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	<title>WHY TUSCANY</title>
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	<description>La Dolce Vita</description>
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		<title>Borderland Cusine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The flavours of the Tuscany are strong ones that are often wedded to the aromas of the sea and Liguria. The now famous lard of Colonnata is matured in marble basins and flavoured with rosemary, while pesto is served with testeroli of Pontremoli, pieces of foccacia made of flour and water and baked in trays [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuscany &#8211; spas, sport and leisure activities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[health-giving waters There are two spas in the province of Massa-Carrara: Equi Terme, on the Northern slopes of the Apuan Alps, and San Carlo. In the Garfagnana, easily reached from Lucca, there is the important spa of Bagni di Lucca. Equi Terme is a typical medieval village in a splendid setting dominated by the Pizzo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charming Hill Top Village</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arezzo A charming hilly town in the east of Tuscany, Arezzo boasts ancient origins. It was one of the greatest etruscan &#8220;Lucumonie&#8221; succesively it became a Roman town having a strategic position. It was an important centre for economic activities and for its oustanding monuments , such as the Amphitheatre with numerous ruins. Famous for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florence &#8211; Ponte Vecchio &#8211; Part 2 EH&#8217;s book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presently, in the afternoon, I shall follow Via Porta Rossa, with its old palaces of the Torrigiani (now, Hotel Porta Rossa), and the Davanzati into Mercato Nuovo, where, because it is Thursday, the whole place will be smothered with flowers and children, little laughing rascals as impudent as Lippo Lippi&#8217;s Angiolini, who play about the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.whytuscany.com/florence-ponte-vecchio-part-2-ehs-book</link>
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		<title>the flavours of the Apennines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cusine of Lunigiana is mainly based on local produce: minestrone alla lunigianese, tortelli (a kind of ravioli), cavolo con le fette (cabage with toasted bread), cibreo di rigaglie (chicken giblets with egg and lemon sauce), torta d&#8217;erbe (chard pie) and small focaccie such as panigacci. That gastronomic traditions migrate is shown by the bomba [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE BAPTISTERY  &#8211; THE DUOMO &#8211; THE CAMPANILE &#8211; THE OPERA DEL DUOMO &#8211; Part 4 EH&#8217;s book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On coming into the Piazza del Duomo, perhaps from the light and space of the Lung&#8217; Arno or from the largeness of the Piazza della Signoria, one is apt to think of it as too small for the buildings which it holds, as wanting in a certain spaciousness such as the Piazza of St. Peter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Land of Strong Contrasts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The image of the Lunigiana that comes to mind most readily is probably that of the old village nestling around its castle in a position commanding the routes along the valley bottom. For those arriving from the coast, in fact, the valley of the Magra is heralded by the villages of Vezzano Ligure on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuscany&#8217;s Wines  A Variety of Sangiovese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nowhere in Italy do the wines so vividly reflect the countryside as in the central Italy region of Tuscany. The bold, full-bodied, mostly red wines are as hearty of the residents, the food, and the soul of this historic province. Chianti Perhaps, the best known of Tuscany&#8217;s wines, Chianti is a wine-growing zone as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aulla</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aulla is the main commercial town in the area located at the A15 exit of the Parma-La Spezia motorway. Although not the prettiest of towns (the old town was destroyed by allied bombardments in the Second World War) it is being largely re-developed in modern Italian style. The town, which has a population of about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA AND PALAZZO VECCHIO &#8211; Part 3 EH&#8217;s book</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In every ancient city of the world, cities that in themselves for the most part have been nations, one may find some spot holy or splendid that instantly evokes an image of that of which it is a symbol,—which sums up, as it were, in itself all the sanctity, beauty, and splendour of her fame, [...]]]></description>
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