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Tuscany – Suvereto

Rocca
Rocca

Suvereto is small medieval village whose origins date back before the year 1000.
The village is rich in history and art, situated on the slopes of the hills overlooking Costa degli Etruschi.
Suvereto ha san enchanting architectural harmony and its ancient walls enclose hold streets with stone house, churches and historical buildings.
The region is rich in farm holidays resorts, wineries, oil mills, agricultural enterprises; you can find and try local products and traditional dishes.
The historic center is very interesting, the Rocca, the castle garrison in ancient times, stands on the hill dominating the town.

Calcio Storico Fiorentino Event

Calcio Storico Fiorentino – Torneo di San Giovanni will be in Piazza Santa Croce a Firenze on 13, 14 and 24 giugno 2009.

Program:

sabato 13 giugno
ore 17.00 – Bianchi/Rossi

domenica 14 giugno
ore 17.00 –  Azzurri/Verdi

mercoledì 24 giugno (festa del patrono San Giovanni)
ore 17.00 –  Finale

Like every year the Calcio Storico will be preceded from the  Corteo Storico della Repubblica Fiorentina that will start from Piazza Santa Maria Novella at 16.00 following Piazza Santa Maria Novella, Via dè Banchi, Via Rondinelli, Via Tornabuoni, Via Strozzi, Piazza della Repubblica, Via degli Speziali, Via Calzaiuoli, Piazza della Signoria, Via della Ninna, Via dè Neri Borgo Santa Croce-Piazza Santa Croce.

Servizio biglietteria presso il Nuovo Box Office – via L. Alamanni, 39-Firenze
tel. 055-210804 www.boxol.it

Tickets Calcio Storico Fiorentino – Torneo di San Giovanni:

Tribuna d’onore centrale  € 40,00 + €  9,00 di prevendita
Tribuna d’onore laterale  € 30,00 + €  9,00 di prevendita
Tribuna numerata   € 20,00 + €  8,00 di prevendita
Tribuna curve    € 15,00 + €  6,00 di prevendita
Tribuna curve    € 15,00 + €  6,00 di prevendita
Information Calcio Storico Fiorentino – Torneo di San Giovanni:
P.O. Manifestazioni sportive, tempo libero e tradizioni popolari fiorentine
Palagio di Parte Guelfa, piazzetta di Parte Guelfa 1
Responsabile: Enrico Palandri
Tel. 055 2616050 Fax 055 2616053
Comune Firenze Linea Comune
Tel.: 055 055
www.comune.fi.it

Tuscany – Castagneto Carducci

castagneto-carducci

Castagneto Carducci – or Castagneto della Gherardesca, from the name of the family, Lombard in origin, of which it was the fief; is situated in the south of Livorno province in  Tuscany, located about 90 km southwest of Florence and about 50 km southeast of Livorno.
The della Gherardesca family are today the oldest Italian family, and the castle at Castagneto – still inhabited today by the family’s descendants – dates back to the year one thousand.The present-day name of Castagneto Carducci was given to the ancient fief in 1907, in honour of the poet Giosue Carducci who stayed there as an adolescent and who always remained bound to it.
For this reason, the citizenry decided to change the name that it had at that time, Castagneto Marittimo, to that of Castagneto Carducci.Dominated by the castle of the della Gherardesca counts, Castagneto Carducci appears with all the charm of a village of medieval origins. The streets have been developed in concentric rings starting from the castle, which was originally surrounded by walls. Today, only a section of the walls remains, facing the sea.

Tuscany – Collodi

Villa Garzoni
Villa Garzoni Park

The Collodi village has since then developed into a recognized tourist destination and boasts three distinct attractions, which however share the characteristic of blending harmoniously with the Tuscan landscape, and inspiring visitors’ imagination to soar into wondrous realms of never-ending story and fable.
The village follows the natural curve of the hillside and is narrow, only two or three houses wide. The path twists through its center, leading straight up the mountain, with turns and stairs to facilitate the walker. There is small road along the outside perimeter, with limited parking along the way, giving local residents an option from the exhausting stair-filled path.
Collodi is famous throughout the world for having given its name to CARLO COLLODI, the pen-name of CARLO LORENZINI, the italian author and journalist, best-known as the creator of Pinocchio the wooden boy puppet who came to life.
In Collodi you can find also the “Butterfly House” splendid greenhouse-building of stone and crystal,  housing a lush tropical garden with nearly a thousand butterflies from all over the world, riginating from Amazonian, Neotropic, Afrotropic and Indo-Australian environments, feed, court and reproduce.