The Carnival of Viareggio is the most important carnival in Italy which, with its allegorical floats, has been renewing the magic of a tradition that involves adults and children for 150 years. The Carnival of Viareggio celebrates 150 years with its huge allegorical floats. The mastery of Viareggio’s papier-mâché makers has always involved children from 0 to 100 years…
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The Piccolomini Library: a treasure of art in Siena
The Piccolomini Library, built to honor the memory of his maternal uncle Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Pope Pius II) and to preserve the rich “book” heritage that the Pope and humanist had collected, was commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Tedeschini Piccolomini, archbishop of Siena (later Pope Pius III), around 1492. The frescoes that follow one another on the three walls of the…
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