Starting on 6th september 2009! This tournament has its origins in the early 16 C and commemorates Christian efforts to hold back the tide of Islam in the 14 C. A lively and colourful procession of costumed participants is followed by the main event in which eight costumed knights charge Read more…
The Puccini Museum of Celle is situated in the little village where Iacopo di Antonio Puccini, the great-grandfather of the famous Lucca-born coposer, was born on 26 january 1712. Iacopo was the founding father of the dynasty of musicians that reached the apex of its glory in the figure of Read more…
Ten days of music, performances, entertainments in Livorno, starts today 31 july, a new edition of “Effetto Venezia”. The Venezia quarter is charming area, filled with canals, islands,bridges, many from the 17th century designed for mercantile class. Shows, theatrical performances and concerts give life to the historical district. The big Read more…
Lucca can present a no more seductive nor lasting image than a tournament of its Compagnia Balestrieri, its Company of Crossbowmen, dressed in full medieval regalia-bold patterns and colors, brilliant against the white stone facades of one of the city’s venerable piazzas. Accompanied by its retinue of heralds, standard beakers, Read more…
The Cistercian Abbey of San Galgano is an historically and architecturally one of the most important religious monuments in Siena countryside and, together with the nearby chapel at Monte Siepi, is an important expression of the gothic Cistercian style in Italy. The Cistercian order was born in Citeaux, Bordeaux, in Read more…