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2. Neoclassical architecture in Tuscany - Wikipedia

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   Pasquale Poccianti, Cisternone, Livorno. Neoclassical architecture in Tuscany established itself between the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century within a historical-political framework substantially aligned with the one that affected the rest of the Italian peninsula, while nonetheless developing original features.

3. Walls of Lucca - Wikipedia

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   Trees along the wall, initially planted as a reserve of wood in the event of a siege, further enhanced the appeal as a public space. The conservation of the moat (although deprived of the counter-shoe) and of some external works (a very rare case in Italy), which currently perform the function of a grandiose public green park surrounding the ...

4. Italian Renaissance interior design - Wikipedia

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   Also, in such cases, porticos were built on all sides so that occupants could fully appreciate the countryside while being protected from the sun, similar to many American-style porches of today. Palladio sometimes used a loggia as an alternative to the portico. This can most simply be described as a recessed portico, or an internal single ...

5. Where is The Holiday filmed? The Surrey villages behind the ...

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   Here are the old-world market towns that set the scene for the ... The exterior scenes of Amanda’s 10,324-square-foot Tuscan-style Californian mansion were filmed at 1883 Orlando Road in San ...

6. Piazza dei Miracoli - Wikipedia

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   Piazza dei Miracoli. The Piazza dei Miracoli (Italian: [ˈpjattsa dei miˈraːkoli]; 'Square of Miracles'), formally known as Piazza del Duomo ('Cathedral Square'), is a walled 8.87-hectare (21.9-acre) compound in central Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as an important center of European medieval art and one of the finest architectural complexes in the world. [1]

7. Italianate architecture - Wikipedia

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   The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture with picturesque aesthetics. The resulting style of architecture was ...