Tuscany

Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer who was widely regarded as one of the most significant exponents of the genre of operatic realism and one of the creators of some of the best-loved operas. Richard Wagner was a German-born composer known not only for his dramatic compositions, but it is said that his artistic philosophy extended and had an enormous influence on not only his contemporaries but to other genres such as painter, playwrights, and poets. It is said that few composers had such a…

Benvenuto Cellini, born in Florence, Italy, was a man that lived a perilous and unusual life. When he moved to Rome, his rise to success had stalled when he apparently murdered a man and stole gems from the Pope. He then moved to France, but eventually found conflict and was on the brink of getting imprisoned. Because of this dilemma, he decided to return to Florence where he created the prominent statue of Perseus in the mid sixteenth century. The statue was placed close to Michelangelo’s David…

Domenico Scarlatti was a musical composer born in October 26, 1685, in Naples Italy. His parents are Antonia Anzalone, and Alessandro Scarlatti. When he turned fifteen, he became a pianist in Naples. When he was eighteen, he had produced his first operas called L’Ottavia restituita al trono and Il Giustino. When he turned age twenty, he was sent off by his father to Venice to study with a composer known by the name of Francesco Gasparini. Domenico Scarlatti had lived during the Baroque era and…

The Medici’s wealth surpasses everyone else wealth because of the business with the Catholic Church. The Medici family can deny anyone a loan and not worry about consequences. Both families control geographic areas of Northern and Southern Europe. Dukes of Burgundy owned land from Holland all the way to central France. Philip the Bold, father of Philip the Good, gained large amount of territory through political marriages and other strategies. According to Marilyn Stokstad, Philip married his…

My grandson asked me to tell him a story about myself, so I recounted my early days when I met the great Jacques Arcadelt. It was many years ago in the mid 1530's. I had snuck into a party hosted by the Medici family. I heard beautiful music and wanted to see the performers first hand. Plus, they always have the best wine. The Medici family has been in power in Florence for so long, people know of no other rulers here. Even though they still followed a monarchical structure and often ruled…

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In this proposal, we outline our goals for a new environmentally sustainable hotel in the Chianti area of the Tuscany region. The adventure began back in 2015 when we decided to revert back to the real values and experiences of nature and make an important change in our lifestyle. We moved from our city life environment in the Chianti Classico region and began the restoration of a rural farmhouse and garden with great enthusiasm. The idea of starting a Boutique Farm Hotel also gave us the…

Part B1: Characteristics of the wine country/ -area Tuscany alongside Piemont and Venice is one of the three Italian luxurious wine regions in the entire “Il Calcio”(Italy) and one of the most legendary in the entire world. Figure 1: Vineyards and geographical wine areas in Tuscany region. Giving the fact that Italy is about 1000 km long from North to South , it`s not easy to describe the condition of the soil. Alps and Apennines cut the country into geographical segments. Tuscan area…

Waterfall Waterfall, the first book of the River of Time Series takes place in present time in Tuscany, Italy. Gabriella and her sister Evangelia are the willing and also reluctant daughters of their archeologist mother, Adri Betarrini. In the beginning of Waterfall, the women were searching around for tombs to excavate. Their mom finally found some tombs in Tuscany. The sisters realized their summer would be spent by working on the tombs. One day, Gabi and Lia decided to wander into Tomb 2,…

cowboys known locally as the butteri (pronounced bootery) or buttero singular. These rugged herdsmen inhabited a vast and inaccessible land known as the Maremma, an area bordering the Tyrrhenian sea and stretching from north Lazio into south west Tuscany. The buttero needed to be tough. Like his American counterpart, he was adept with cattle and horses and endured a hard lifestyle. The…