Experience a truly enchanting holiday in one of my Tuscan Villas
Appointment with the Summer Festival Lucca, 2010 edition here as follow the program:
4 July: Fiorello Show
9 July: Paco de Lucia
10 July: Marc Knopfler
16 July: Seal
17 July: Eros Ramazzotti
18 July: Crosby Stills & Nash
20 July: Paolo Nutini
23 July: Simply Red
25 July: Karima
27 July: Placebo
More information on: www.summer-festival.com
With the 2010 vacation season fast approaching I wanted to remind you that there are a few choice weeks left at either Villa al Boschiglia or Villa Casale Sodini.
The dollar against the euro is better than it has been for two years and plane fair from Newark to Milan is as low as $725. All in all this makes an unforgettable Tuscan trip more affordable.
We already have several bookings for 2011, so it is not too early to consider your plans for next year.
If you have any friends that you think might be interested in this information kindly pass this along to them. Thank you.
Florence 1401, a competition was announced to design the baptistry North Doors.
Seven sculptors competed, including Lorenzo Ghiberti, Filippo Brunelleschi, Donatello and Jacopo della Quercia, with 21-year old Ghiberti winning the commission.
At the time of judging, only Ghiberti and Brunelleschi were finalists, and when the judges could not decide, they were assigned to work together on them. Brunelleschi’s pride got in the way, and he went to Rome to study architecture leaving Ghiberti to work on the doors himself.
It took Ghiberti 21 years to complete these doors.
These gilded bronze doors consist of twenty-eight panels, with twenty panels depicting a biblical scene from the New Testament.
The eight lower panels show the four evangelists and the Church Fathers Saint Ambrose, Saint Jerome, Saint Gregory and Saint Augustine. The panels are surrounded by a framework of foliage in the door case and gilded busts of prophets and sibyls at the intersections of the panels. The doors in the baptistery are a copy of the originals which are in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo.
Lucca Jazz Donna
Ciao my Friends! A new event for you, music lover, to don’t miss visiting Lucca on March!
Concerts:
Sala Mario Tobino ( Palazzo Ducale )
Incontrarsi di nuovo a Lucca First set
Classico Carioca – omaggio a Chico Buarque.
Second set 3*3 Suites Project. Entrance Free: 21.15 on 6 March
Jazz dal Mondo First set Virginia Mayhew/Tony Pancella Quartet in the Mary Lau Williams Project. Second set Ratraba-the female4. Tichets Euro 15: 21:15 14 March
Premio Lucca Jazz Donna Competition for emerging female bands. Tichets Euro 8: 21:15 on 17 and 18 March
Ai Confini del Jazz Presentation of emerging bands award and concert with first set Giuliana Soscia & Pino Jodice 4tet and second set Steveland with Claudia Tellini. Tichets Euro 15: 21:15 on 21 March
Le Emozioni del Jazz First set Carla Marciano in a Vito Tommaso project. Second set Gaia Cuatro ensemble. Tickets Euro 15: 21:15 on 27 March
Auditorium Istituto Boccherini
Arrivederci a Lucca Jazz Donna 2011 First Set VJ Vocal Project Choral Orchestra. Second set Sybil Smoot and The New Stompers. Tickets Euro 15: 21:15 on 27 March
In the mood for love? Spoil someone with one of my Villas for an unforgettable, romantic holiday!