Tuscany travel guide https://www.bella-toscana.com/ Tuscany tourist information and visitors guide Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:52:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.bella-toscana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/favicon.ico Tuscany travel guide https://www.bella-toscana.com/ 32 32 Ponti di Vara bridges and tunnel, Carrara, Tuscany https://www.bella-toscana.com/ponti-di-vara-bridges-and-tunnel-carrara-tuscany/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:52:30 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=16975 The post Ponti di Vara bridges and tunnel, Carrara, Tuscany appeared first on Tuscany travel guide.

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]]> Villa medicea di Artimino https://www.bella-toscana.com/villa-artimino/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:13:59 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=16805 The Medicean Villa of Artimino, also called "La Ferdinanda" or "the Villa of the hundred chimneys", is one of the most famous of the Medicean villas of Tuscany, in no small part because of the large number of chimneys on its roof. Villa Artimino is located on a hilltop adjacent to the small medieaval village of Artimino, a dependency of the municipality of Carmignano in the Province of Prato.

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]]> Provinces of Tuscany https://www.bella-toscana.com/provinces-of-tuscany/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:20:08 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=16430 The Italian Region of Tuscany is divided into ten provinces which exhibit considerable diversity in terms of size, geomorphology, landscape and towns. Some Tuscan provinces are on the coast while others are inland, some have large flat areas while most are very hilly. This diversity makes Tuscany an endlessly interesting place to visit at any time of the year.

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]]> Villa di Poggio a Caiano https://www.bella-toscana.com/villa-di-poggio-a-caiano/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:44:43 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=16775 The Medicean Villa of Poggio a Caiano, also known as Villa Ambra, is located in the Province of Prato, in the town of the same name. The villa is a splendid example of the villas built by Lorenzo de' Medici "il Magnifico" and today it contains two museums, the historic apartments on the ground and first floors, and the Museum of Still Life on the second floor.

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]]> Province of Prato https://www.bella-toscana.com/province-of-prato/ Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:27:31 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=16765 The Province of Prato (Provincia di Prato) dates from as recently as 1992. The province is located in the Region of Tuscany and was formed from part of the Province of Florence. At that time, Prato was the third largest city in central Italy, after Rome and Florence, and was the largest city in Italy that was not the capital of a province.

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]]> Villa dell’Ombrellino https://www.bella-toscana.com/villa-dell-ombrellino-in-bellosguardo-florence/ Sun, 27 Mar 2022 19:50:15 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=16738 Enthusiasts for the biographies, memoirs and letters of the Anglo-American community in Florence from the 1930's onwards, will be familiar with Villa dell'Ombrellino as home first to Alice Keppel and then to her daughter, Violet Trefusis, both of them scandalous by the standards of the time.

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]]> The Parish Church of San Giovanni Evangelista at Monterappoli https://www.bella-toscana.com/parish-church-of-san-giovanni-evangelista-at-monterappoli/ Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:57:15 +0000 https://www.bella-toscana.com/?p=16728 The post The Parish Church of San Giovanni Evangelista at Monterappoli appeared first on Tuscany travel guide.

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