Claudio Pescio

WELCOME TO VENICE For hundreds of years-and especially in the Romantic period of the 18th-19th centuries-Venice has been a must for those who appreciate art and beauty. People from all over the world come-and then come back again-to revei in the experience of its unique setting and seemingly...

HISTORY OF THE UFFIZI Towards the middle of the 16th century, Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici commissioned a building capable of containing all the administrative offices of the grandduchy. It was called «Uffizi» (offices), a name that would remain long after the office building had been turned...

General Aspects of Tuscany The Tuscan region is mostly hilly and mountainous. The major range running north south on the east, the Tusco-Emiliano Apennines, vaunts peaks of respectable heights (e.g., Mt. Prato at2053 m., Mt. Corno allé Scale at 1945 m, and Mt. Falterona at 1654 m): theApuane on...