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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 ...
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]
In the 5th century AD (or earlier, depending on the source), Tuscania became one of the first bishopric sees in Italy. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it fell to the Lombards in 569 or 574. In 781 it became part of the Papal States. In 967–1066 it was a fief of the Anguillara family and then of the marquises of Tuscany.
PITIGLIANO, TUSCANY, ITALY - 2019/04/26: Stone houses and a small alley of the medieval town, located on a large stone ridge. (Photo by Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The Apennine Colossus (Italian: Colosso dell'Appennino) is a stone statue, approximately 11 meters high, [1] in the estate of the Villa Demidoff in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. Giambologna (Flemish sculptor Jean de Boulogne) created the colossal figure, a personification of the Apennine mountains, in the late 1580´s.
The walls of Lucca are a series of stone, brick, and earthwork fortifications surrounding the central city of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy. They are among the best preserved Renaissance fortifications in Europe, and at 4 kilometers and 223 meters in circumference they are the second largest intact example of a fully walled Renaissance city after ...
Piazza del Duomo (English: "Cathedral Square") is located in the heart of the historic center of Florence (Tuscany, Italy). It is one of the most visited places in Europe and the world and in Florence, the most visited area of the city. [1]
Pienza (Italian pronunciation:) is a town and comune in the province of Siena, Tuscany, in the historical region of Val d'Orcia.Situated between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, it is considered the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism".