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Pinocchio's fairy tale is in danger of not having a happy ending. We are talking about the Theme Park about the famous character created by the imagination of Carlo Lorenzini, who in Collodi (hence his pseudonym) since 1956 has honored the…
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"Some gardens are described as refuges, when in fact they are traps." The tender early spring air that channels along the avenue of pine trees at Montellori Farm does everything it can to belie the aphorism of Ian Hamilton Finlay, the…
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Works and artists Contemporary art parks Tuscany Twentieth Century
Driving through the countryside surrounding Volterra, the gaze is caught by large sculptures with geometric shapes totally immersed in the landscape: circles, ovals, triangles and lines stand out solitary among the green or barren lands…
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Works and artists Contemporary art parks Tuscany Twentieth Century
A Magrittian-inspired park in the Tuscan capital, just below Piazzale Michelangelo, the largest panoramic terrace from which the whole of Florence is overlooked. The Rose Garden (that's the name of the Florentine park) has the look of a…
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A forest where wild boars once ran, on the slope of a hill, not far from Siena (the city is about twenty minutes away by car), but already in full nature: the nearest village, Pievasciata, is a handful of houses a few hairpin bends away…
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The recent history of Villa La Magia, the grand Medici villa in Quarrata, to be read strictly with the accent on the first "a," began in 2000: "mà gia," meaning "great," from the Latin maius. That year, the ancient mansion became the…
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When one admires a sculpture by Quinto Martini, at times, at a first careless glance, one might be overwhelmed by the temptation to consider his art as a sort of coda of nineteenth-century verism, an art strongly anchored to the…
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"Once upon a time... - A king! - my little readers will immediately say. No, kids, you got it wrong. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood." Everyone will know that this is the incipit of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Lorenzini…
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