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...wine is indispensable. Frau, who turns 112 on Dec. 29, has a weakness for the locally produced Pecorino cheese and sweet Moscato wine. Though he has some trouble communicating, the retired miner wears his years well: on a recent afternoon, he was lounging in the shade of the village piazza, decked out in black pinstripe trousers, a sweater vest and a 1920s-style flat wool...
...addition to Michelangelo, there were lesser but still extraordinary sculptors waiting pliably at Cosimo's beck and call. There was the fabulously eloquent Giambologna. There was Bartolommeo Ammannati, who made the Fountain of Neptune in the Piazza della Signoria, designed the courtyard of the Palazzo Pitti and created the exquisite curve of the Sta. Trinita bridge over the Arno. Benvenuto Cellini did for Cosimo the bronze Perseus decapitating Medusa that still stands in the Loggia dei Lanzi, an allegory of the triumph of Virtue over Cosimo's enemies. Medusa's gore, solidified in bronze streams, is one of the most...
...addition to Michelangelo, there were lesser but still extraordinary sculptors waiting pliably at Cosimo's beck and call. There was the fabulously eloquent Giambologna. There was Bartolommeo Ammannati, who made the Fountain of Neptune in the Piazza della Signoria, designed the courtyard of the Palazzo Pitti and created the exquisite curve of the Sta. Trinita bridge over the Arno. Benvenuto Cellini did for Cosimo the bronze Perseus decapitating Medusa that still stands in the Loggia dei Lanzi, an allegory of the triumph of Virtue over Cosimo's enemies. Medusa's gore, solidified in bronze streams, is one of the most...
Still, Harvard did pay for the mayor’s love for Columbus, as he changed Harvard Square’s name to Christopher Columbus Square for a limited time. Most, however, agreed that this title was better than Piazza Leprechano, as he named the Square one St. Patrick?...
Shopping comes without the fanfare and tourist buses of other big Italian cities. Many of the major Italian designers have their spaces on and around Via Roma. Or search for a real bargain in nearby Piazza della Repubblica, home to the biggest open-air market in Europe. For dining out, both the food and wine are excellent, though expect heavier cream-based sauces than you'd find in Rome or Naples. And, of course, if you really came for the cars, there is always the Museum of the Automobile...