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…
It’s time again for the Versilia Chamber Music Festival at pieve a Elici (Massarosa, Lucca)! Last year the two glamorous Russian siblings Kirill Troussov (violin) and Alexandra Troussova (piano) closed the festival. This year they will open it on 5 july, but each date in the programme is a must, Read more…
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…
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…