The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany

James Bentley, Hugh Palmer

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English

Thames & Hudson
01 March 2012

Travel & holiday; Places & peoples: pictorial works

Series: The Most Beautiful . . .

Gaze across one of the most extraordinarily rich and varied landscapes in Europe... Here are vineyards and miles of wild mountain scenery; almost any view will take in other villages, clustering around the upper reaches of some hill, or the russet roofs of a fortified town deep in a valley.

Thirty-six villages and towns from all over Tuscany have been chosen for their

beauty and for the part they have played in Tuscan history and culture. The vivid, highly descriptive accounts of each village are accompanied by page after page of marvellous colour photographs.

The book opens with those communities clustered around the great towns of Lucca and Florence, home to some of the world's greatest works of art. As the author and photographer move south through the Chianti region to the valley of the Orcia, devoted to the cultivation of aromatic herbs, they discover the unique characteristics of each region. Here is the small town of Pienza, once called 'the pearl of the Renaissance'. Here too is Piero della Francesca's lovely Madonna del Porto, which once decorated the tiny cemetery chapel of Monterchi; and in San Gimignano the medieval towers loom over the town's squares and streets like the backdrop to some surreal stage set.

By: James Bentley
By (photographer): Hugh Palmer
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 195mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 800g
ISBN: 9780500289976
ISBN 10: 0500289972
Series: The Most Beautiful . . .
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 01 March 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for The Most Beautiful Villages of Tuscany

'Breathtaking photographs ... the riches and variety of tuscanyare laid out for all to see ... a well balanced, well presented and well written exploration of one of italy's most beautiful regions' - Contemporary Review 'Beautifully composed photographs ... sublime landscapes graceful, knowledgeable text' - Country Living