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Lardo di Colonnata PGI
Production, consumption and the culture of “Lardo di Colonnata” have always been linked to the work and life of quarrymen. In order to produce “Lardo di Colonnata” cuts from the fatty tissue from the animal’s back stretching from the occipital region to the rump and laterally to the belly are used. The principal characteristics of [...]...

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[ Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:52:25 +0000 ]


Pecorino Toscano PDO
“Pecorino Toscano” PDO is made from whole sheep’s milk and veal rennet. The paste is subjected to cooking and breaking until curd granules form that vary in size from that of a kernel of corn for “semi-hard” paste to the size of a hazelnut for “soft”. Then it is pressed and salted before being matured [...]...

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[ Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:11:48 +0000 ]


Episode # 17 “Doccia” Antiques in Colonnata
Mr. Giorgio Gori leads his antiques activity since he stopped to work as a bank employée. The reason why he shows us his little precious antiques shop called “Doccia” is his true passion for ceramics, majolics and porcelains wares. His love for these handcrafts comes from the place where he lives, Colonnata in the Sesto [...]...

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[ Thu, 24 May 2007 09:19:32 +0000 ]


Vitellone Bianco dell’Appennino Centrale PGI
Over time, the term ‘Vitellone Bianco dell’Appennino Centrale’ has come to indicate a single “type” of animal belonging to the Chinina, Marchigiana and Romagnola breeds and which is characterized by similarities with regard to morphology and productive performance. Initially used for working the fields, these animals were later selected as specialized, quality meat-producing breeds. Typicity [...]...

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[ Mon, 21 May 2007 08:47:49 +0000 ]


Prosciutto Toscano PDO
In Tuscany a rather unique sort of pork breeding has evolved over time: the raising of largely grazed sows to give birth to piglets for fattening elsewhere. Also the original organoleptic characteristics of the hams and cured meats typical of rural production have become famous, giving rise to numerous small, artisan operations where the quality [...]...

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[ Thu, 03 May 2007 08:44:19 +0000 ]


Garfagnana Emmer PDO
Emmer (Triticum dicoccum) is the oldest grain to reach our times. Due to dietary changes and the consequential elimination of so-called “poor” foods from the diet, emmer began to disappear toward the end of the 19th century, but in Garfagnana it continued to be produced (also in notable quantities) as it was a product of [...]...

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[ Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:14:45 +0000 ]


Lunigiana Honey DOP
There are numerous historical references to the origin of Miele della Lunigiana PGI and its close ties to the territory, for example the considerable importance and specialization of beekeeping in Lunigiana, the centuries-old tradition of using honey in the local gastronomy, the use of products (such as medicines) derived from beekeeping, and the local tradition [...]...

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[ Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:26:43 +0000 ]


The Sorana Bean PGI
With this video TP.tv begins to publish a series of videos about typical tuscan agricultural products realized for ARSIA.TV, official podcasts of tuscan agricultural agency. The ecotype for this bean, which over the centuries has been selected in the small valley of the Pescia river (in the province of Pistoia), is milky white or wine red [...]...

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[ Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:31:05 +0000 ]


Episode # 16 The coulors of Siena: the pink
The restoration of the facade of the Duomo in Siena, concluded 30 November 2006 showcases the latest innovations regarding the history of facade restoration in Italy. Beginning in the Spring of 2004, initially as a conservational intervention to limit the decay of the marble statues on the facade, the restoration transformed into a project to [...]...

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[ Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:19:34 +0000 ]


Episode # 15 The coulors of Siena: the blue
“Sky drops” is an installation in the Courtyard of Palazzo Pubblico inspired to Klee. Traditional Christmas installation of the Special Tree by Bambimus, Art Museum for children, which, as from 1998, presents the city with a Christmas tree dedicated to children. quicktime – 13,6 mb wmv – 16,3 mb Siena official website ...

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[ Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:00:42 +0000 ]


Episode # 14 Sketches from La Verna Sanctuary
They say that this winter in Italy is the hottest since more than one hundred years. As you can see in this new video the sun shines on also in La Verna Sanctuary, in the middle of Casentino woods, where Saint Francis of Assisi established in 1200 century living here with his companions in [...]...

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[ Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:20:20 +0000 ]


Video Recipe # 16 - Tortellini
For Christmas Eve dinner, as every year, Anna Grazia prepares the Tortellini, a typical recipe from Modena, the city where she was bornThe preparation is difficult but is a moment where all the family is involved and this dish is crucial in Christmas dinnerGrazia choose all first class ingredients, from fresh eggs to local meat.Home [...]...

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[ Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:09:03 +0000 ]


Video Recipe # 15 Panello con l’Uva
The “panello con l’uva” (grapes cake) is a tuscan country traditional dessert that is prepared during grapes gather time.Each family has its own recipe and keep a secret about ingredients and baking methods they use. But what is really important for a good outcome is the choice of the grapes. Simone loves to use [...]...

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[ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:35:52 +0000 ]


Episode # 13 Pressing the Grapes
Ten days after grape gathering the must in the tubs slackens thw boiling. Beppe press the remaining grapes and, with Cesare and Felice, decants wine in other tubs or other little recipients depending on the particular wine he wants to get. This is the first step to produce a good Chianti wine. It is in [...]...

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[ Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:09:23 +0000 ]


Episode # 12 Grape Gathering in Chianti
Within the end of September and the beginning of October Beppe gathers the grapes of his little vineyard of Chianti DOC wine in Laterina, that he grows from years after the manner of old tuscan country-folk. The harvest, that produces about one ton of grapes, is made with simple means and with the helping hands [...]...

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[ Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:44:17 +0000 ]


Episode # 11 Anghiari
Anghiari is a lovely medieval town lying between two rivers, the Tiber and the Arno. The powerful thirteenth century walls made the town an invincible fortress which constituted an important reference point and kept the Tuscan flag flying during the many historical events that occurred in this delicately balanced border area. On the 29th [...]...

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[ Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:21:09 +0000 ]


Episode # 10 Lilia’s Rural Paradise: Picking Fruits
It’s harvest time in Lilia’s little rural paradise. In the first week of September, when we filmed this video, I was stunned by the incredible quantity of peaches in the trees, white and yellow pulp varieties. Visiting the garden in this seasons means to live an olfactory experience. We are talking about biodiversity scents: Lilia’s [...]...

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[ Mon, 02 Oct 2006 13:25:59 +0000 ]


Episode # 9 Castiglione della Pescaia
Castiglione della Pescaia is a tourist place with a stunning medieval castle just above the sea side. It is one of the most visited places in Maremma due to the quality of the clean water. From June to September Castiglione is a bathing center with tourists from all over Italy and Europe. The [...]...

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[ Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:33:12 +0000 ]


Episode # 8 Fosdinovo
I arrived in Fosdinovo coming from Fivizzano: suddenly the castle of Fosdinovo stands in front of me as if it were emerging from a sea of green and blue, covered by the sunny fog of early summer afternoon. The castle is still a private property of Malaspina power family that since XIII century builded [...]...

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[ Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:17:33 +0000 ]


Episode # 7 Mulazzo
Mulazzo is a village in high Lunigiana, a territory of hills and mountains that is maybe the wildest in all Tuscany region. Lunigiana is a valley at the borders with Emilia Romagna and Liguria along the course of the river Magra. Mulazzo is encircled from the Appennines and the Apuane Alps and, despite its [...]...

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[ Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:36:22 +0000 ]


Episode # 6 Lilia’s Rural Paradise: The Garden in July
The secret of Lilia’s garden is Lilia herself and the way she loves it. I walked for the first time to her little rural paradise last january. By that time the garden was sleeping and other visits followed since then because I was so interested in showing in our videos the season cycle of [...]...

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[ Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:31:13 +0000 ]


Episode # 5 Capalbio
A hot sunny afternoon in the wild Maremma leads me to Capalbio, a litlle XII century village sited on low hills approaching to the Costa d’Argento seaside. This village is well known in the italian gossip newspapers because it is often visited by many famous italian politicians, tycoons, showmen and tv personalities. quicktime – 19,2 mb wmv [...]...

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[ Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:55:58 +0000 ]


Episode # 4 The Ancient City of “Cosa”
Summer in Tuscany is ideal for archeological tourism. The area of Grosseto is rich of roman and etruscan ruins: among them Cosa, near Ansedonia, is a must to see. The town of Cosa stands on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea on a rocky headland (114 m above sea level), that in past ages had [...]...

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[ Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:32:44 +0000 ]


Episode # 3 The Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa Landscape
Ponte a Buriano is the Romanesque bridge along the Setteponti Road represented on the background of Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci. Somone says this is a legend but here everyone you speak with is quite sure: that’s it. The background of the Mona Lisa is a landscape that in effect is very similar to [...]...

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[ Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:24:26 +0000 ]


Episode # 2 Florence: Sonic Garden La Limonia dell’Imperialino
Sonic garden is an in progress electroacoustical botanical installation by the environmental design team Giardino Sonoro based in Florence at the Limonaia dell’Imperalino. The team leaders are Lorenzo Brusci, musician and sound designer, and Stefano Passerotti, garden designer. Lorenzo is a long time friend and when I met him a few months ago he invited [...]...

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[ Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:29:26 +0000 ]


Episode # 1 Lilia’s Rural Paradise: The Garden in May
Here I’m am again in Lilia’s Rural Paradise: a guardian of old time agricultural traditions of Tuscany. You can’t understand our culture without meeting people like her. May and June are the months of the year in wich Lilia enjoys the most her garden with the fruit trees and the vegetables that, after the flowering, start [...]...

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[ Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:13:16 +0000 ]


Video recipe # 14 - Panzanella
Panzanella Ingredients 500 gr. of day old Tuscan-style bread, 2 pieces of celery, 2 onions, one tomato, some fresh basil leaves, 200 ml of extra virgin olive oil, 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar, salt and pepper. quicktime – 24,7 mb ¦ wmv – 14,7 mb Preparation Slice 1/2 kg. of old day Tuscan-style bread. Submerge the slices in [...]...

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[ Wed, 31 May 2006 07:44:29 +0000 ]


Show 89 # Pinetum Park
Pinetum Park is located at an altitude of 536 mts above the see along the road between Moncioni and Ucerano. It was created as an experimental wood in 1850 by the lawyer G. Gaeta, who subsequently in 1893 wrote a monograph on the subject, under the title “Conifers”. Since 1998 it Pinetum was listed under protected [...]...

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[ Fri, 26 May 2006 12:34:16 +0000 ]


Show # 88 - A Joiner in San Sano
Another windy day with overcast sky in Chianti.The dirt road this time leads us to San Sano, an ancient an distant rural village close to Cassia Vetus road. This village was abandoned after the last war and has been recently rediscovered by English and French. Here we met 80 years old Giuseppe: 40 years ago, [...]...

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[ Fri, 19 May 2006 13:28:51 +0000 ]


Show # 87 - Saturday Morning in Semplici’s Confectionery
Andrea Semplici run the “Semplici Confectionery” in San Giovanni Valdarno with his son and his wife. Andrea inherited this activity from his father keeping on a long time tradion of Sienese artisan confectionery. Besides to seasonal preparations or for special events (i.e. Panettone and Panforte for Christmas Eve, Colomba for Easter) Andrea prepare every day fresh [...]...

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[ Sun, 14 May 2006 22:17:22 +0000 ]


Show 86 - Olive Tree Pruning in Poggio Cuccule
It’s springtime in Chianti and countrymen are pruning their olive trees.The new branches, also called “succioni”, are pruned to strenght the old ones and increase the plant’s productivity.Usually the branches are cutted and burned in place.quicktime – 16,5 mb ¦ wmv – 10,6 mbGoogle Maps...

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[ Wed, 10 May 2006 21:23:13 +0000 ]


Show # 85: Colle Val D’Elsa: Vilca Crystalware
Cristal Ware has always been the main productive field of Colle Val d’Elsa, but only a few today still follows artisan procedures: “Vilca” is one of them. From 1947 the Brogi brothers, Franco and Mario, expressed themselves with glass ware around Europe and in 1962 they founded Vilca in theyrcountry of origin. After eighties [...]...

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[ Sun, 07 May 2006 18:25:20 +0000 ]


Video Recipe # 13 - Stuffed Artichokes
Stuffed Artichokes Ingredients 5 artichokes, 50 grams of Parmesan Cheese (Parmigiano Reggiano), a few parsley and garlic, 100 grams of bread crumbs, olive oil, salt, pepper. quicktime – 17,8 mb ¦ wmv – 10,6 mb Preparation For the stuffing: chop parsley and garlic finely and add it to the bread crumbs. Grate 50 gr. parmesan cheese over the mixture [...]...

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[ Tue, 02 May 2006 16:00:00 +0000 ]


Show # 84 - The Brolio Castle
This castle, which dates back to the early Middle Ages, stands on the border between the towns of Gaiole and Castelnuovo Berardenga and was remodelled in the early 19th century. The name, which derives from the Longobard term brolo, referred to an orchard or any similar kind of enclosed garden space. Owned by the Ricasoli [...]...

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[ Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:06:38 +0000 ]


Show # 83 - Vagliagli
Vagliagli è un piccolo paese situato al centro del Chianti.Non dotato di particolari rilevanze architettoniche, è situato però in una posizione da cui si puo’ dominare tutto il chianti senese, godendo di un panorama senza eguali.Da Vagliagli partono molte strade bianche che conducono ad agriturismi e fattorie tra le più importanti di tutto il [...]...

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[ Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:41:31 +0000 ]


Show # 82 - Florence: Loggia dei Lanzi
The Loggia dei Lanzi is on the corner of the Piazza della Signoria next to the Uffizi Gallery. Standing on the left is Benvenuto Cellini’s bronze statue of the Greek Hero Perseo holding the Medusa’s head in his hand, whilst Gian Bologna’s famous Rape of the Sabine Women is on the right. You can see [...]...

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[ Fri, 21 Apr 2006 06:49:58 +0000 ]


Show # 81 - Siena: L’Orto de’ Pecci
L’Orto de’ Pecci is in the former psychiatric hospital area in Siena and is a green oasis just underneath Piazza del Campo. A dirt path crosses the garden where a co-operative society has maintained it as it always was. You can relax here, play football, have a lunch at the little restaurant inside the garden [...]...

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[ Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:21:54 +0000 ]


Show # 80 - Siena: Urban Trekking pt.1
Urban trekking is a sport that in Siena is ideal to get to know on foot the beauty of this city. This itinerary starts from the Orti dei Tolomei from where you have a nice view on the city and proceed passing under the Arco di San Giuseppe and walking through Via Duprè, in the [...]...

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[ Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:50:49 +0000 ]


Show # 79 - Typical Food Productions in Greve in Chianti
The Falorni is an ancient family of butchers that from 1700 lead his activity, in the same place under the arches of Piazza Matteotti in Greve in Chianti. They produce salami, ham, sausages from sienese pigs, wild boar and chianina beef that has become famous in the world expecially thanks to the uncommon commercial [...]...

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[ Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:30:09 +0000 ]


Show # 78 - Sketches of Florence
Florence: a late february work-day morning. This is a walk that starts from Via della Vigna Nuova passing by the Ponte alla Carraia and Borgo Ognissanti and that arrives in Via della Scala, near the railway station of Santa Maria Novella. While Via della Vigna Vecchia is, together with Via Tornabuoni, the heart of [...]...

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[ Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:10:53 +0000 ]


Show # 77 - Greve in Chianti
Greve in Chianti is the main wine production center in the florentine chianti area. Greve is still a rural town but last twenty years wine tourism escalation has changed the habits of people that live here and somehow it forced the local culture to meet tourist’s needs and expectations. This video was shooted in [...]...

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[ Mon, 03 Apr 2006 07:51:06 +0000 ]


Video Recipe # 12 - Tripe Florentine Style (Trippa alla Fiorentina)
Tripe, no matter how it is cooked (boiled and cold, with meat sauce, with tomato sauce) is an ordinary dish in Tuscany and expecially in Florence were you can find everywhere kiosks that serve tripe cooked in many ways. Tripe is usually eated at lunch in the families or as a take away at the [...]...

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[ Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:33:14 +0000 ]


Show # 76 - Scarlett Cherry: A Poem of Montozzi
Scarlett Cherry is an english artist who lives at Montozzi. In an earlier post we showed you her home and her beautiful silky wall hangings. Scarlett is also a poet and in this video she is reading us one of her most evocative poems inspired and written immediately after her first visit to Montozzi. [...]...

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[ Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:54:11 +0000 ]


Show # 75 - Early Morning by the Ancient Walls of Lucca
In this video you can see the ancient city walls built in the twelfth century by feudal land lords to protects their palaces in the city. These medieval walls were then protected by a moat, and today, unchanged by the passing of time, are where the people of Lucca enjoy walking and early morning [...]...

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[ Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:03:06 +0000 ]


Video Recipe # 11 - Russian Salad (Insalata Russa)
The so-called Russian salad is a typical tuscan recipe that became very fashionable in the world expecially for dinner parties. You can use whatever concoctions you like for the preparation depending on the vegetables in season you can dispose of. It is very important not to use commercial mayonnaise sauce. You’ll have great results with [...]...

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[ Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:15:33 +0000 ]


Show # 74 - Monte San Michele
Monte San Michele is the highest hill in Chianti and it is an important observation point on all tuscan territory. From the big iron cross sited on the top, 868 mts high, when the air is clean and bright, after a windy day, you can see Florence, Arezzo, Siena, the Appennino mountains tops like Abetone [...]...

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[ Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:26:02 +0000 ]


Show # 73 - Panzano in Chianti
Panzano is a little village near Greve in Chianti. It is famous in the world for the well known for butcher Cecchini’s “fiorentina steaks” and for the panoramic views upon Chianti hills that you can admire walking along these ancient roads. quicktime – 13,3 mb ¦ wmv – 8,2 mb Map ...

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[ Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:28:42 +0000 ]


Video Recipe # 10 - Beans ‘Little Birds’ Style With Sausages
Video Recipe # 10 – Beans ‘Little Birds’ Style with sausages Ingredients Beans, tomato sauce, olive oil, sage, sausages. Preparation Cook the beans in water and then strain. Poke the sausages with the tines of a fork and place them in a ungreased pan without condiment. Get out the sausages from the pan and put olive oil. When oil starts [...]...

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[ Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:21:47 +0000 ]


Show # 72 - Dirt Road from Volpaia to Panzano
One of the most beatiful dirt roads in Chianti and in all Tuscany: a real paradise on earth for those who love slow travel. In this video you can see these places during winter, an unusual period to travel here. Along this road, that we recommend to travel walking, by horse or by bicycle, are located [...]...

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[ Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:19:59 +0000 ]


Show # 71 - Volpaia
In this video and in the next one we will show you a famous Chianti area were are located many producers of Super Tuscany wines, a highly selected collection of wines coming from Tuscany. Volpaia is a Castle aged about Xth century that has been fully restored in the years and, together with the production [...]...

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[ Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:44:15 +0000 ]


Show # 71 - Scarlett Laroma: Bright Threads at Montozzi
Scarlett Laroma is english and has lived at Montozzi for five years though her relationship with Italy goes back a long way. She is an artist who works with materials such as silk and velvet and who finds great inspiration amongst the textures, colours and folds. The environment in which she lives, the mountains,the woods, the trees, [...]...

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[ Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:08:35 +0000 ]


Show # 69 - Rendola: Jenny Bawtree’s House
This video is about Jenny Bawtree , an English professor who who lives in Tuscany from thirty years. She lives in Rendola in Montevarchi municipality in a rural house where she leads, together with her son Nicholas, an agritourism activity and a riding school. Mr. Pietro, an old old farmer that has always lived in Rendola, helps [...]...

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[ Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:06:36 +0000 ]


Show # 68 - Florence: La Fontana del Porcellino (The Luck-Bearer Boar)
In Florence, on the south side of the Mercato Nuovo’s Loggia – built in 1546 – you can find the “Fontana del Porcellino”, the Piglet Fountain, as Pietro Tacca’s bronze wild boar (1612) is nicknamed by the Florentines. An ancient legend claims that if you make a wish while you touch the animal’s [...]...

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[ Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:13:37 +0000 ]


Show # 69 - Colonnata’s“Casa del Popolo”Circle: The Dumplings withWild Boar Sauce Dinner
After the preparation of the dumplings in the afternoon the local association of wild boar hunters organize a dinner at the “Casa del Popolo” circle in Colonnata. The aim of the dinner is to raise funds for the activities of the circle. People from Colonnata and abroad pay a few euros for a great [...]...

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[ Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:49:47 +0000 ]


Video Recipe # 9 - Dumplings Mugellana Style in Colonnata’s “Casa del Popolo” Circle
Dumplings are a popular pasta dish everywhere in Italy. Each family has its own tradition for the preparation of the stuffing and of the sauce. In this video we see a group of friends, a local association of wild boar hunters with their wifes, preparing with a secret recipe a large quantity of dumplings, [...]...

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[ Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:15:41 +0000 ]


Show # 67 - Ponte Vecchio: The Lovelocks
In this video you can see the birth of a new tradition on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence. Couples from all over the world come to perform a ritual of promise. In order to assure everlasting love they write their names on little padlocks, and attaching them to any available gate or railing. After a [...]...

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[ Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:11:13 +0000 ]


Show # 66 - Walking Through Pisa
Pisa is one of most beautiful Tuscan towns, famous worldwide for its leaning tower. But Pisa has many jewels, for example one can enjoy the beautiful vista of the banks of the river Arno, an ancient market located in the heart of the town (Piazza dei Cavalieri), the famous Piazza dei Miracoli (Square [...]...

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[ Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:27:46 +0000 ]


Video Recipe # 8 - Roast Birds and Pork Livers
Roast Birds and Pork Livers (Arrosto di uccellini e fegatelli di maiale) is an ancient recipe that belongs to our rural and hunting tradition. During smaller bird species hunting season entire families joined on sunday’s lunch to eat these roasted specialities. quicktime – 19,3 mb ¦ wmv – 15,1 mb Roast Birds and Pork Livers [...]...

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[ Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:43:58 +0000 ]


Show # 65 - Elba’s Island: Enfola Beach
The Enfola promontory, few miles from Portoferraio in Elba’s Island, is connected to the mainland by a small strip of land which forms two beaches: one on the North side and one on the South side. In this video you can see the beach in a winter climax at the sunset. quicktime – 10,5 mb [...]...

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[ Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:37:44 +0000 ]


Show # 64 - Take the Honey
quicktime – 15,9 mb ¦ wmv – 9,2 mbBrothers Fabrizio and Stefano Castellana put a couple of beehives in their garden a few years ago. They get some lovely honey, especially from the chestnut flowers. Last year Fabrizio moved one of his hives down the road to see how it would do. [...]...

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[ Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:54:15 +0000 ]


Show # 63 - Countryside around Gargonza Castle
quicktime – 14 mb ¦ wmv – 8,7 mbGragonza is a walled village near Monte San Savino founded in 1200 that overlooks Val di Chiana. The village is now a private property where there is a famous resort. This video shows you the countryside around Gargonza: the woods, the vineyards and the olive [...]...

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[ Sat, 11 Feb 2006 01:06:44 +0000 ]


Show # 62 - Arezzo: Offering of the Candles to Gregorio X
The Giostra del Saracino or “Giostra ad burattum” finds its roots in Medieval times and runs in Arezzo the last week of June and the first of September. The four neighbourhoods of the city corresponding to the Gates of the city of Arezzo participate in the Giostra. The jousters come in galloping and the aim [...]...

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[ Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:29:27 +0000 ]


Show # 61 - Rapale
Rapale stands on the top of a hill in Val d’Ambra. Rapale’s history begins in 1200 when the castle was built by will of the Ubertini lords. During the centuries the village remained the same and, after the second world war, it was quite completely abandoned by the rural population when most of the [...]...

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[ Tue, 07 Feb 2006 23:11:58 +0000 ]


Show # 60 - Monte San Savino
Monte San Savino overlooks the Val di Chiana from the top of a hill and is one of the more historical and artistic centers of the valley. The great post renaissance painter Andrea Contucci a.k.a. the Sansovino was born here, and the town is dense of art and monuments like the Florentine Gate, The Merchant’s [...]...

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[ Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:20:35 +0000 ]


Show # 59 - Saturday Afternoon at the “Casa del Popolo” of Colonnata
The circle named “Unione Operaia” (workers union) in Colonnata, in the Sesto Fiorentino municipality was established in the end of the 19th century for the will of Conte Ginori, owner of the world famous pottery manufacture “Richard-Ginori”. The circle was conceived to be a place were factory’s workers could gather and socialize after their work [...]...

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[ Thu, 02 Feb 2006 21:12:43 +0000 ]


Show # 58 - Civitella in Val di Chiana
Civitella in Val di Chiana is situated on a hilltop at 525 meters above sea level in a dominating position, offering striking views of the Val di Chiana and Val d’Ambra. The medieval castle (1048 ac), the city walls, Palazzo Pretorio and the Romanesque church worth really a visit if you are by these places. [...]...

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[ Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:37:24 +0000 ]


Video Recipe # 7: Canapés with Chicken Livers
One of the most usual appetizers in all tuscany tables is surely the Canapés (crostini) with chicken livers. As usual in ancient home cooking, crostini can be made in a lot of different ways, with slight variations of ingredients. This is my way to prepare them and, believe it, they’re great. The livers comes [...]...

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[ Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:14:05 +0000 ]


Show # 57 - Mrs. Lilia’s Rural Paradise: Fruit, Vegetables, Preserves
It’s winter and, in her garden, Lilia can only cultivate artichokes and some aromatics inside a greenhouse to protect them from cold. She exclusively grows ancient native breeds, her life passion, to preserve and enhance the richness of biodiversity. In this video Lilia shows us the products that she prepared in summer and autumn to be [...]...

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[ Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:00:37 +0000 ]


Show # 56 - Leaving Portoferraio
This is a view of Portoferraio, the most important town and tourist port of Elba’s Island, shooted while leaving the island with the ferry boat. You can admire the imposing Medici fortifications on the bay: Fort Falcon, Fort Stella and the Linguella Tower (at the entrance of the harbor), all built in the 15th century [...]...

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[ Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:28:29 +0000 ]


Show # 55 - Mrs. Lilia’s Rural Paradise: Valdarno Chickens, Turkeys and Peacocks
Mrs. Lilia, a mathematics graduate, retired from work quite soon to dedicate her life to what she loved the most: breeding animals and growing the ancient tuscan cultivars that belonged to her family traditions. So, with her husband, she bought a small piece of ground where she’s coming every day since many years to preserve [...]...

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