Italy

The town whose name is gravestone

[ Nov.2014 ] The name of Sansepolcro, a town in Tuscany in Italy, where we stayed one night means ‘holy gravestone’. That is because this town was founded around 1000AD by two pilgrims who brought…

Italy

Pretty village

[ Nov.2014 ] Monterchi in Tuscany in Italy was a very pretty village. We went there to see a museum, but the village itself was worth visiting. There was only one restaurant in the square…

Italy

Madonna del Parto

[ Nov.2014 ] This is a painting called ‘ Madonna del Parto’ by Piero della Francesca, the 15th century painter in Italy. It was introduced at the entrance of Basilica of San Francesco in Arezzo,…

Italy

Painting of Francesca

[ Nov.2014 ] The main attraction in Arezzo in Italy would be the paintings in Church of San Francesco. This “Legend of the True Cross” was painted by Piero della Francesca from 1452 to 1466…

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House of Vasari

[ Nov.2014 ] In Arezzo in Italy, we visited the house of Giorgio Vasari who was a painter as well as an architect in the 16th century. He is also known as an author of…

Italy

How to make a ring

[ Nov.2014 ] The Basilia of San Francesco in Arezzo in Italy is famous for 15th century’s Pietro della Francesca’s paintings, but to see this you have to book in advance. We were there in…

Italy

Biggest antique market in Italy

[ Nov.2014 ] The main purpose of our visit to Arezzo in Italy was to see some paintings that my friend wanted to see, but the weekend we were there happened to be the huge…

South Tyrol

Culture, language

[ Oct.2014 ] The South Tyrol belongs to Italy, but not only the view but also the culture is very German.The master of the festival on the stage spoke first in German and then in…

Lombardy

Gorgeous wedding

[ July, 2014 ] I had an opportunity to attend a wedding in Italy.This was my second experience of the Italian wedding.The first one was held in an old stone church, which was aesthetic, but…