Category: Tuscany

• Firenze

  

  As the capital city of Tuscany, Florence was the center of medieval European trade and finance and is generally considered the birthplace of the Renaissance. Many of the world’s towering artistic giants walked Florentine streets and the city remains a magnet for art lovers the world over. The names are legendary…Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Dante, Lorenzo di Medici, Botticelli,…

  Frank Binder

  March 9, 2015

  Brunelleschi, Firenze, Florence, Gothic Cathedral, Italy, Italy Travel, Tuscany

  Basilica di Santa Croce, Michaelangelo, Renaissance

• Tuscany

  “Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.” —Bertrand Russell – Italy…..a land of spectacular contrasts!……the Alps and the rolling hills of Tuscany; the Borgia’s 30 year reign of murder, debauchery and treason and the legendary artistic talent of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Dante and Cher (just wanted…

  Frank Binder

  June 18, 2014

  Italy, Italy Travel, Montepulciano, San Quirico d’Orcia, Tuscany, Val d’Orcia

  European Travel