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Welcome to Siena, where time seems to pause and history whispers through every winding alley. In this extensive guide, we invite you to join us on an extraordinary journey through Siena's rich history, secret treasures, and tantalizing flavors, as shared with you by locals like Marco, Isabella, and Giovanni. Marco, a passionate participant in many...

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Holly Lueders and her daughter, Venetia Sacret Young, have renovated numerous historic properties together. This particular project, the renovation of Convento di San Francesco, was led by Sacret Young, and completed with the help of her mother. "Before finding this property, we searched all over Italy for about three years," Lueders told Insider....

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People from Corning’s sister city in Italy, San Giovanni Valdarno, celebrated their long-lasting friendship with the people of Corning. Corning’s Mayor William Boland and San Giovanni Valdarno’s Mayor Valentina Vadi exchanged loving embraces, gifts, and decide to re-sign their allegiance to one another, that has been intact for 20 years. Mayor Bola...

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San Gusmè is a small but charming Tuscan village, located in the municipality of Castelnuovo Berardenga, which has managed to retain its ancient and authentic charm. Its narrow, winding streets, stone alleys and arches arranged along the way retain the essence of a bygone era. The stone houses, churches and surrounding walls testify to its thousand...

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Karen McWhorter, the Collier-Read director of Curatorial, Education, and Museum Services at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, walked into the center’s temporary photography exhibit space. “We'll walk through and check out a couple of these. Some are printed in larger format on metal,” McWhorter said as she started a quick tour of the newest phot...

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It was thirty years ago when Mitchell Hochberg stumbled on Forte dei Marmi. The developer, who’s just opened the Moxy-AC hotels complex in downtown L.A., was driving through Italy on vacation with his wife Susan. “We were basically lost. It was a Saturday afternoon, and we drove into town, and it felt like we were in a make-believe world, a movie s...

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Tuscany is a land of beauty: picturesque villages, stunning art and architecture, delicious food. But while most tourists head to Florence, Siena, or Pisa, the eastern Tuscan town of Arezzo is often overlooked. Yet, with its rich history and vibrant cultural scene, Arezzo is a must-see destination for anyone looking to explore Tuscany beyond the be...

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Known as the birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence is a treasure trove of art, architecture, culture and cuisine. The city’s Duomo, Ponte Vecchio and Uffizi Gallery are a few of the attractions drawing visitors from around the world. Beyond its history and art, Florence is a vibrant and lively city. It has a thriving food and wine scene with char...

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This 15th century castle set in the Tuscan countryside has an enduring place in the history of Florence, Italy. The Cavalcanti Castle was constructed around 1427 by a descendant of Guido Cavalcanti, a renowned poet and friend of writer-philosopher Dante Alighieri. When the castle was built there were no notable figures within the still-prominent fa...

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We are in the Tuscan Maremma, near Capalbio. Even from a distance, a spot of bright colors can be glimpsed on the hill, where the sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle in 1979 began the works that lasted almost twenty years, for the creation of the artist's park inspired by the game of Tarot. Twenty-two (like the arcana of the Tarot) imaginative works, loc...

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