GALILEO GALILEI. IMAGES OF THE UNIVERSE FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE TELESCOPE Galileo’s first celestial discoveries date to exactly 400 years ago, and to mark this fourth centenary the United Nations has declared 2009 the International Year of Astronomy. Florence has decided to pay homage to the human and intellectual epic Read more…
It’s not usual for me to write about an event that has been and gone, but there’s always an exception to the rule. And of course, the fine wines i shall be describing can be enjoyed at any time. During the last weekend in May, the beautiful palazzo Real Collegio Read more…
The 14th edition of the Camaiore Organ Festival will start on July 17 and will be held as usual in the marvellous setting of the Church of Badia di Camaiore. Eight concerts between July and August with the best Italian organists, and also musicians from France, Germany and England, to Read more…
The Festival Puccini started in july In Torre del Lago,the town is located between Lake of Massaciuccoli and Tyrrhenian sea, near Viareggio. The Festival welcomes about 40.000 spectators every year to its open-air theatre, just a few steps from the Villa Mausoleum where Giacomo Puccini lived and worked. His mortal Read more…
Musical entertainment one summer evening in the Botanical Garden in Lucca. The Lucca Town Council takes care to the promotion of the town, its beauties, its typical aspects which make it unique, such as the town walls, the point of frequent meetings of both visitors as well as citizens. Nevertheless, Read more…