Island of Elba: Tuscany Without the Crowds. Napoleon’s Exile 3 Hours from Florence

Arts

Cortona, Tuscany, Dedicates a Major Exhibition to Native Son, Luca Signorelli

byLucy Gordan

On the 500th anniversary of his death, the works were selected to represent his evolving style over six decades

New York

Tourism, Fashion and High-Tech: Giani Introduces Tuscany to Americans

byNicola Corradi

The president of the Tuscany region spoke this morning at ICE in New York

Food & Wine

The Art of Italian Baked Goods Comes to the U.S. with Leonardo

byLa Voce di New York

From your Manhattan home, savoring a chocolate cantuccio will transport you back to sunny Italy

Travel

Following in Dante’s Footsteps in Tuscany’s Casentino Valley

byMarco Pecorai

The many places that the great poet featured in his Divine Comedy

Travel

Dozza and Sovana: The Medieval Gems Hidden in the Italian Countryside

bySunny Day

Dozza, Emilia Romagna Dozza, Piazza Zotti and belltower. Photo: Wikipedia Just south of Bologna, the capital of Italy’s Emilia Romagna region, lies a dreamy medieval village called Dozza. It’s one of the “Borghi piu belli d’Italia”, an association of the...

Travel

Undiscovered Tuscany: Along the “Sentiero della Bonifica”

byMarco Pecorai

From Chiusi to Arezzo, hike or bike along some of the finest pearls of the Tuscan countryside

Arts

NYU’s “Tutti a Casa!” Looks at How Tuscany Has Become a Filming Mecca

byLa Voce di New York

Probably no Italian region is recognized and celebrated worldwide as Tuscany. Most regions have names that are not translated or are completely unknown even to a refined audience. The Tuscan landscape, immortalized by the great master of Renaissance painting, is...

Arts

“After Caravaggio: 17th-Century Neapolitan Art on Show in Prato”, till April 13

byLucy Gordan

On May 29th, 1606 during a brawl in Piazza Navona, Caravaggio (1571-1610) murdered the pimp from Terni, Ranuccio Tomassoni, who had VIP clients: nobles, notaries, cardinals. The painter was sentenced to death. To avoid papal justice, this hot-headed and often...

Food & Wine

Montepulciano Wines: the Name is the Same, but the Nature is not

byCathrine Todd

One is from Tuscany and the other is from Abruzzo. These wines have the same name even though they have very little to do with each other as they use different grape varieties: Vino Nobile uses mainly Sangiovese and the...