Italy tour

Porsenna Labyrinth - Siena

Italy tour: Porsenna Labyrinth

Porsenna’s Labyrinth is located in Chiusi – Siena- in the underground of the main cathedral.

It is known as Porsenna’s Labyrinth because it is traditionally identified as part of Porsenna’s monumental sepulchre described by Roman scholarPliny the Elder.

It is formed by a close network of underground passages which formed a draining system conceived by the Etruscans in the archaic period (6th century B.C.), in order to exploit the infiltration and aquifer waters. The underground passages have different sizes and levels and are connected to the outside by wells and cisterns.

Today the tunnels can be visited, from the Cathedral Museum which is the start of a path, leading to the labyrinth, that passes through a large cistern of the 1st century BC.

Shopping in Florence

Shopping In Florence - Stefano Ricci boutique

Chauffeured Shopping in Florence at Stefano Ricci
Artisan savoir-faire, premier quality materials, and outstanding superb workmanship: for thirty-seven years, the pillars of Stefano Ricci’s men’s fashion and the building blocks of a style expressed to the nth power at his new quartier-general in Florence’s Palazzo Tornabuoni, a boutique possessed of an extraordinary appeal.

For Versilia vacationers tempted by the prospect of a unique shopping experience in a sophisticated ambience filled with the best in clothing, accessories, and home collections, all strictly Made in Italy, Stefano Ricci has organized a limousine shopping service for the entire autumn season.

Stefano Ricci, Palazzo Tornabuoni
Via dei Pescioni 1, Firenze +39 055 618180
firenze@stefanoricci.com – www.stefanoricci.com

Tuscany events

Tuscany events - Lucca Film Festival

Tuscany events: “Lucca Film Festival” 6th season

Monday 4th
CINEMA CENTRALE
7:00 p.m. FESTIVAL INAUGURATION
(aperitif and buffet from 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m)

retrospective GYÖRGY PÁLFI
9:00 p.m. Meeting with the director GYÖRGY PÁLFI
after TAXIDERMIA
(György Pálfi, Ungheria, 2006, col. 91’)
special events
11:00 p.m. FREE RADICALS: A (HI)STORY OF EXPERIMENTAL FILM
(Pip Chodorov, France, 2010 col. 80′)

Tuesday 5th
CINEMA CENTRALE
CINEMATON
3:00 p.m. Cinématon di Gerard Courant –
official selection
3:30 p.m. LOS MINUTOS, LAS HORAS
(Janaína Marques Ribeiro, Cuba/Brazil, 2009 Col. 11’)
BROKEN WINDOWS
(Richard O’Sullivan, England, 2010 Col. 6’)
XIE ZI
(Giuseppe Marco Albano, Italy, 2010 Col. 11’)
CET AIR LA’
(Marie Loiser, USA, 2010 b/n. 3’)
I WASS A MILL
(Stefano Giannotti, Italy, 2010, Col. 3’)
SALIM
(Tommaso Landucci, Italy, 2009, Col. 14’)
CHASING WAVES
(Paul O. Donoghue, England, 2010, Col. 6’)
SELF
(Oleg Dubson, USA, 2009, b/n, 20’)
FILM ABOUT AN UNKNOWN ARTIST
(Laura Garbštien, Lithuania, 2009, Col. 11’)
THE CAT
(George Ungar, Canada, 2010 b/n. 2’)
retrospective GYÖRGY PÁLFI
6:00 p.m. meeting with the director GYÖRGY PÁLFI
After I’M NOT YOUR FRIEND
(György Pálfi, Hungary, 2009 col. 100′)
Preview FRANCO BROCANI
9:00 p.m Shorts for Corona Cinematografica (1967 – 1984)
Introduce Giulio Bursi (University di Gorizia). After:
È ORMAI SICURO IL MIO RITORNO A KNOSSOS
[LA FORMA DELLE IDEE]
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1967 b/n. 14’)
LO SPECCHIO A FORMA DI GABBIA
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1970 b/n. 12’)
LA MASCHERA DEL MINOTAURO
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1971 b/n. 11’)
SEGNALE DI UN PIANETA IN VIA D’ESTINZIONE
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1972 b/n. 11’)
FRANKENSTEIN
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1972 col. 12’)
SULLA POESIA
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1984 col. 12’)
special events: VIVA: Andy Warhol’s muse
10:30 p.m. LONSOME COWBOYS
(Andy Warhol, USA, 1968 col. 109′)

Wednesday 6th
CINEMA CENTRALE
homage ABEL FERRARA
3:00 p.m. THE BLACKOUT
(Abel Ferrara, USA, 1997, col. 106’)
special events
5:00 p.m. LES CARNETS DE LA BÊTE / THE BEAST NOTES
(Keja Ho Kramer, France, 2008 Video, col. 28′)
5:30 p.m. CENT’ANNI DI NOSTALGIA
(JELENA EDA PEŠIC Italy, 2004 col. 9′)
special events:
6:15 p.m. (An) Other Irish Cinema
meeting with the directors Donal Foreman, Rouzbeh Rashidi and Maximilian Le Cain. After
PULL
(Donal Foreman, Ireland, 2009, 20’)
REPEAT
(Donal Foreman, Ireland, 2009, 12’)
REFUGE
(Donal Foreman, Ireland, 2010, 10’)
FLOODED MEADOW
(Rouzbeh Rashidi, Ireland, 2009, 7’)
HISTORY OF CINEMA
(Rouzbeh Rashidi, Ireland, 2008, 33’)
Everybody’s Favourite Disease
(Maximilian Le Cain, Ireland, 2010, 3’)
Making a Home
(Maximilian Le Cain, Ireland, 2007, 9’)
Valley of the kings
(Maximilian Le Cain, Ireland, 2008, 10’)
homage ABEL FERRARA
9:00 p.m. THE ADDICTION
(Abel Ferrara, USA, 1995, b/n. 82’)
retrospective GYÖRGY PÁLFI
10:30 p.m. HUKKLE
(György Pálfi, Hungary, 2003, col. 78′)

Thursday 7th
CINEMA CENTRALE
Official Selection
3.00 p.m. GYRA
(KINE, Greece, 2010 b/n. 12’)
HOME
(Francesco Filippi, Italy, 2009, Col. 15’)
OGGI GIRA’ COSI’
(Sydney Sibilia, Italy, 2010 Col. 17’)
WATER.MON.MIRROW.FLOWER
(Tianran Duan, USA, 2010, Col. 3’)
KOH
(Adam R. Levine, USA/Thailandia, 2010 b/n. 2’)
LICHT
(André Schreuders, Holland, 2010, Col. 15’)
BOULE
(Björn Ullrich, Germany, 2010, Col. 5’)
CRONOLOGIA
(Rosana Cuellar, Germany, 2010, Col. 12’)
PUZZLE
(Sebastien Loghman, France, 2010, Col. 3’)
ABSTRACT?
(Alexei Dimitriev, Russia, 2009 Col. 4’)
ROXY
(Shirley Petchprapa, USA, 2010, Col. 12’)
VANISHING POINT #3
(Rick Niebe, Italy, 2010, Col. 2’)
homage ABEL FERRARA
5:00 p.m. CHINA GIRL
(Abel Ferrara, USA, 1987, col. 88′)
Preview FRANCO BROCANI
6:45 p.m. A proposito di W.S. Hayter (Grafica e Cinema)
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1968, col. e b/n. 15’)
L’utopia del male
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1974, b/n. 14’)
S.P.Q.R.
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1975, col. 12’)
La città sublime
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1975, col. 11’)
Gastrosofia
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1976, col. 14’)

homage ABEL FERRARA
9:00 p.m. meeting with the director ABEL FERRARA
introduce enrico ghezzi. After:
BAD LIEUTENANT
(Abel Ferrara, USA, 1992, col. 96’)
CINEMATON
11:30 p.m. Cinématon di Gerard Courant – Breve selezione

Friday 8th
CINEMA CENTRALE
official selection
3:00 p.m. RESISTANCE
(Fabienne Gautier, France, 2010, Col. 27’)
SO CHE C’E’ UN UOMO
(Gianclaudio Cappai, Italy, 2009, Col. 29’)
SO ABSTRACT!
(Eytan Ipeker, Turkey, 2009, Col. 6’)
FROM -60° TO +113° F
(Elle Burchill, USA, 2010, Col. 14’)
ENTITY OF HAZE
(Rouzbeh Rashidi, Ireland, 2010, Col. 12’)
ICH BIN’S HELMUT
(Nicolas Steiner, Switzerland/Germany, 2010, Col. 11’)
GELIEBTE
(Ingo J. Biermann, Germany, 2009, Col. 5’)
LAS REMESAS
(Arturo Artal / Juan Carrascal, Spain, 2009, Col. 3’)
LONTANO
(Michele Gurrieri, France, 2010, Col. 11’)
special events
5:00 p.m. meeting with the director ADOLPHO ARRIETTA. After
FLAMMES
(Adolpho Arrietta, France, 1978 – 2009, col. 50’)
homage ABEL FERRARA
6:15 p.m. introduction of Abel Ferrara and Marcello Assante. After
MULBERRY STREET
(Abel Ferrara, USA, 2009,col, doc, 80’)

9:00 p.m. Prize giving of the winners of the official selection
9:15 p.m. Meeting with the director ABEL FERRARA and the actress SHANYN LEIGH. After
GO GO TALES
(Abel Ferrara, USA/Italy, 2007 Col. 100′)
special events
11:15 p.m. THE SUN AND THE MOON
(Steve Dwoskin, England, 2007, video, col. 60′)

Saturday 9th
Auditorium San Romano
5.30 p.m. Presentation of the book:
Lo schermo liberato – Il cinema di Miklos Jancso
With the author Giulio Marlia and the editor Marco Del Bucchia.
6.30 p.m. Conference:
film criticism on web – situations and new horizons
With: Marco Luceri (Corriete Fiorentino), Claudio Carabba (Corriere della Sera), Stefano Giuntini (Loschermo.it), Gianni Quilici (La linea dell’occhio), Alessandro Baratti (Spietati.it), Donal Foreman and Max Le Cain (Experimental Conversations) and Laura Da Prato (Splatter Container).

8.00 p.m. CLOSING PARTY (aperitif from 8.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.)
9:00 p.m. SCREENING OF THE WINNER OF THE OFFICIAL SELECTION

special events: VIVA: Andy Warhol’s muse
9:30 p.m. NECROPOLIS
(Franco Brocani, Italy, 1970, col. 126′)

Homage to Miklós Jancsó and Márta Mészáros
in collaboration with Viareggio EuropaCinema

Film review exhibition organized by the Associazione Vista Nova

Web-site: www.vistanova.it

Wine in Italy


Wine in Italy - Enoteca Vanni Lucca

Enoteca Vanni wine-shop in Tuscany

The Enoteca Vanni, founded in 1965, is located in Lucca’s historical center,where you can find the best wines, liquors, extra virgin olive-oils and  typical Lucchese food.

You can have a look at our products on our web-site and you can place an order through an easy automatic system . Be sure that each product comes directly from our cellars!

The Enoteca Vanni sells  wine, but also the best brands of liquors, whisky and distillates, both domestic and imported.  In addition, a large space is dedicated to wine especially to collectors.

It is the passion, typical of family traditions, which has placed Enoteca Vanni amongst Italy best stocked cellars.

It is the owners experience to deal with wine which guarantees the superior quality wanted by wine lovers.

So, if you find yourself walking in the center come and see them, please stop in for a visit

Enoteca Vanni
Piazza del Salvatore 7, 55100 Lucca
Tel. & Fax +39 0583 491902

Web-site: www.enotecavanni.com

Etruscan tomb

Etruscan tomb

The Tumulus of Montefortini is an Etruscan tomb near Comeana, in the province of Prato, which is believed to date from the 7th century BC.
It is oval shaped, over 12 metres high, it dates from the VII- VI century B.C.

The oldest tomb, of monumental aspect, occupies the central part of the tumulus and features an unroofed dromos (corridor) that leads to a circular cell enclosed by roofing with concentric rings, supported by a pilaster.

The second tomb, dated between 620 and 590 B.C. is reached through a corridor 13 metres long, with high walls made of sandstone slabs in the lower part, blocks of alberese in the upper part.

Excavations began in 1966 and the finds are displayed in the Museum of Artimino.

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