Red Maserati 4CLT Sanremo Picture
A red Maserati in the paddock of the 31st. running of the Castell'Arquato-Vernasca Silver Flag Historic Hillclimb.
Date/Time: Fri 29 Jun 2007 07:22:35 AM EDT
A 1948 red Maserati 4CLT Sanremo in the paddock prior to the 12th running of the Castell'Arquato-Vernasca Silver Flag Historic Hillclimb.
Castell'Arquato is a very interesting hill town in Emilia-Romagna south of Piacenza. It's worth a visit, if only to climb the tower in the castle and see the surrounding Italian countryside.
Siena Italy Piazza del Campo at Night
Siena, Italy: Piazza del Campo at night
Date/Time: Tue 19 Jun 2007 11:31:43 AM EDT
Siena, Italy: Piazza del Campo at night.
2007 Fiat 500 or Fiat Cinquecento
The New Fiat 500, or Cinquecento, being rolled out in Pisa, Italy.
Date: 07/05/2007
The New Fiat 500, or Cinquecento, being rolled out in Pisa, Italy on the 5th of July, 2007
Monte Nudo from the village of Terenzano
Monte Nudo outside of the Lunigiana village of Terenzano in Northern Tuscany.
Date/Time: Fri 06 Jul 2007 02:08:45 AM EDT
Monte Nudo outside of the Lunigiana village of Terenzano in Northern Tuscany.
Nearby is the Agriturismo Spino Fiorito, a great place to eat with four rooms to rent.
Jester Juggling at a Medieval Festival in Fosdinovo, Italy
Jester juggling at the medieval festival in Fosdinovo, Italy.
Date/Time: Sun 08 Jul 2007 08:46:58 AM EDT
Jester juggling at a summer medieval festival in Fosdinovo, Italy. The festival was free. You could just wander around and see various activities that might have happened in medieval times in Italy and the Lunigiana region.
Fresco from the Duomo of Castell'Arquato, Italy
Castell'Arquato Cathedral fresco.
Date/Time: Fri 29 Jun 2007 06:43:02 AM EDT
Castell'Arquato Cathedral fresco. Enter the Romanesque cathedral and turn right immediately to see the frescoes. This one is above a door directly in front of the entrance.
Castell'Arquato is an Italian medieval hill town in the Emilia Romagna, south of Piacenza.
Tuscia Opera Festival 2007 Picture
Opera Festival in Viterbo, Italy
Date/Time: Tue 10 Jul 2007 08:24:55 PM EDT
Opening night at the Tuscia Opera Festival 2007 with the Papal Palazzo of Viterbo in the background.
Monica Hildebrand
Conti family with Monica Hildebrand in Florence at the Mercato Centrale.
Date/Time: Sat 07 Jul 2007 07:10:42 AM EDT
Conti family with Monica Hildebrand in Florence at the Mercato Centrale.
Photo provided by Monica Hildebrand.
Giuseppe Faure - Abitare in Valle Museum in Pinasca, Italy
Guiseppe Faure explains the functionality of an antique fly catcher in his museum in Pinasca, Italy.
Date/Time: Wed 11 Jul 2007 02:23:07 AM EDT
Guiseppe Faure, known as Beppe to his friends, explains the intricate functionality of a fly catcher that used marmalade for bait and exploited an intimate knowledge of how flies approached food to get them to drown in a water bath in the glass top he's holding in his hand. Picture from the museum "Abitare in Valle" in Pinasca, Italy.
Medieval Festival Food - Castello di Regnano, Italy
5€ worth of medieval festival food in Castello di Regnano, Italy.
Date/Time: Sun 22 Jul 2007 02:27:43 AM EDT
Martha holds 5€ worth of medieval festival food in Castello di Regnano, Italy. There's three kinds of Torta including a spicy one with tomato, freshly fried bread, home made salami and more. It fed two people. You don't get much better value than that in Italian food.
Opera School Performance in Urbania, Italy
Urbania, Italy Opera School Performance
Date/Time: Fri 27 Jul 2007 11:40:26 AM EDT
[url=http://www.scuola-italia.com/]Scuola Italia[/url] operates combined language courses and sponsors a school for promising opera singers called [url=http://www.italianoperaticexperience.com/index.html]The Italian Operatic Experience[/url] in Urbania, Italy. Urbania is in Le Marche, one of the less touristed regions of Italy.
This picture is from [i]L'eliser d'amore[/i] by Donizetti performed inside Urbania's Bishop's Palace by students of the school. Evan McCormack plays Nemorino.
Picture of the Door to the Club dei Brutti in Piobbico, Italy
Picture of the Door to the Ugly Club in Piobbico, Italy
Date/Time: Sat 28 Jul 2007 01:24:25 AM EDT
The door to the Club dei Brutti in Piobbico, Italy, in the Marche region. This is a club for the ugly. I am not a member. I like their slogan though, "Ugliness is a virtue; beauty is slavery"
Picture of Bagnone, a village in northern Tuscany
Picture of the northern Tuscany village of Bagnone.
Date/Time: Tue 12 Jun 2007 05:06:50 AM EDT
Picture of the northern Tuscany village of Bagnone. One of the Lunigiana's many picturesque villages, Bagnone is a photographer's dream. But will the hordes of people who enjoy the small villages of the Cinque Terre come to the Lunigiana to enjoy its beauty and inexpensive food? Probably not.
The Langhe on a summer's eve
Picture of the Piedmonte wine region called the Langhe, with the village of Barolo with it's famous castle on the left.
Date/Time: Mon 09 Jul 2007 07:49:34 AM EDT
Picture of the Piedmonte wine region called the Langhe, with the village of Barolo with its famous castle overlooking the village on the left.
The Langhe makes Italy's finest wines, and the cuisine of the area some of Italy's best as well.
The [url=http://www.langhe.net/pagina1.asp?id_pagina=0051]Barolo Path[/url] starts from La Morra and allows walkers to wander amongst some of the Langhe's most prestigious vineyards.