Filippo Brunelleschi was born in Florence in 1377. He began his training there as an apprentice goldsmith, gaining status as a master in 1404. However, it is his work in architecture for which he is best known.
Culture: June 2003 Archives
The church of San Biagio is Antonio da Sangallo's architectural masterpiece in Montepulciano.
Hotel Cavalieri Hilton is located on Monte Mario, 15 minutes from the center of Rome by taxi. It is not the most convenient locale but a cool refuge in those blazing hot Roman summers.
Looking for a good place to stay on your drive north to Tuscany or the night before your flight out of Rome?
Sergio Mottura and his family's Porcupine Lair offers simple accommodations, a good restaurant and their own wines.
For more than 900 years the fisherman of this little island off of Sicily's coast have gone after bluefin tuna in the same ritualistic way.
Every year, on the third Sunday of May, Noto (the Stone Garden of Cesare Brandi), covers the town with flowers to greet and welcome spring with an elegant festival called the "Infiorata". This Baroque Spring Festival started in 1980 by the masters of the Genzano school.
Built by the wealthy archaeologist and Grecophile, Theodore Reinach in 1908, this meticulous reconstruction of a 5th century BC Athenian home has stunning interiors.
Each year during July through August at Lago di Massaciuccoli, 30 minutes from Lucca, the music of Giacomo Puccini is celebrated.
The Bibliotheque Nationale de France is currently hosting a huge Henri Cartier-Bresson retrospective called "De qui s'agit-il?".
This villa is the late Count Guido Monzino’s estate on the tiny island of Comacina, of Lake Como.
Fernando Botero, the famous Latin-American artist, despite his love for his native Colombia, has a home and studio in Pietrasanta, Tuscany and each year spends his summer vacation in Versilia.
