Travel to Italy

Biblioteca civica centrale

The central city library is the most popular one among the young ones , it must be because it has a large collection of books, and it does not look like a traditional library where talking is not allowed. The library has definitively been set out in this building in 1960. Ever since the 19th c. the publisher Giuseppe Pomba had proposed the establishment of a public library on the Anglo-Saxon model for the use, mainly, of manual workers and offering general types of books.

Della Misericordia San Giovanni Decollato

This is a seventeenth century church with a rather austere design in a Greek cross style. This is where those condemned to death were led before being executed on the scaffold. At the foot of the Crucifix are ropes, nooses, cords, lanterns and goblets which are a testimony to this sad ceremony. S. Guiseppe Cafasso worked in this holy building for the moral comfort of those who were condemned. The Mass of the ancient rite in Latin and Gregorian chanting is held in the church.

Arezzo

Arezzo is a city in Tuscany, 50 miles south east of Florence, and has an elevation of 296 meters above sea level. The city is set on a steep hill, we can find in the upper part of the town the cathedral, the Town Hall and the Fortezza Medicea (Medici Fortress), and the main streets branch from here to the lower part of the town to the gates. This upper part of the town maintains its medieval aspect. Among the main sights in the town is the Piazza Grande, a medieval square with red brick pavement and geometrical lines in limestone, that now is the site of the Giostra del Saracino (Joust of the Saracin).

Under the Tuscan sun

Tuscany is a region in Italy and its capital is Florence. It is considered one of the most beautiful regions in Italy for its landscapes and its artistic legacy.
Tuscany is known for its wines, some of the most famous of are Chianti, Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino, for its 120 protected regions, nature reserves, and for its production of olive oil. It is a beautiful region, with incredible cities and towns.