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Loggetta del Capitano; The late Renaissance Palazzo Bourbon del Monte, built by Cosimo I de' Medici. The Church of San Mamiliano, may be the most ancient of the village. In recent years, during archaeological investigations, there has been found a treasure of near 500 golden coins of the 5th century AD.
The name derives probably from the Latin Caput Album or Campus Albus (White Cape or Field, respectively), due to the white alabaster stone dug in the area.. Capalbio is known for the first time in 805 CE, when it was donated to the Abbey of the Tre Fontane, near Rome, by Charlemagne.
Furthermore, the hamlets of Punta Ala, Riva del Sole, Roccamare and Rocchette are beach resorts catering mostly tourists from Central and Northern Europe. In the territory of Castiglione della Pescaia, the 1,000-hectare (2,500-acre) Natural Reserve of Diaccia Botrona (with 18th-century Casa Rossa Ximenes ) is a designated wetland area of ...
The National Day of the Sun (Fiesta Nacional del Sol in Spanish) is an annual celebration of nature that takes place in the City of San Juan and other locations in the San Juan province, Argentina, usually during the month of February. It gives a sample itinerary of economic activities, customs, characters and historical events of the province.
Tuscany has many small and picturesque villages, 29 of them have been selected by I Borghi più belli d'Italia (English: The most beautiful Villages of Italy), [36] a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, [37] that was founded on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National ...
Sun of May on the first Argentine coin, 1813. According to Diego Abad de Santillán, the Sun of May represents Inti, the Incan god of the sun. [1]The specification "of May" is a reference to the May Revolution which took place in the week from 18 to 25 May 1810, which marked the beginning of the independence from the Spanish Empire for the countries that were then part of the Viceroyalty of ...
Marisol de las Mercedes Echánove Rojas (born October 24, 1961 in Guanajuato), better known as María del Sol (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a ðel sol]), is a Mexican singer. [1] She is the daughter of lawyer Alonso Echánove and the actress/journalist Josefina Echánove and the younger sister of Peggy Echánove and actor Alonso Echánove .
The countryside of Tuscany, Italy, where the account takes place. Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy is a 1996 memoir by American author Frances Mayes.It was adapted by director Audrey Wells for the 2003 film Under the Tuscan Sun. [1]