2104 the actor will play the writer Douglas Preston, who in 2000 moved with his family to Italy and the Italian journalist Mario Spezi, who began a journalistic investigation on the eight dual murders that took place around Florence between 1968 and 1985.
The project La Città degli Uffizi has as inspiration the showing artists of the famous gallery in their original places. At Impruneta there is an exhibition dedicated to its illustrious citizen Alessandro Pieroni, painter and architect of the court of the Medici and with him on display are the painters who were at his side in a grotesque decoration of the loggia of the Uffizi: Alessandro Allori, Giovanni Bizzelli, Giovanmaria Butteri, Ludovico Buti and Cigoli.
