Filippino Lippi’s Frescoes of St. Philip The Apostle and St. John The Baptist Filippino Lippi (1457-1504) was commissioned by Filippo Strozzi, a wealthy Florentine banker, to paint scenes from t… more →
About Tuscany & Umbriatuscanyumbriavilla wrote 18 minutes ago: Filippino Lippi’s Frescoes of St. Philip The Apostle and St. John The Baptist Filippino Lippi … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 2 days ago: Masaccio’s Trinity In Santa Maria Novella, Florence Yesterday on our visit to Florence I went … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 2 days ago: Trattoria Baldovino, Florence, Tuscany Yesterday we went on the train to Florence from Terontola di … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 1 week ago: For the last week and a half we have been harvesting olives from the trees at Casa degli Ulivi, a Tu … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday we had a break from Picking Olives On The Tuscany Umbria Border and drove to Siena. our ma … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 2 weeks ago: The Olive Mill In Ossaia, Tuscany This week we have been Harvesting Olives at Casa degli Ulivi, a be … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 2 weeks ago: Harvesting Olives In The Niccone Valley If you’ve been following this blog since I started in … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 2 weeks ago: Montefalco Rosso DOC 2006, From The Poggio Turri Winery I bought this wine at Enoteca Bani in Umbert … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 2 weeks ago: Montone – A Medieval Hill Town In Umbria While our friends were visiting us we went for a quic … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 2 weeks ago: Colli Trasimeno Rosso DOC Riserva 2006 From the Pucciarella Cantina, Magione I bought this wine at t … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 2 weeks ago: On our friends’ last day in Italy we went for lunch at the Gritti Restaurant at the Girasole w … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 3 weeks ago: A Red Wine From La Spina Winery, Marsciano, Near Perugia, Umbria When I met Valter from the La Spina … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 3 weeks ago: The weekend after the Montone Festa del Bosco, the town of Citta di Castello in Umbria hosts a festi … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 3 weeks ago: Saliato 2006, Colli Perugini DOC I bought this bottle along with a similar Umbrian Red, Rubbio 2008, … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 4 weeks ago: Rubbio 2008, Umbria IGT This red wine comes from near Orvieto, more famous for the white Orvieto Cla … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 1 month ago: Del Carmine, Florence, Tuscany After visiting Masaccio’s Frescoes In The Brancacci Chapel on o … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 1 month ago: The Festa Del Bosco In Montone On the last weekend in October the beautiful hill town of Montone, cl … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 1 month ago: Masaccio, Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine On our Visit To Florence, Tuscany last week we … more →
tuscanyumbriavilla wrote 1 month ago: Florence, Tuscany We have friends staying and yesterday we took them to Florence, the capital of Tus … more →