Download or read book Old Puglia written by Desmond Seward and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apulia (or Puglia) is the heel of Italy, stretching down from the spur of the Italian boot. Its landscape is often very beautiful and it has wonderful old cities with Romanesque cathedrals, Gothic castles and a great wealth of Baroque architecture, together with 'rupestrian' churches that contain Byzantine frescoes. But, although far from inaccessible, until quite recently it was seldom visited by Anglo Saxons. Today, however, Apulia is becoming fashionable, 'an alternative to Tuscany'. It is featured on radio and television; travel supplements describe its beaches and its cooking, supermarkets stock Apulian wine, oil, bread and pasta. Yet almost nothing about the region has been published in English since the days of Norman Douglas and the Sitwells. One can find 'holiday histories' of Tuscany, but there is no popular introduction to Apulian history, not even in Italian. Our book, which grew out of what was originally intended as a travel book, has been written to fill the gap by providing a simple, readable account.
Download or read book Tuscany and Apulia written by Arthur Kingsley Porter and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Venturing in Italy written by Barbara J. Euser and published by Travelers' Tales. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italy is the top tourist destination in Europe. But while the pleasures of Tuscany, Milan, Venice, Florence, and Rome are well known and well documented, Puglia remains relatively undiscovered. Venturing in Italy collects 30 true stories that explore every aspect of this fascinating region. The book’s 19 writers, including Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Joanna Biggar, and Laurie King, find stories everywhere they look, greatly helped by Puglia's rich history: everything from Neolithic cave paintings to ancient Greek cities and temples, from houses built in caves to medieval castles and fortresses. Seen here, Puglia is vibrantly alive with unique local wines and cuisine, thermal spas in Santa Ceasaria, and mussel farming in Taranto. Maps and sketches show Puglia and the surrounding areas at their most enchanting.
Download or read book Illustrations written by A. Kingsley Porter and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frances Mayes Always Italy written by Frances Mayes and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2020 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This lush guide, featuring more than 350 glorious photographs from National Geographic, showcases the best Italy has to offer from the perspective of two women who have spent their lives reveling in its unique joys."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Romanesque Sculpture of the Pilgrimage Roads written by Arthur Kingsley Porter and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Romanesque Sculpture of the Pilgrimage Roads Tuscany and Apulia written by Arthur Kingsley Porter and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Road in Tuscany written by Maurice Hewlett and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Italy written by Celia Woolfrey and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 1435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Italy is the ultimate handbook to one of Europe's most appealing countries. You'll find all the detailed information you need from vaporetto routes in Venice to hole-in-the-wall pizza joints in Naples or the best spot to watch the sunset on the Amalfi coast. From the top draws of Rome and Florence to hidden corners of Friuli or Liguria, this guide will help you make the most of your trip to Italy. Be inspired to go diving in Sardinia, climbing on Mount Etna, windsurfing on Lake Garda or trekking in the Alps or to lie on beaches in Puglia, wine taste in Piemonte or explore ruins in Sicily. Clear detailed listings sections will lead you to great accommodation from swish boutique hotels and quirky B&Bs to idyllic agriturismos and slick city apartments as well as to atmospheric osterie, gourmet restaurants and melt-in-your-mouth ice cream. A full colour introduction helps you plan your trip while readable accounts of Italy's history, art and groundbreaking film industry will help you get the most from your trip. Full colour and with crystal clear maps, The Rough Guide to Italy is your essential travel companion. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Italy. Now available in ePub format.
Download or read book A Tuscan Treasury written by Paul Salsini and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-07-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM WWI TO COVID, from Florence to the tiny villages of Tuscany, stories of love, courage and adventure from award-winning author Paul Salsini. FROM A TUSCAN TREASURY "So we became spies. When Maria and I would enter a village we would find out if there were any Germans or Fascists there so the partisans would know if it was safe to enter. Sometimes we’d be stopped, but mostly we just looked like simple Italian women with scarves on our heads and prayer books in our hands. We always told them we were going to church to pray for the end of the war." From "The Staffetta" "Anna, can I tell you something? After I left you on the doorstep that night, I couldn't stop thinking about you. I couldn't sleep nights. I went on long runs, but that didn't help. I was supposed to referee a football game Saturday morning and I made terrible calls. I couldn't concentrate hearing confessions Saturday afternoon. I barely made it through Mass on Sunday. Anna, I couldn't wait to see you again." From "Anna and the Television Priest"
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria written by Mark Ellingham and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new, full-color Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria is the ultimate travel guide to some of Europe's most popular tourist destinations. Covering the region more comprehensively than any other guide, it's packed with up-to-date and expert information on all the attractions, from the great museums of Florence and Siena to the tiny rural hill-towns, as well as guiding you to the best of the beaches, forests, mountains and vineyard-clad hills. It also it gives you the lowdown on the best hotels and restaurants for all budgets, and illuminates the sights with background information on history, folklore, art, architecture and festivals. Dozens of photographs and easy-to-use color maps complete a guide that has long been established as the best you can buy. Make the most of your time on EarthTM with The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria.
Download or read book Stumbling Through Italy written by Niall Allsop and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 1999 Niall Allsop and his wife Kay flew to Pisa and stepped onto Italian soil for the first time. Within six months they returned and therafter they visited Italy at least twice a year, usually to the most southerly provinces of Apulia and Calabria and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia.They knew they holidayed differently to other people and in Italy, despite the lack of language, they found themselves somehow drawn into people's lives and homes; they had experiences and encounters that seemed to pass others by.'Stumbling through Italy' is the irreverent chronicle of their Italian travels and the people they met there up to the summer of 2008 ... when, finally reconciled to the inevitable, they returned to Italy one last time. Which, as they say, is another story.Also included are chapters on the idiosyncrasies of the Italian language and the Italian driving experience.The sequel to 'Stumbling through Italy', 'Scratching the toe of Italy', is also available.
Download or read book Bradshaw s illustrated hand book to Italy written by George Bradshaw and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Tuscany Umbria written by Jonathan Buckley and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new, full-colour Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria is the ultimate travel guide to some of Europe's most popular tourist destinations. Covering the region more comprehensively than any other guide, it's packed with up-to-date and expert information on all the attractions, from the great museums of Florence and Siena to the tiny rural villages, as well as guiding you to the best of the beaches, forests, mountains and vineyard-clad hills. It also gives you the lowdown on the best hotels and restaurants for all budgets, and illuminates the sights with background information on history, folklore, art, architecture and festivals. Dozens of photographs and easy-to-use colour maps complete a guide that has long been established as the best you can buy. Make the most of your time, with The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria. Now available in ePub format.
Download or read book The History of Tuscany written by Lorenzo Pignotti and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Italy written by W. Deecke and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Italy: A Popular Account of the Country, Its People and Its Institutions (Including Malta and Sardinia) In introducing this work to the notice of those interested in the extension of our knowledge of foreign countries, I may be allowed to say a few words as to what seem to me its merits. It aims at giving a concise and comprehensive account of Italy, it enumerates its natural beauties and advantages, and shows how all these are connected with its geological formation; it brings before us the stately Po travelling in its self-made bed above the level of the adjacent plain, the meandering Volturno alternately lengthening its course by new curves and shortening it by substituting the chord for the are in old ones, the rushing Ofanto, with its ruinous floods, and the mighty falls of the Tosa. It tells of the bridge that once stretched from Sicily to Africa, and how, when the elephants that came by it were cut off by its destruction, they dwindled in size, till they became extinct. It describes the mighty flow of lava from Vesuvius and Etna, destructive at first, but fertilizing after many years. It gives a sketch of the history of the peninsula, telling of the long misgovemment by foreign and native tyrants, and how its long delayed and hardly-won unity failed to bring about all the prosperity that might have been expected, owing to shortsighted or half-hearted policy, and to the real or supposed necessity of keeping up an expensive war establishment, and thus burdening the country with taxes on everything that could be taxed. It shows how real progress is being made in spite of this dead weight of taxation, and gives elaborate statistics from which we may gather the exact way in which the development of trade and manufacture has been hindered by false political economy, conclusions which are all the more striking as they force themselves upon us in spite of the author's own somewhat heretical economic views. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
