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Rachael Ray always loves a good project and she certainly found one with her new home in Tuscany, Italy. Well, it sounds like it’s more than a simple renovation — it’s a little more ...
He also laid out new gardens. At the front, parterres were arranged around two pools. At the rear, a fountain was built as the focus of the garden, and another sunken 'garden of Flora' was laid out to the east. In 1816 Victoria Santini married into the eponymous Torrigiani family, who uprooted the existing garden to make an 'English style' park ...
Buildings and structures in Tuscany by province (10 C) * Roman sites of Tuscany (7 P) A. Archaeological sites in Tuscany (1 C, 15 P) B. Bridges in Tuscany (2 C, 6 P) C.
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.
The garden at the Villa di Castello, created for Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, was the first in Italy by Niccolò Tribolo, who later designed the Boboli Gardens for Cosimo's Florentine new residence, the Palazzo Pitti. Each significant member of the Medici family owned an estate. The Duke moved from house to house.
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 ] The book, published by Random House , was a New York Times bestseller for more than two and a half years, and was a New York Times Notable Book of 1997.
La Foce in 2016 Antonio and Iris Origo with daughter Donata at La Foce, 1943. La Foce lies on the Via Francigena, the ancient road and pilgrim route running from France to Rome).
Church of San Girolamo, the home of Venerable Carlo dei Conti Guidi, founder of the Hieronymites of Fiesole (1360) San Domenico, the novice-home of Fra Angelico and of St. Antoninus of Florence; Fontanelle, a villa near S. Domenico, where St. Aloysius came to live in the hot summer months, while a page at the court of Grand Duke Francesco de ...