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The Chiorri Winemakers Company is a vineyard under family management, which with special care from their very own vines, produces D.O.C. Colli Perugini and IGT dell'Umbria white, red and rosè wines. The family, together with the help of experienced workers,...
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The first traces of Bisol family in the heart of the Prosecco D.O.C area date to the 16th century and are contained in a census carried out for fiscal reasons by the aristocratic Venetian family Da Pola, who were landowners of the leading the very prestigious...
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Country House Palazzone was built in medieval times and is located not far from Rocca Ripesena in the area northwest of Orvieto, in Umbria. This building is an exceptional example of a country residence: it possesses all the characteristics of a town...
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Hundred and ten years of vinegrowing starter at the end of 1800 when Francesco Marcato bought the first 3 hectares of vineyards in Roncà. Afetr few years he started to produce also the white wine Soave with the Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave grapes....
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The CASTELLO di BOSSI is located in the commune of Castelnuovo Berardenga, on the road that leaves the old Chiantigiana road, at Pianella, and ascends to Brolio amidst evergreen forests and long rows of vines. With its centuries-old trees, its fossil...
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Church of SS. Annunziata or Badia
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The holy building, in the old town, was part of the Benedictine's monastery founded in 1532 by the lords of Avola. In the new urban spot, the whole was rebuilt in the north-west corner. The church, with its magnificent concave-convex frontage, built as from 1753, is one of the most complete and elegant examples of Baroque style buildings in Val di Noto. Desiderd by Abbess Gertrude Azzolini, can be ascribed to the architects Rosario Gagliardi and Vincenzo Sinatra, then workinh together. Since 1768 the architect Giuseppe Alessi joins the building, drawing the chorus and the altars. In 1777 the Swiss Serafino Perollo made the roccocò stuccoes. The big nave's walls stuccoes show pictures of the Cardinal Virtues. The Glory with St. Benedetto and St. Scholastica are depicted on the vault. interesting are the apintings by Costantino Carasi on the minor altars, and over the precious main altar is the SS. Annunziata's painting, adorned with incomparable Baroque golden carved frames.
(source: Avola, la città esagonale)