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Todi Walking Tours
Walking-Tour Guide for English-Speaking Visitors
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
This book is a walking-tour guide for English-speaking visitors, through an ancient hill town in central Italy. Todi sits majestically above the Tiber River in the region of Umbria, very near the exact geographic center of Italy in Umbria. This region, known widely as "the green heart of Italy"...
Hidden beauties of Italy
Twelve itinerarys in Parma’s Neighbourhood starting by the Antico Borgo di Tabiano Castello
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
WHY THIS GUIDE I have written this guide for everyone who loves the history of art and the surroundings of Tabiano Castello, the land where I was born and raised. It is not meant to be comprehensive, but a personal choice, the fruit of memories of places that have stirred my emotions and which I have...
Marche, Italy Travel Guide
Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Marche, also known as Le Marche, is located in the eastern part of central Italy, delightfully set between the Adriatic beaches and the rolling foothills of the Apennine Mountains. The Marche region offers visitors a diverse mix of ancient Roman monuments, priceless Renaissance art, opulent palazzos...
Routledge Revivals: Medieval Italy (2004)
An Encyclopedia - Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
First published in 2004, Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia provides an introduction to the many and diverse facets of Italian civilization from the late Roman empire to the end of the fourteenth century. It presents in two volumes articles on a wide range of topics including history, literature, art,...
Abruzzo, Italy Travel Guide
Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2015
Abruzzo is located 80 kilometres east of Rome in central Italy and extends to the Adriatic Sea. The region is a delight for outdoors lovers and offers sandy beaches, dense forests, national parks and undulating valleys. The hilltop castles, medieval towns and ancient monasteries add to the mystic...
by Steve Jonas
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Cinque Terre (meaning "five lands" or "five castles") refers to the five villages of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso del Mar on the northwest coast of Italy. The five villages, which are connected by a walking trail, draw 850,000 tourists each year. Despite...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Portofino (Italy) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
by V.T.
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Talking about the most romantic places on Earth, you have to think of Venice, Italy.
The whole City is under sea-level, making boats the most efficient transportation. You can imagine the buildings, lighting floating around the rivers, and there's no cars or loud engine sounds to disturb you,...
The Hills of Chianti
The Story of a Tuscan Winemaking Family, in Seven Bottles
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
The head of Italy’s "first family" of winemaking reflects on the Antinoris’ six-hundred-year legacy and a life of good food and drink in the hills of Tuscany. If you know wine, you know the name Antinori. Since 1385, this noble Florentine family has produced some of Italy’s finest...
by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
A Short History of Italy by the American lawyer and author, Henry Dwight Sedgwick.Sedgwick graduated from Harvard University in 1882, and studied law in Boston until 1884 when he was admitted to the bar. He practiced law in New York City from 1885 to 1898. He was elected to the National Institute...
by Jacob Burckhardt
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Jacob Burckhardt was a European historian and critic of the nineteenth century who is commonly referred to as the world's first cultural historian. He believed that historical writings should describe the spirit, forms of expression, people, and setting of a particular era. He viewed the Italian Renaissance...
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by Joseph P. Byrne
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Students of the Italian Renaissance who wish to go beyond the standard names and subjects will find in this text abundant information on the lives, customs, beliefs, and practices of those who lived during this exciting time period.
• Synthesizes the latest research and publication in the...
by Elena Fumagalli, Raffaella Morselli
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Up to now the theme of the artist in the service of Italian courts has been examined in various studies focused mostly on the High Renaissance, as though the phenomenon was relevant only to the XV and XVI centuries. It actually lasted much longer, spanning the whole longue durée of the lives of the...
by Emily Sutton
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Ever since Turin hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics tourism has been growing across Italy’s Piedmont province. With picturesque 17th century buildings, nature-filled parks, stunning mountains and lakes, great skiing and some of the world’s best wines it is not at all surprising. TABLE...