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A veritable outdoor museum that deserves to be visited and counted among the wonders of the world. Example of Italian garden that surprises and delights visitors, who each year are numerous. If there are around 800,000. Born as the garden of the Pitti Palace, which was the first of the Medici palace, then the Lorraine and lastly of the Savoy. We know that Luca Pitti in 1418 bought the plot of land from the family Borgoli (hence perhaps the name) to turn into a vegetable garden. Doctors will be with the park know the substantial enhancements and expansions. Inside you will find the Garden of the immense amphitheater in the center of which today we see the Egyptian obelisk, while in the past was the fountain of the ocean, moved isle. Again we can observe the Basin of Neptune, a place where the waters converge to irrigate the whole garden. At the center of the basin the Fountain of Neptune. The garden is constructed over the Knight that was part of a bastion of the old fortifications. Central fountain, and wonderful views are guaranteed the viewer adorn this corner of paradise. You will have the opportunity to enjoy the Casino del Cavaliere, building that today houses the permanent museum exhibition of Porcelain. The coffee house will be followed by a beautiful rococo-style pavilion, and not too far away is the Fountain of Bacchus. It represents the figure of obese dwarf Morgante, popular at the court of Cosimo I, astride a turtle. Yet the surprising and unusual Buontalenti Cave, a series of paths that intersect each other, adorned with excellent sculptures, the Lawn of the Columns and the Annalena Zone, which took its name from the ancient monastery that once stood there. One of the wonders of the beautiful Florence, to visit.

Claudia Zedda

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City of Tuscany that has around 54,066 inhabitants, has become famous as a city of art and known for the spectacular Palio that twice a year takes place. It takes place in Piazza del Campo, and consists of a horse race where different districts as well as the challenge to tradition. The districts have encountered numerous, 17 in particular, each has its own name and every sleeping rider mounts the animal. Who gets the victory not only inherit fame for himself and for his district, but will win the prize, a cloth decorated with countless ancient and sacred images. The competition now attracts many tourists, but does not lose its sacredness in every case. . You will attend the July 2 and August 16. The theater of the event is said as on Piazza del Campo, one of the most beautiful medieval squares in the shape that resembles a shell, surrounded by buildings of historical importance. You can admire the Palazzo Civil Tuscan paintings in fresco by Simone Martini and Lorenzetti, pulled out the Torre del Mangia, 102 meters high, characteristic of the square. A fountain in the square to embellish and make it unique. Siena is also a maze of ancient streets trod by foot modern, including the time seems to magically stopped. You'll be lucky if your walk takes you to meet the second most important square of the town, the Duomo, on which the church requires mastery and marble. A city to discover.

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Claudia Zedda