Italy Illuminated: Liguria ; Tuscany
Author: Biondo Flavio
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13:
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Italy Illuminated
Author: Biondo Flavio
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 640
ISBN-13: 0674054954
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiondo Flavio was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance discovery of antiquity and popularized the term Middle Age to describe the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the revival of antiquity in his own time. Italy Illuminated is a topographical work exploring the Roman roots of Italy.
Italy Illuminated, Volume 1
Author: Biondo Flavio
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2005-07-29
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780674017436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFlavio, humanist and historian, was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance recovery of classical antiquity. His Italia Illustrata, here for the first time in English, is a topographical work describing Italy region by region. A quintessential work of Renaissance antiquarianism, its aim is to explore the Roman roots of the Renaissance world.
Every Day in Tuscany
Author: Frances Mayes
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0767929829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA recipe-complemented work continues the author's tribute to the region of Tuscany and its people, tracing the course of a year during which she renovated a thirteenth-century house in the mountains above Cortona.
Dark Age Liguria
Author: Ross Balzaretti
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-03-28
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1472517113
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDark Age Liguria surveys the history of the Liguria region from c. 400 to c. 1050 AD, to provide a detailed case study of what happened here as Roman imperial rule ended. The book pulls together all the surviving evidence, written, archaeological, artistic and ecological, to propose that, in contrast with later periods, Ligurians looked north as much as they gazed out to sea. Genoese history under Byzantines, Lombards, Carolingians and Ottonians is compared with that of other coastal settlements, including Albenga, Noli, Perti and Savona and the less-studied but fascinating inland valleys, the Aveto, Polcevera, Stura and Vara. The book draws also on more than fifteen years of fieldwork in and around the small town of Varese Ligure (La Spezia province) to suggest some new methods for investigating the Dark Age past.
Extra Virgin
Author: Annie Hawes
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2002-04-02
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 0060958111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1983, a pale Annie Hawes and her equally pale sister leave England for the sun-drenched olive groves of a small Italian town in Liguria. With fantasies of handsome tanned men and swimming in the sea urging them on, they are hired to work for ten weeks to graft roses -- of which they have little knowledge -- along the Italian Riviera, board and lodging included. But none of the men seem to be under forty, and Ligurians have particular ideas about life, including swimming ("To go swimming in seawater outside the month of July or August is even worse for your health than drinking cappuccino after twelve noon!"). But Annie and her sister are captivated by San Pietro's quirkiness and beauty, and suddenly their brief stay stretches into years, as they are bemused, charmed, and ultimately accepted by the eccentric inhabitants of their adopted home. Resonating with captivating verve and humor, Extra Virgin dishes up a sumptuous sampling of Italian life from an irresistible new voice.
Frances Mayes Always Italy
Author: Frances Mayes
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 142622091X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This lush guide, featuring more than 350 glorious photographs from National Geographic, showcases the best Italy has to offer from the perspective of two women who have spent their lives reveling in its unique joys."--Publisher's description.
Hidden Tuscany
Author: John Keahey
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781410472434
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeyond the usual tourist destinations, the often overlooked western portion of Tuscany is rich with history, cuisine, and scenery begging to be explored. John Keahey encourages travelers to abandon itineraries and let the grooves in the road and the curves of the coast guide your journey instead. From coastal towns to vineyards farther inland to the Tuscan archipelago, Keahey reminds us that each village, city, and island has its own unique story to tell.
State of the Art of Railway Modelling and Model Railroading
Author: Barbara Ann Campbell
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-01-02
Total Pages: 109
ISBN-13: 1542437164
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPerhaps you know that in Germany the world’s largest model railway exhibition exists. It is a permanent model railway exhibit with thousands of model trains, and there are several model railroad layouts, displays and sections, for example Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and the famous model airport in HO scale. In September 2016, a new section was opened. This new layout is called “Beautiful Italy”, and it is a masterpiece in model building. It is the state of the art of model railroading. The entire country of Italy is represented on an area of approximately 300 square meters. There are the volcano Vesuvius near Naples, Pompeii, the ancient Roman town-city, the beautiful Amalfi Coast along the coastline of the Salerno Gulf in Southern Italy, South Tyrol, Liguria, Tuscany and of course, the capital city Rome with its St. Peter’s Basilica and with the Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre. This new model railway layout is a work of art in the field of rail transport modelling. It is located at the so-called “Wonderland of Miniatures” in Hamburg, Germany. Visitors of this model railroad exhibit will be a little overloaded because there are amazing, impressive and loving details on every square meter: There are hundreds of little stories which a told by the sceneries. Furthermore, the day and night illumination in Liguria and on the Amalfi Coast is absolutely impressive.
