Category: architecture
San Gimignano, a medieval Manhattan in Tuscany
This is the last post in a series about the small villages we visited in Tuscany, Italy; the two earlier posts: Castellina in Chianti and Monteriggioni. We took a 2-week long driving tour from Lausanne, Switzerland to Tuscany by way of Turin (Torino), the Italian Riviera (Genoa, Cinque Terre), and Florence. Before we turned around,
Monteriggioni, a defensive outpost of medieval Sienna
This is the second of a series of three posts on the small villages we visited in Tuscany, Italy. The first post about Castellina in Chianti is here. We took a 2-week long driving tour from Lausanne, Switzerland to Tuscany by way of Turin (Torino), the Italian Riviera (Genoa, Cinque Terre), and Florence. Before we
Roaming around Tuscany – Castellina In Chianti
This is the first of a new series of three posts on the small villages we visited in Tuscany, Italy. We took a 2-week long driving tour from Lausanne, Switzerland to Tuscany by way of Turin (Torino), the Italian Riviera (Genoa, Cinque Terre), and Florence. Before we turned around, we explored several Tuscan villages. If
Borrowing books from Bibliothèque Forney, Paris
This is the last of a series of 4 posts on public libraries, three of which are situated in Europe and one in Australia. Click to read the earlier posts, here, here and here. Enjoy a secular song from the late Medieval period, while browsing. While staying in Paris for an extended period, we stumbled