A photographic guide and information to the places of historical, artistic and natural interest of Tuscany: historical cities, medieval villages, archaeological areas, natural parks, inner, coastal and sea landscapes.
Tuscany, the cradle of Renaissance, and native land of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Giotto, Filippo Brunelleschi, Dante Alighieri, Cimabue, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Niccolò Machiavelli, Luca della Robbia, Donatello, Amerigo Vespucci, Benvenuto Cellini, Lorenzo the Magnificent, Giovanni da Verrazzano etc.; is a region rich of art, culture and natural beauties.
Six Tuscany localities have been inscribed in the UNESCO list of world-heritage sites: the Historical center of Florence (inscribed in 1982), the Historical center of Siena (1995), the Square of the Cathedral of Pisa (1987), the Historical center of San Gimignano (1990), the Historical center of Pienza (1996) and the Val d' Orcia (2004). The wonders of Tuscany are not only limited to the places inserted in the Unesco's list, but they are represented also from other wonderful historical cities like Arezzo, Lucca, Pistoia, Massa Marittima, Cortona, Certaldo, Volterra, Montepulciano or the small fortified medieval villages like Pitigliano, Sorano, Monteriggioni, Serravalle Pistoiese, Vicopisano or natural landscapes as for example like that can be seen in the Hills of Chianti, the Crete Senesi, the Apuan Alps and the beautiful coast of the Tyrrhenian sea with the Islands of Tuscan archipelago or the Natural Park of Maremma, in the region are also important Etruscan and Roman archeological remains. Tuscany is also famous for its spa tourism and Spa, who has never heard of Montecatini or Terme di Saturnia.
Besides in the properties submitted on the Tentative List of Unesco are: Historic Centre of Lucca, Medici Villas, The Marble Basin of Carrara, Volterra: Historical City and Cultural Landscape, Pelagos: The Cetacean Sanctuary.
There is much to discover in Tuscany, this web site wish to be a guide to the places of historical, artistic and natural interest of this wonderful region.
"I was in a sort of ecstasy, from the idea of being in Florence, close to the great men whose tombs I had seen. Absorbed in the contemplation of sublime beauty ... I reached the point where one encounters celestial sensations ... Everything spoke so vividly to my soul. Ah, if I could only forget. I had palpitations of the heart, what in Berlin they call 'nerves.' Life was drained from me. I walked with the fear of falling." Rome, Naples et Florence en 1817" Stendhal (Henri-Marie Beyle).
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A PICTURE OF BORGHI DI TOSCANA PUBLISHED ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC:
One of our photos of the Cliffs of Valdarno was published in National Geographic book "Leonardo's Universe: The Renaissance World of Leonardo da Vinci" by professors Bulent Atalay and Keith Wamsley.
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