James Bentley

The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Features thirty-six villages from all over Tuscany from those clustered around the great cities of Lucca and Florence, which produce some of the finest olive oil and are home to some of the world's greatest works of art, to the Chianti region and the valley of the Orcia, devoted to the cultivation of aromatic herbs.

Produktdetails

• The Most Beautiful . . .
• Verlag: Thames & Hudson / Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 197mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9780500289976
• ISBN-10: 0500289972
• Artikelnr.: 34386629

Autorenporträt

James Bentley was a distinguished travel writer who specialized in Italy and France. He is the author of the volumes on Burgundy, Brittany, The Dordogne and England in The Most Beautiful Villages series.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Around Florence and Lucca: Bagni di Lucca; Castelnuovo di Garfagnana; Castiglione de Garfagnana; Cutgliano; Uzzano; Collodi; Vicopisano; Artimino; Scarperia; Vicchio; Stia; Poppi; Camaldoli - Around Arezzo and Siena: San Gimignano; Casole d'Elsa; Radda in Chianti; Castellina in Chianti; Monterchi; Monte San Savino; Foiana della Chiana; Lucignano; Pienza; Montalcino; San Quirico d'Orcia; Castiglione d'Orcia - The South: Cetona; Radicofani; Sovana; Arcidosso; Abbadia San Salvatore; Saturnia; Pitigliano; Montemerano; Magliano in Toscana; Populonia; Ansedonia

Rezensionen

'Beautifully composed photographs ... sublime landscapes graceful, knowledgeable text' - Country Living