Spello, che bello! Yes, a medieval hilltown gem, famous for the area olive oil, the famed wine cellar there and the splendid Renaissance fresco….. What a view of Spello as you approach up a side road from Assisi: And on a recent tour, a new discovery for me as well as tour guests Sue and…
Bolsena on Lake Bolsena in the region of Latium has been a favorite week-end getaway for us for years. From the top of the hill above the lake, you can spot the tower of the medieval castello, Rocca Mondaldeschi della Cervara , …and as the road winds down into Bolsena, the castello stands stalwartly as if protecting the…
Did you know there is a museum in Italy where pregnant women are exempt from an admission fee? In the small southern Tuscan town of Monterchi,…. …..pregnant women enter free to see the 15th-century Renaissance masterpiece of Piero della Francesca, Madonna del Parto (“Madonna of Childbirth”). The mysteries linked to this splendid fresco fascinated me. Who…