recent posts Aulla... Posted by WHY TUSCANY on 10 7th, 2011
Aulla is the main commercial town in the area located at the A15 exit of the Parma-La Spezia motorway. Although not the prettiest of towns (the old town was destroyed by allied bombardments in the Second World War) it is being largely re-developed...
Very Special Mountains... Posted by WHY TUSCANY on 10 7th, 2011
What you can see shinning brightly in the gullies on the steep slopes of the Apuan Alps is not necessarily snow, but probably the ravaneti, the screes of marble debris at the foot of the quarries that were already being worked in Roman times and...
History Of Italian Film... Posted by WHY TUSCANY on 10 7th, 2011
Italian movies started being produced at the beginning of the twentieth century. During the first ten years of the century, the first movie theatres were built in the larger cities and production companies were established. Many historical movies...
Tuscany’s Wines A Variety o... Posted by WHY TUSCANY on 10 7th, 2011
Nowhere in Italy do the wines so vividly reflect the countryside as in the central Italy region of Tuscany. The bold, full-bodied, mostly red wines are as hearty of the residents, the food, and the soul of this historic province. Chianti Perhaps,...