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Tuscan Journey: Legends and Mysteries
Crevole Castle and the Bishop Who Howls at the Moon (Jul 2006)
Crevole is south of Siena, near Murlo. Better still, it's a high point covered with dense shrubbery from which jut the striking ruins of an old castle. Judging by what little remains of the castle, it must have once been an imposing fortification, situated in a position of great importance. In ad ...
Montecristo: An Island of Treasures (Jul 2006)
Little more than a large rock, Montecristo is an island situated in the centre of the Tyrrhenian Sea, not all that far from the more well-known islands of Elba (43km) and Argentario (64km). A desolate island, which has been almost completely untouched by man, Montecristo has a coastline stretching f ...
Lucida Mansi (Apr 2006)
In Lucca, and the area which surrounds it, there are many legends which tell of the beautiful Lucida Mansi. According to these legends, she was a very pretty young woman who knew exactly how to use her charms and good looks to seduce one lover after another. It has also been said that she allegedly ...
A Stone Tree in Florence (Mar 2006)
We are in the centre of Florence, a maze of tiny narrow roads which cross and meet each other at irregular angles in typical style of an ancient roman city. It is often thought that Florence is city that is lacking in green spaces however enter the many old palaces and even churches of Florence and ...
Strozzavolpe (Mar 2006)
Whoever said that ghost stories are limited to places such as Manica was wrong. Because, this is simply not the case. They are everywhere, even the Tuscan hills, which, with parts of its famous lush greenery being submerged in a thick fog and freezing cold atmosphere, almost ressemble the famous Loc ...
San Galgano and Siena's Legendary Sword in the Stone (Mar 2006)
Siena's legendary sword in the stone is just one of the many tales of San Galgano, the knight who later became a hermit. Such Medieval legends are set in one of the more unique places in the world, small and isolated in the splendid countryside of Siena, so dense with mystery that it rivals even Sto ...
Veronica Cybo (Mar 2006)
A dreadful crime, a passionate woman and a ghost: this is only the beginning of the fascinating events of Veronica Cybo which took place between Florence and Figine Valdarno. A very dark and mysterious character, Veronica Cybo was the descendent of one of the more famous and stronger families of ...
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