The expanded Tuscany Italy Tourist Information website puts a number of new and interesting articles online, alongside its excellent list of owner-direct Tuscany vacation rentals. This website is a must for anyone planning a vacation in Tuscany outside of the main art cities.
Author: Anna Maria Baldini
Saturday, 30 July 2011
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Volterra
The relatively isolated Tuscan hilltop town of Volterra remains a place of inexhaustible enchantment, despite having been "discovered" by a well-known writer of guide books a few years back.
Volterra preserves its mediaeval ambience with its 12 C city walls and mediaeval urban layout of narrow streets, palaces, tower houses and churches. The Renaissance had an important influence on Volterra but without changing its mediaeval character. The superb palaces of Minucci Solaini, Incontri-Viti and Inghirami, as well as the imposing Fortezza Medicea and the Convent of San Girolamo, which are all integrated into the mediaeval city, date from the Renaissance. Definitely worth a visit.
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Author: Anna Maria Baldini
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| The main gate of Volterra, Tuscany |
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Author: Anna Maria Baldini