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BOLGHERI
Bolgheri is located on a little height at the end of the
famous Cypresses Boulevard that
stretches from San Guido.
The village is surrounded by woods,
plenty of Mediterranean vegetation and a well-tilled
plain.
Bolgheri is linked to Castagneto, - its borough - through "Via Bolgherese",
a wonderful boulevard become famous as the "Wine Road" for
its production of rare wines. Through a mighty arch of a
castle you will get into the old village.
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Indoors, among its ancient lanes and squares, little "shops" spring
up. There you may buy the typical products of the area and
taste the natural local speciality.
Between 1838 and 1848 Giosuè Carducci lived
in Bolgheri, chanted it in its lines and this village became
known all over the
world.
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VOLTERRA
Lonely on a hill (that has its boundless view from the Appennini up
to the Tyrrhenian sea), stern and peaceful at once, this town has
a particular glamour that is different from the others.
Once you reach its threshold, you will be impressed by the mighty wall, both
of the Medieval times and Etruscan ones, where there are many gates.
The most famous of them is Porta dell'Arco Etrusco
(the gate of Etruscan Arch). Indoors you will find remembrances of the severe
town of Volterra during the Medieval times. All this is helpful for us to understand
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PISA
Pisa is set in a wide floodplain (4 m. above sea level) few kilometres
far from the Tyrrhenian coast and it
stretches in the two bank of the river Arno.
Pisa is among the main cultural city of Italy. It keeps a rich artistic heritage
with its original Medieval reworking of Islamic, Lombard and local influences.
It is to note the wonderful Duomo and the leaning
tower, a monument discussed and known as one of the seven wonders of the
world.
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| It is a chief town of a province of Tuscany
and an archiepiscopal see. Nowadays
it is above all a university and research town. |
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FIRENZE
Florence stands in a pleasant valley surrounded by hills and crossed
by the river Arno.
This city is rich
in monuments, historical buildings, galleries and museums, expressing
all its magnificence of its ancient civilization.
Its world famous promenade along its monuments up to the wonderful Ponte
Vecchio (Old Bridge) is lined with characteristic goldsmith's shops.
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| Many are the monuments and the masterpieces
to visit, such as Giotto's
Tower begun by Giotto in 1334, the Pitti Palace begun from an original
design by Brunelleschi in the second half of 1400, the courtyard of Ammannati, Buonarroti
house which has some paintings of Michelangelo, Forte
di Belvedere that dates from the end of 1500. The Uffizi
Palace begun by Vasari in 1560, Loggia della Signoria begun
in1376 from an original design by Arcagno and Palazzo Vecchio built
between 1293 and 1314. |
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