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Menzione d'onore dell'Università del Wisconsin alla "carta dei caratteri del paesaggio", 24 tavole in scala 1 a 50mila, che fanno parte del ricchissimo corredo cartografico del Piano paesaggistico regionale.   Un bel risultato quello raggiunto, nel concorso bandito dall'università americana, dalla cosiddetta carta "muscolosa" (l'aggettivo si...

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by Paul Takahashi   Butler Brothers has broken ground on an exclusive residential community inspired by the Tuscan city of Lucca. The Houston design-builder has begun site work on Piazza Lucca, a walled and gated development located at 6017 Memorial Drive, near Westcott Street. The high-end community will consist of 17 townhomes and three s...

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Americans love to visit Italy, especially Tuscany, and one of the reasons is the grape called sangiovese. Best known when made into the red wine called Chianti, it is called "the defining grape of Italy." It has been both the region's boon and its bane.    Infinitely malleable, it is so familiar to centuries of Italian growers that they...

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Villa Tolomei Hotel & Resort, once an abandoned convent in ruins, is now a luxury resort on the outskirts of Florence and a testament to what Italy can accomplish when the public and private sectors work together.   Italy's Public Land Agency owns the 11,500-square-foot estate that houses several buildings, and has leased the property fo...

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"Pienza and flowers" is a flower and plant trade fair held every year in the name's gorgeous Renaissance town in the province of Siena. Pienza was built by Pius II (born Enea Silvio Piccolomini) starting in 1462, near Corsignano – the declining village in the Orcia Valley where the Pope had been born in 1405.   The fair is gearing up for its...

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Un'iniziativa della Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca insieme ai Lucchesi nel Mondo. Uno spettacolo musicale per raccontare le emozioni dei nostri migranti "Italy loves America", con Franc D'Ambrosio insuperabile Fantasma dell'Opera   Uno spettacolo per raccontare in musica le emozioni dei nostri migranti negli Usa. "Italy loves America -...

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  WTI Magazine #81    2016 July 15Author : italia.it      Translation by:   Versilia, a zone both fun and cultured, is known to many for its gossip pages. Yet this stretch of land (in the Province of Lucca), that runs past the slopes of the Apuan Alps and the Park of San Rossore, is famous for its beaches. Lying between the cities of Forte dei M...

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Il Morellino di Scansano DOCG, tipico vino della Maremma toscana, vola a New York e Washington per un tour ricco di eventi e degustazioni dedicato agli appassionati d'oltreoceano.

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"Con l'incremento di contenuti turistici online in Italia si potrebbe dare un impulso all'economia per 250 mila posti di lavoro in più". E' uno dei dati presentati oggi al 6/o BTO – Buy Tourism online a Firenze dalla ricerca realizzata per Google da "Oxford Economics" che ha studiato i casi di Grecia, Italia e Spagna sul tema del Travel 2.0.  ...

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by Ken R. Wells   Lords and ladies, pirates and peasants, wizards and wenches, beer and bosoms could all be found at the sixth annual Lake Renaissance Festival held Saturday and Sunday on the outdoor grounds of Tuscan Village at Terrill Cellars Winery.   The festival recreated a Tuscany, Italy, seaport village of the 16th century when...

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