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Florence luxury villa rentals with swimming pool and air conditioning for a vacation in total relax. Villa La Querce is a charming place located only 12 km off Florence, a mere 20 minute trip by car, ideal for those who would like to visit the Uffizi...
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Wine jars and tasting cups found in Etruscan tombs dating to approximately 1000 BC show that vines have been cultivated in Carmignano since Pre Roman times. More specifically, a parchment rent contract conserved in the Florence State Archives, dated 804,...
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The Villa of Vignamaggio, surrounded by an elegant Italian garden in a stunningly beautiful corner of the Chianti countryside, offers an authentic testimony of countrylife during the Renaissance period. The main part of the villa dates back to the 14th...
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Around the year 1000 A.D , the canons of Siena's cathedral decided to construct a new abbey not too far from the city. The abbey was to be located on a panoramic hillside in the middle of a forest filled with "cerri" - turkey oak trees- and it was here...
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Browsing this website, you can find out about the history of the Sonnino Castle and discover what it has in store for you: wines, olive oil, grappa, and vinsanto, guided tours, wine tasting, and direct retail of the Castle's products. The Sonnino Castle,...
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Roberto Rosselini in Maiori and on the Amalfi coast
"They are crazy, drunk with the sun! But they live using a power known by few of us: the power of imagination!". With these words the famous Italian director, Roberto Rossellini, one of the biggest names of the Italian Neorealism, defined the inhabitants of the Amalfi coast when journalists asked him why he chose this location as a film set of four of his masterpieces: "Paisà" (1946), "Il Miracolo" (the second episode of the film "L'Amore" - 1948), "La Macchina Ammazzaccattivi" (1952) and "Viaggio in Italia" (1953).
The Amalfi coast and Maiori, in particular, framed both the so called "Maiori's period" of the famous Italian director, and the turbulent love affair between Rossellini and Anna Magnani, their refuge in a typical "monazzeno" (fishermen's house) in the fjord of Furore, the letters sent by Ingrid Bergman who wanted to meet the director (in one of those letters she said to him that the only Italian words she knew were "ti amo"), the frequent scenes of jealousy of Nannarella who interrupted their love dream throwing a plate of spaghetti with tomato on Rossellini's face.
After half a century, the Association Maiori Film Festival paid homage to the great Italian director organizing the "Roberto Rossellini International Award", allowing cinema students and young directors to create short films that will be evaluated by a team of experts.