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This weekend I went on a beautiful trip to a few places within two hours of Florence. Along the way, we stopped off at some incredible sites steeped in history and beauty which you may have seen via my Instagram ‘stories’ @theblondecitizenblog; some romantic date spots, a famous movie location, a gorgeous hotel nestled in the Tuscan hillside, Castles and gorgeous countryside…including livestock which is surprisingly rare here in Italy and wonderful towns for you to stop and explore in!

So, if you are interested in discovering new places, looking for the perfect road trip route or want to discover luxurious, yet affordable things to do with your significant other/friends or family then keep reading.

Buonconvento:

This historic comune in the Province of Siena; Italian region of Tuscany was our first stop after driving through the beautiful countryside. It is the perfect first stop for bikers too and around 1 hour 30 minutes from Florence. Buonconvento translated into English means ‘happy place’ which is rather fitting as it is filled with art, history and is such a pretty little town to have lunch and drinks in. Speaking of art, the local museum is house to Duccio di Buonsegna, Pietro Lorenzetti, Andrea di Bartolo and Matteo di Giovanni; Tuscan artists and the church Santi Pietro e Paolo has a Madonna Enthroned with Child c.1450 by artist Matteo di Giovanni which is worth seeing for yourself. With that being said, this town for me was only worth a quick visit to refuel; the architecture is beautiful and many tour buses have a drop-off point here but we had seen everything within an hour.

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Rural Vitaleta; municipal of San Quirico d’Orcia:

Ever wanted to visit a movie location? This is your chance…they filmed parts of Gladiator the movie here and it was just as dreamy as Russell Crowes (Maximus) visions were. Tapered trees lining driveways and roads to 15th-century churches poised on top of Tuscan hilltops, photographers trying to get the perfect shot, views as far as the eye could see that were uninterrupted all the way to Monte Amiata; food for the soul! A beautiful location that you must visit! We spent a while here just marvelling at the gorgeousness of this area and then drove to Capella di Vitaleta chapel found less than a mile away. The chapel of the Madonna Vitaleta is a sacred building and privately owned that dates to the late Renaissance period. There were many people taking photographs or just relaxing on the grounds which is what we did, next to what I called, “the wishing well”.

Montalcino:

I highly rate this hilltop, medieval town in Tuscany which is famous for its Brunello di Montalcino wine; producing over 300,000 cases of wine ever year in fact. We specifically went to the Drocheria Franci wine bar which had a beautiful selection of wines and a great little place for lunch that overlooked the Fortezza di Montalcino. They offer vegan and vegetarian dishes also for those with these dietary requirements. To gain entry into the Fortezza di Montalcino you must walk through the grounds that have seating areas and an in-house (or should I say in-Fortezza) wine tasting and wine bar. Prices for Adults to walk around the Fortezza are €4 for adults and €2 for children. I am not one to fear heights but this did give me slight vertigo as the walkways are so narrow once you’ve climbed the small creaky stairs! The views are spectacular though and perfect for photographs with panoramic views of the beautiful 13th century, medieval town below. There was also an open market on the grounds outside of the Fortezza that was packing up once we had arrived but seemed to be popular with bikers so may be worth checking out earlier in the day. On June 21st every year here, the Fête de la Musique created in 1981 in Paris originally, celebrates music and musicians which were introduced to the Italian Minister of Cultures’ agenda in 1994 and is popular throughout Italy.

Luxurious Hotel Recommendation in Pienza:

Pienza is a town and comune located in the province of Siena; Val d’Orcia as mentioned above which was perfectly located between Montepulciano and Montalcino where we were at the time of booking. This area was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1996 and in 2004 the entire Valley was included. Hotel Tenuta Santo Pietro has been awarded three certificates of excellence which adorn the entrance table and upon entering, we were greeted by reception staff who gave us a detailed map, outlining the best restaurants and towns that may be of interest to us which was very helpful. The hotel is set on beautiful grounds that were picture perfect including a swimming pool, hammock with various places to read a good book. I would say you were paying more for the location than the actual hotel itself, however, it was in the beautiful Tuscan style that was for sure, once a villa; a homely feel to it. The bedroom had an open stone floor, nice en-suite shower room (no bath), Sky TV that was in both Italian and English with good views overlooking the grounds. The only downside was the water wasn’t all that hot when having a shower. The terrace room was where you had breakfast that leads on to a large room that is used for lunch and dinner; clean, tastefully decorated. All the staff were very kind and welcoming which is common here in Italy. I have not been met with a rude server or member of staff to date which is very refreshing coming from the UK!

Pienza:

The next day we decided to explore the historic town of Pienza. It fast became one of my favourite towns that I have visited thus far. From the outside, it looks like nothing special, then you walk through this huge archway to be greeted by the prettiest of streets and breath-taking views that surround the 14th-century buildings. Birthplace of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini; a Renaissance humanist who later became Pope Pius II had the entire village rebuilt by Florentine architect Bernardo Gambarelli, as an ideal Renaissance town and renamed it after himself to Pienza; formally Corsignano. The Duomo (Cathedral) beautifully dominates the centre of the piazza which is surrounded now by perfectly positioned cafes. Works of art in the Duomo include Sano di Pietro, Matteo di Giovanni, Vecchietta and Giovanni di Paolo. The Baptistry is also located next to the apse of the church. Incredible architecture aside, there are some stunning viewpoints and cyclist routes for you to check out whilst visiting this town as mentioned above; this place is perfect for couples and families alike with wonderful local shops lining the streets and walkways to stroll along whilst taking in the view. My favourite street, Via dell’amore, was popular with tourists taking photographs of themselves with the sign in the background and lead on to a local small market selling bric-a-brac and clothing.

Unique Places Near By:

As ever, we always try to buy local produce from every place we visit and this trip was no exception. Bindi Enzo Grocery Store is located 800m from the main town and the tourists clearly haven’t discovered this place yet which is why I felt it was worth a mention. I bought the best prosciutto I had ever tasted here as well as sausages that had been hung for 30 days and salami. You can taste everything before you purchase and they were super affordable so worth a visit by car.

Luxurious Pic-Nic:

Our trip was coming to an end sadly but not before I was taken to Cugustando Pic-Nic Al Caseficio Cugusi which was heavenly; recently winning 2017 World Cheese awards, this incredible place “gives you the chance to taste, open-air, their cheeses and other local products, accompanied by Montepulciano wine and craft beer. Take your basket, choose the products that you wish to taste and sit down at one of the tables in front of the suggestive scenery of Montepulciano with the San Biagio temple.” In short, you walk into the beautiful farm house, pick from various meats and wines, cheese, bread; all priced by weight of course excluding the wine, they place it into a basket with a cheese knife, napkins and cutlery; give you a blanket and you can lounge on the grounds whilst eating and soaking up the views…heaven! This is a must, it was so beautiful and romantic and the food was divine! They are open every day until 7 pm at night and offer wine tasting for those interested.

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nncastle · 5 years

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Having scored a huge 1.7oz truffle in Montepulciano, we arrived in Pienza determined to make a feast out of it. We strolled the streets and stopped in various shops. We bought a bottle of Vino Nobile, some pecorino cheese (their specialty), a truffle slicer, some honey, and bread. Pienza is a really wonderful town whose proportions are unlike any of the other Medieval Borgos.

In 1405 Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Italian: Enea Silvio Piccolomini) was born in Corsignano, a Renaissance humanist born into an exiled Sienese family, who later became Pope Pius II. Once he became Pope, Piccolomini had the entire village rebuilt as an ideal Renaissance town and renamed it after himself to Pienza which mean "city of Pius".[4]Intended as a retreat from Rome, it represents the first application of humanist urban planning concepts, creating an impetus for planning that was adopted in other Italian towns and cities and eventually spread to other European centers.

In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site, and in 2004 the entire valley, the Val d'Orcia, was included on the list of UNESCO's World Cultural Landscapes.

Many of the streets have romantic names such as

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A "Tree" of Genealogy

The quest for the first "family tree" has been one of my scholarly interests for years. Readers of this blog will know by now that stemmata, ramifying diagrams with ancestors at the top, were invented in antiquity (provedly before 427 CE). The inversion of those diagrams into family trees with ancestors as the roots and their descendants as boughs and leaves was a slow transformation that took well over a thousand years. One of the most interesting way-stations in that process is the invention of the term "family tree," where "tree" in its medieval sense simply meant a diagram that could be scaled up at will (just as a tree or a crystal grows) without specifically denoting that the diagram must visually resemble a natural tree. Christine Klapisch-Zuber in her major work, L'Ombre des Ancêtres, fixes the first fusion of "genealogical" and "tree" in Latin in 1312 by Bernard Gui, a Dominican inquisitor and bishop in the south of France, who wrote a history of the French kings.That means that in the latest wave of Vatican digitizations, special interest attaches to a 1369 translation of this work into French by Jean Golein.

This forms the second part of the codex Reg.lat.697, which can now be consulted online. La Généalogie des Roys de France commences at folio CXIIr. Note the flowers and tendrils which indicate that the idea of arbre is already playing on the minds of the artists. As one sees in the example below, the main line of kings is at centre-page, descending page by page through the book, and little roundel-link stemmata of each king's non-monarchical relatives are set off to one side.

This is not Golein's autograph of course. That, according to Delisle, is in the parliamentary library in Paris. The first part of the Vatican codex contains Golein's French rendering of the Flores chronicorum, also by Bernard Gui, which is a history since the time of Jesus of the popes and Roman emperors. Reg.lat.697 is wonderfully illuminated and offers us this notable conclave of cardinals:

The full list of digitizations this week (lacking 25 extra items that slipped online on Friday morning as I was finishing) follows:

Borg.copt.67,

Borg.sir.16,

Chig.C.VIII.230, with fine initials and miniatures including this Annunciation (though I could have sworn this angel has a horn!)

Ott.lat.1302,

Reg.lat.652,

Reg.lat.653,

Reg.lat.654,

Reg.lat.659,

Reg.lat.660,

Reg.lat.664,

Reg.lat.676,

Reg.lat.678,

Reg.lat.691,

Reg.lat.697, translation into French by Jean Golein of the Flores chronicorum of Bernard Gui (above)

Reg.lat.707,

Reg.lat.709,

Reg.lat.725,

Reg.lat.731,

Reg.lat.735,

Reg.lat.737,

Reg.lat.740,

Reg.lat.746,

Reg.lat.759,

Reg.lat.761,

Reg.lat.766,

Reg.lat.770,

Reg.lat.803,

Reg.lat.864,

Reg.lat.880,

Reg.lat.882,

Reg.lat.888,

Reg.lat.891,

Reg.lat.913,

Reg.lat.935, Reuilion

Sbath.251,

Urb.lat.843.pt.1,

Urb.lat.843.pt.2,

Vat.gr.1312.pt.1,

Vat.gr.1312.pt.2,

Vat.lat.1299, Expositio in Iohannem, anon.

Vat.lat.1302,

Vat.lat.1310,

Vat.lat.1317,

Vat.lat.1325,

Vat.lat.1382, Bottoni, Glossa Ordinaria, with some fine arbor juris diagrams, one of which has this interesting detail in the bottom panel:

Vat.lat.1384,

Vat.lat.1389,

Vat.lat.1430,

Vat.lat.1436,

Vat.lat.1445,

Vat.lat.1451,

Vat.lat.1453,

Vat.lat.1455,

Vat.lat.1481, Priscian

Vat.lat.1483, Priscian

Vat.lat.1543, Macrobius

Vat.lat.1547, Macrobius, commentary on Dream of Scipio

Vat.lat.1567, Homer, Iliad, in Lorenzo Valla translation to Latin

Vat.lat.1587, Horace, works, 12th century

Vat.lat.1591, Horace, poetry

Vat.lat.1599, Ovid

Vat.lat.1604, Ovid, Fasti, 12th century

Vat.lat.1605, Ovid, 15C

Vat.lat.1618, Statius, Achilleidis

Vat.lat.1623, Lucan, Civil Wars

Vat.lat.1642, Seneca, tragedies

Vat.lat.1643, Seneca, tragedies

Vat.lat.1654,

Vat.lat.1681, Boninius Mombrizio

Vat.lat.1687, Cicero, letters

Vat.lat.1690, Cicero, letters, dated 1462

Vat.lat.1692, Cicero, letters, 15C

Vat.lat.1693, Cicero, rhetorical works

Vat.lat.1702, Cicero, rhetorical works

Vat.lat.1712, Cicero, rhetorical works

Vat.lat.1714, Ad Herennium

Vat.lat.1718, Ad Herennium

Vat.lat.1724, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum

Vat.lat.1726, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum

Vat.lat.1727, Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum

Vat.lat.1728, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations

Vat.lat.1733, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations

Vat.lat.1734, Cicero, De Officiis

Vat.lat.1739, Cicero, philosophy

Vat.lat.1740, Cicero, philosophy

Vat.lat.1741, Cicero, Scipio's Dream, plus anonymous works bound in back

Vat.lat.1744, Cicero, speeches

Vat.lat.1745, Cicero, speeches

Vat.lat.1748, Cicero, speeches

Vat.lat.1751, Cicero, speeches, dated 1452

Vat.lat.1753, Cicero, speeches

Vat.lat.1755, Cicero, speeches

Vat.lat.1756, Cicero, speeches

Vat.lat.1758, Cicero, philosophical works, 15C

Vat.lat.1759, Cicero, philosophical works, 15C

Vat.lat.1760, Cicero On Laws, Plutarch Lives in Brutus translation

Vat.lat.1761, Quintilian

Vat.lat.1763, Quintilian

Vat.lat.1764, Quintilian

Vat.lat.1765, Quintilian

Vat.lat.1768, Quintilian

Vat.lat.1771, Quintilian speeches, dated 1459

Vat.lat.1774, Quintilian speeches, dated 1455

Vat.lat.1776, Latin panegyrics

Vat.lat.1777, Pliny the Younger, Letters, 15C

Vat.lat.1779, Josephus in Rufinus Latin translation

Vat.lat.1782, Phalaridis et Bruti epistulae

Vat.lat.1784, Poggio Braccolini: De varietate fortunae (On the Vicissitudes of Fortune, 1447)

Vat.lat.1786, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pius II), many key writings

Vat.lat.1789, Epistulae 1-119 of Marsilio Ficino, as later published - Rome Reborn

Vat.lat.1799, Thucydides, Peloponnesian Wars, Lorenz Valla's Latin translation; dated 1452

Vat.lat.1800, ditto

Vat.lat.1810, Polybius, 15C

Vat.lat.1826,

Vat.lat.1829, Aulus Hirtius, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War, 15C

Vat.lat.6719,

Vat.lat.13619,

Vat.lat.14749,

This is Piggin's Unofficial List number 117. If you have corrections or additions, please use the comments box below. Follow me on Twitter (@JBPiggin) for news of more additions to DigiVatLib.

Delisle, L. "Notice sur les manuscrits de Bernard Gui," in Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale et autres bibliothèques, XXVII, 2 (1879), 169-455. https://archive.org/

Klapisch-Zuber, Christiane. L’ombre des ancêtres. Paris: Fayard, 2000.

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THE HUMANISTIC - cittá ideale . . . by photoarchiv65 the humanistic urban planning - and the perfect city The Venture Pienza Starting from Pienza, the humanistic urban planning concepts spread to other Italian cities and ultimately to all of Europe. History My friend Wiki said: Before the village was renamed to Pienza its name was Corsignano. It is first mentioned in documents from the 9th century. Around 1300 parts of the village became property of the Piccolomini family. after Enghelberto d'Ugo Piccolomini had been enfeoffed with the fief of Montertari in Val d'Orcia by the emperor Frederick II in 1220. In the 13th century Franciscans settled down in Corsignano. 1405 Corsignano was the birthplace of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, a Renaissance humanist born into an exiled Sienese family, who later became Pope Pius II. Once he became Pope, Piccolomini had the entire village rebuilt as an ideal Renaissance town and renamed it after himself to Pienza. Intended as a retreat from Rome, it represents the first application of humanist urban planning concepts, creating an impetus for planning that was adopted in other Italian towns and cities and eventually spread to other European centers. The rebuilding was done by Florentine architect Bernardo Gambarelli (known as Bernardo Rossellino) who worked with the humanist and architect Leon Battista Alberti. Alberti was in the employ of the Papal Curia at the time and served as an advisor to Pius. Construction started about 1459. Pope Pius II consecrated the Duomo on August 29, 1462, during his long summer visit. He included a detailed description of the structures in his Commentaries, written during the last two years of his life. It is a Mecca - for an architect and urban planer like me. Spooky - why do look 90% of the people diogonal in one direction on the Piazza Pio II ? ;-) ... _MG_2138_39_pa2 http://flic.kr/p/UEHsmd

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What is RENAISSANCE HUMANISM? What does RENAISSANCE HUMANISM mean? RENAISSANCE HUMANISM meaning - RENAISSANCE HUMANISM definition -RENAISSANCE HUMANISM explanation. Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under http://ift.tt/yjiNZw license. Renaissance humanism is the study of classical antiquity, at first in Italy and then spreading across Western Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. The term Renaissance humanism is contemporary to that period—Renaissance (rinascimento "rebirth") and "humanist" (whence modern humanism; also Renaissance humanism to distinguish it from later developments grouped as humanism). Renaissance humanism was a response to the utilitarian approach and what came to be depicted as the "narrow pedantry" associated with medieval scholasticism. Humanists sought to create a citizenry able to speak and write with eloquence and clarity and thus capable of engaging in the civic life of their communities and persuading others to virtuous and prudent actions. This was to be accomplished through the study of the studia humanitatis, today known as the humanities: grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry, and moral philosophy. According to one scholar of the movement, Early Italian humanism, which in many respects continued the grammatical and rhetorical traditions of the Middle Ages, not merely provided the old Trivium with a new and more ambitious name (Studia humanitatis), but also increased its actual scope, content and significance in the curriculum of the schools and universities and in its own extensive literary production. The studia humanitatis excluded logic, but they added to the traditional grammar and rhetoric not only history, Greek, and moral philosophy, but also made poetry, once a sequel of grammar and rhetoric, the most important member of the whole group. Humanism was a pervasive cultural mode and not the program of a small elite, a program to revive the cultural legacy, literary legacy, and moral philosophy of classical antiquity. There were important centres of humanism in Florence, Naples, Rome, Venice, Genoa, Mantua, Ferrara, and Urbino. Some of the first humanists were great collectors of antique manuscripts, including Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Coluccio Salutati, and Poggio Bracciolini. Of the four, Petrarch was dubbed the "Father of Humanism" because of his devotion to Greek and Roman scrolls. Many worked for the organized Church and were in holy orders (like Petrarch), while others were lawyers and chancellors of Italian cities (such as Petrarch's disciple Salutati, the Chancellor of Florence) and thus had access to book copying workshops. In Italy, the humanist educational program won rapid acceptance and, by the mid-fifteenth century, many of the upper classes had received humanist educations, possibly in addition to traditional scholasticist ones. Some of the highest officials of the Church were humanists with the resources to amass important libraries. Such was Cardinal Basilios Bessarion, a convert to the Latin Church from Greek Orthodoxy, who was considered for the papacy and was one of the most learned scholars of his time. There were several fifteenth-century and early sixteenth-century humanist Popes one of whom, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pius II), was a prolific author and wrote a treatise on "The Education of Boys". These subjects came to be known as the humanities, and the movement which they inspired is shown as humanism. The migration waves of Byzantine Greek scholars and émigrés in the period following the Crusader sacking of Constantinople and the end of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 greatly assisted the revival of Greek and Roman literature and science via their greater familiarity with ancient languages and works. They included Gemistus Pletho, George of Trebizond, Theodorus Gaza, and John Argyropoulos.

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