If Bramante’s initial plans had been carried through to completion, St Peter’s in Rome would have been a larger version of the beautiful Tempio di...
Montepulciano and The Real St Peter’s…
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Tuscany
Vinnie and the Etruscans of Montepulciano…
...will never meet but we can come close to them in the heartbreakingly beautiful town. Their civilisation was overwhelmed by the Romans in the 3rd...
Vinnie and the Blood of Jupiter…
well, not exactly... My fearless corkscrew was not taking on the Gods but we were around the Tuscan town of Montalcino where the Sangiovese grape -...
Some Magic from Montalcino…
South of Siena, between Montalcino and Montepulciano, lie the valleys of the Orcia and Chiana. More commonly known as the Val d’Orcia and the Val di...
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