by Penny | 14 May, 2015 | Cooking, Feature, Films set in Italy, Tuscan gardens
Artichokes and Ambiance – Tuscan Cooking class with Lisa Banchieri Tuesday 12th May – we held a class specialising in Artichokes – a vegetable not frequently featured in other parts of Europe but adored by the Tuscans. Lisa promised to show us...
by Penny | 19 Oct, 2014 | Book Binding, Books, Italy and the American Imagination, News, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Saints, Social History, The Medici, Tuscan gardens, WW2
Gardens of the Exiles – Sybil Cutting, Charles Strong and Vernon Lee make their own Paradise near Florence In the period following the Unification of Italy , before the World Wars tore everything apart again, Florence became the rightful place for the ambitious,...
by Penny | 8 Oct, 2014 | Architecture, Exhibitions, Feature, Films, Films set in Italy, News, poets and poetry, Sculpture, Social History, Tuscan gardens
The “English” Cemetery in Florence is , despite it’s name , in fact owned by the Swiss Evangelical Reformed Church, which bought land outside the medieval wall of the city in 1827 from Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Their intention was to...
by Penny | 30 Apr, 2014 | News, Roman Gardens, Tuscan gardens
9th-11th May 23- 24th May Itinerary in Rome Cultural Heritage Walking Tours, Italy Rome Garden Tours Designed by Dr. Diane Archibald Ph.D. ©Cultural Heritage Walking Tours, Italy At the request of our clients we are offering one day full excursions within the 3...
by Penny | 7 Apr, 2014 | Books, News, Tuscan gardens, Wine tasting, WW2
Many Tuscan gardens in and around Florence are a mixture of Italian landscape and English formality. In the late 19th Century, after the Unification of Italy and Florence’s brief period as Capital of Italy, property prices in Tuscany plummeted and allowed the...
by Penny | 9 Mar, 2014 | Books, News, poets and poetry, Sculpture, Social History, Tuscan gardens, WW2
Origo family Coat of Arms Clemente Origo Clemente Origo was a resident of Florence but he was also a Marchese, whose family Coat of Arms is shown alongside, with family land in the Tuscan countryside where his heart and understanding was more in tune with nature more...
