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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 St. Giovanni Baptist
Trieste square, where once was Siracusa Door, is dominated by St. Giovanni's Church. The reconstruction took place in 1700 and blessed in 1744, the church was later reshaped in 1772 becoming again house of worship in 1852. The beautiful frontage was unfinished whereas the three naves, divided by Corinthian pillars and recently restored, are ornamented with Neoclassical white and light blue stuccoes. On the nave's dome there are scened depicting Baptist's life by Gregorio Scalia. The latter was the author of the aisles altars paintings as well. On the main altar there is the 18th century piece with Jesus Baptism in the Jordan river; valuable are the five paintings representing St. Corado's stories, scenes of his life, from the ancient town. Worthy of mention is the organ built in 1866 by Sebastiano Calcerano Platania of Acireale.
(source: Avola, la città esagonale)