by wheeleran | Feb 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Giardino dei Tarocchi, or Tarot Garden, was created between 1979 and 2002 by the remarkable French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle, who devoted her extraordinary life to these twenty two monumental sculptures made with reinforced concrete and covered with...
by wheeleran | Feb 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the hills of inland Maremma north of Capalbio is the pretty and proud little town of Scansano. Well known for its distinctive Morellino wine, it was very active in supporting Garibaldi during the Risorgimento, and fought both the Nazis and fascists during the...
by wheeleran | Feb 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Republic of Siena had expanded westwards to the sea in the 12th and 13th century and built a series of watchtowers and forts along the coast to defend against pirate raids. The towers were used for communication between troops, early warning lookouts, and...
by wheeleran | Feb 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Pretty little Sorano north east of Capalbio was first inhabited by the pre-Etruscan Villanovans as early as the 9th to 7th centuries BC. It was a thriving Etruscan city, controlled by nearby Sovana, and like that town and Pitigliano, was built on a tuff stone bluff...
by wheeleran | Feb 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Maremma inland is renowned for its simple beauty, with golden fields and rich farmland, green hills and valleys, marshlands, nature reserves, and thick wooded forests and rocky mountains. There are miles of roads, country lanes, and tracks to explore if you are...
