<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235</id><updated>2011-12-15T21:17:43.786+01:00</updated><category term='punto di vista'/><category term='Reading'/><category term='Movie sets'/><category term='castles'/><category term='Offers'/><category term='About us'/><category term='Siena'/><category term='Oratori'/><category term='Teatro'/><category term='Palio'/><category term='Food'/><category term='point of view'/><category term='Cantine'/><category term='From the web'/><category term='Eventi'/><category term='Our guests'/><category term='Tuscany trips'/><category term='Events'/><category term='il Palio'/><category term='Italy trips'/><category term='Wine tours'/><category term='Concerti'/><category term='Hidden Siena'/><category term='Ristoranti'/><title type='text'>Borgo Grondaie Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>The easy way to become your guide in Siena</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>89</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-3927368788093426735</id><published>2011-08-12T12:16:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-12T12:16:02.322+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>THIS BLOG IS CLOSED.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow us in our web site &lt;a href="http://www.borgogrondaie.com/"&gt;http://www.borgogrondaie.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-3927368788093426735?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/3927368788093426735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=3927368788093426735' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/3927368788093426735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/3927368788093426735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2011/08/this-blog-is-closed.html' title=''/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-3672318307954181352</id><published>2011-05-05T11:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-05T11:30:37.600+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>Perugia worth a visit!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span closure_uid_xs052k="1328" id="result_box" lang="en" oc="undefined" xf="4"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_xs052k="1302" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;Yesterday Gaia&lt;/span&gt; and&amp;nbsp;I (Amina)&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_xs052k="1305" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;went to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_xs052k="1306" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;Perugia&lt;/span&gt; for business&lt;span closure_uid_xs052k="1309" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; It was the first time there for both.&amp;nbsp;Our review? What a wonderful town!&amp;nbsp;The historic center&amp;nbsp;is &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_xs052k="1324" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;easily reacheable&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_xs052k="1325" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;by&lt;/span&gt; "&lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_xs052k="1326" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;minimetrò" and the Piazza IV Novembre with its Fontana Maggiore is really amazing. Last but not least there are lots of beautiful stores for shopping.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span closure_uid_xs052k="1328" lang="en" oc="undefined" xf="4"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_xs052k="1326" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1alUybYjiVE/TcJhw1BT7qI/AAAAAAAAA2g/m9EW4g3sLDY/s1600/DSCN0279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1alUybYjiVE/TcJhw1BT7qI/AAAAAAAAA2g/m9EW4g3sLDY/s320/DSCN0279.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0mQm-fRgSUg/TbvvfXhoxoI/AAAAAAAAA2U/pxlNs6wozRM/s1600/gio_asia+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0mQm-fRgSUg/TbvvfXhoxoI/AAAAAAAAA2U/pxlNs6wozRM/s320/gio_asia+001.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CjDBisSP03w/Tbvv1wIwgaI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/Nxwqav4Znw0/s1600/gio_asia+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CjDBisSP03w/Tbvv1wIwgaI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/Nxwqav4Znw0/s320/gio_asia+002.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7070913855237007238?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7070913855237007238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7070913855237007238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7070913855237007238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7070913855237007238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2011/04/our-mascots.html' title='Our mascots'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0mQm-fRgSUg/TbvvfXhoxoI/AAAAAAAAA2U/pxlNs6wozRM/s72-c/gio_asia+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-8920713705145932634</id><published>2011-04-25T10:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T10:46:22.616+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our guests'/><title type='text'>Barbara &amp; Aurelio</title><content type='html'>You really did a good job!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks a lot :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yO055n5RU-g/TbUzvsdwaKI/AAAAAAAAA2I/24d8tJhOewE/s1600/cucco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yO055n5RU-g/TbUzvsdwaKI/AAAAAAAAA2I/24d8tJhOewE/s320/cucco.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-74qfqSnkgyA/TbU0Kga_-sI/AAAAAAAAA2M/-8kK14rLpZM/s1600/cucco_bis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-74qfqSnkgyA/TbU0Kga_-sI/AAAAAAAAA2M/-8kK14rLpZM/s320/cucco_bis.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Aurelio'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yO055n5RU-g/TbUzvsdwaKI/AAAAAAAAA2I/24d8tJhOewE/s72-c/cucco.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-7292595186038909172</id><published>2011-03-14T13:53:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T13:53:31.314+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eventi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oratori'/><title type='text'>Per il 150° dell'Unità d'Italia apertura dei musei delle Contrade di Siena</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IiOnI2f4FWk/TX4LkKRVjgI/AAAAAAAAA2A/Sw0OzBQyEC0/s1600/contrade300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" q6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IiOnI2f4FWk/TX4LkKRVjgI/AAAAAAAAA2A/Sw0OzBQyEC0/s1600/contrade300.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Un'occasione da non perdere!﻿&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Il Magistrato delle Contrade &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;ha comunicato che le Contrade di Siena, in occasione del 150° anno dell’Unità d’Italia effettueranno una apertura dei loro musei nelle giornate di mercoledì 16 e giovedì 17 marzo 2011 con gli orari di seguito indicati.&lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /&gt;&lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; 16 marzo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 17 marzo M&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 17 marzo P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;AQUILA&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-il-bruco.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;BRUCO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-23,30&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 9-12&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 15,30-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;CHIOCCIOLA&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-la-civetta.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;CIVETTA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-il-drago.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;DRAGO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 15-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;GIRAFFA&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;ISTRICE&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;LEOCORNO&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-la-lupa.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;LUPA&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;NICCHIO&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;OCA&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-londa.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;ONDA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;PANTERA&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-la-selva.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;SELVA&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-la-tartuca.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;TARTUCA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-la-torre.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;TORRE&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;VALDIMONTONE&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 21-23&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 10-13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 16-19&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7292595186038909172?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7292595186038909172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7292595186038909172' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7292595186038909172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7292595186038909172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2011/03/per-il-150-dellunita-ditalia-apertura.html' title='Per il 150° dell&apos;Unità d&apos;Italia apertura dei musei delle Contrade di Siena'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IiOnI2f4FWk/TX4LkKRVjgI/AAAAAAAAA2A/Sw0OzBQyEC0/s72-c/contrade300.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-2636792575518357959</id><published>2011-03-13T13:44:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-03-13T13:44:49.091+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eventi'/><title type='text'>Giornata FAI primavera 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-AwRbFGc5SKg/TXy6wY_aj_I/AAAAAAAAA18/cLgR_CrkX9c/s1600/fai.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="69" q6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-AwRbFGc5SKg/TXy6wY_aj_I/AAAAAAAAA18/cLgR_CrkX9c/s320/fai.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Come i &lt;strong&gt;150 anni dell'Unità d'Italia&lt;/strong&gt;, saranno &lt;strong&gt;150&lt;/strong&gt;, su &lt;strong&gt;660&lt;/strong&gt;, quest'anno,&lt;strong&gt; i luoghi&lt;/strong&gt; che, in occasione della &lt;strong&gt;Giornata FAI di primavera 2011&lt;/strong&gt;, saranno dedicati al Risorgimento italiano. I prossimi &lt;strong&gt;26 e 27 marzo&lt;/strong&gt;, tutti gli italiani potranno quindi scoprire gli eroi a cui si deve la nascita della patria, oltre a visitare palazzi ed edifici storici &lt;strong&gt;in tutte le regioni d'Italia&lt;/strong&gt; che aprono solamente una volta l'anno per questa occasione.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #b45f06;"&gt;PROVINCIA DI SIENA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MONTEPULCIANO (SI)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nel cuore “nobile” della città poliziana: i rinascimentali palazzi privati, le arcane cantine e le testimonianze di un eroico Risorgimento&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teatro Poliziano&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Via del Teatro, 4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Palazzo Contucci e le sue cantine storiche&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Via del Teatro, 2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Palazzo Ricci e Cantina del Redi. Sede dell’Accademia Europea di Musica e Arte&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Via Ricci, 2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Concerti:&lt;/u&gt; domenica 27, ore 12.00 e 16.00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trekking risorgimentale&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Muri cittadini raccontati come monumenti importanti e storie di giovani idealisti Poliziani che hanno contributo all’Unità d’Italia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per questi luoghi apertura Domenica 27, ore 10.00 – 17.30&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Visite guidate a cura degli Apprendisti Ciceroni®: I.I.S.S. “A. Poliziano”, Classi VB e C Linguistico; Istituto “Redi-Caselli” Polo Valdichiana, Classi III e IV Professionale Turistico&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Palazzo Tarugi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Piazza Grande&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Domenica 27, ore 11.00 – 13.45 Ingresso riservato solo agli Iscritti FAI; possibilità di iscriversi in loco&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Visite guidate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eventi collaterali&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“In viaggio nell’Unità d’Italia: carrozze, calessi e auto storiche”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Piazza Grande&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Domenica 27, ore 11.00 – 17.00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Museo Civico Pinacoteca Crociati:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;mostra &lt;em&gt;“Macchiaioli a Montepulciano. Capolavori inediti privati”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Mercato prodotti tipici biologici e tradizionali di filiera corta&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Menù FAI”&lt;/em&gt; presso i ristornati di Montepulciano aderenti all’iniziativa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per maggiori informazioni &lt;a href="http://www.giornatafai.it/home.htm"&gt;Fondo Ambiente Italiano&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-2636792575518357959?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/2636792575518357959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=2636792575518357959' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2636792575518357959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2636792575518357959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2011/03/giornata-fai-primavera-2011.html' title='Giornata FAI primavera 2011'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-AwRbFGc5SKg/TXy6wY_aj_I/AAAAAAAAA18/cLgR_CrkX9c/s72-c/fai.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-5825047652648650849</id><published>2011-02-28T10:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-28T10:54:17.669+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eventi'/><title type='text'>Martedì Grasso 2011 a Siena</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bbvUQdS90TU/TWtt2apWDLI/AAAAAAAAA14/EDP7D5K5ZOU/s1600/carnevale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bbvUQdS90TU/TWtt2apWDLI/AAAAAAAAA14/EDP7D5K5ZOU/s320/carnevale.jpg" width="296" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MARTEDì 8 MARZO 2011 DALLE ORE 15.30&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;In &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Piazza del Campo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; ti aspettano&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;tanti giochi e laboratori creativi ed espressivi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;per un divertente viaggio nelle regioni d'Italia:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;La bottega del mascararo&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; veneziano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Le piste giganti delle biglie di &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Ravenna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Torino&lt;/span&gt; e i grandi giochi di legno&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;La bottega delle bambole &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;napoletane&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Siena&lt;/span&gt; e il Palio dei barberi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Garibaldi&lt;/span&gt; e la spedizione dei mille&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Pinocchio &lt;/span&gt;e il teatro delle marionette&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Le maschere del &lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"&gt;carnevale italiano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;e nel &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cortile del Podestà &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;per festeggiare i 150 anni dell'Unità d'Italia &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Arlecchino e Colombina ti invitano&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;ad un divertente viaggio nello stivale...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-5825047652648650849?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/5825047652648650849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=5825047652648650849' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5825047652648650849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5825047652648650849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2011/02/martedi-grasso-2011-siena.html' title='Martedì Grasso 2011 a Siena'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bbvUQdS90TU/TWtt2apWDLI/AAAAAAAAA14/EDP7D5K5ZOU/s72-c/carnevale.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-2885738270965831333</id><published>2011-02-15T16:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-15T16:37:01.597+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eventi'/><title type='text'>CARNEVALE: i cenci</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fhaHNxUsznQ/TVqbnYn4KKI/AAAAAAAAA10/94IvaqqlllI/s1600/cenci.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" h5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fhaHNxUsznQ/TVqbnYn4KKI/AAAAAAAAA10/94IvaqqlllI/s1600/cenci.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dolcetti delicati, leggeri e croccanti che profumano di vaniglia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ecco la ricetta di Lella Cesari Ciampoli:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;INGREDIENTI:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* 300 gr di farina 00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* 50 gr di zucchero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* 40 gr di burro liquefatto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* 2 uova&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* scorza di arancio grattata&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* 1 bicchierino di Vin Santo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* 1 pizzico di sale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* olio di semi di arachidi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;* zucchero a velo vanigliato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;PREPARAZIONE:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Appena fatto l'impasto, avvolgetelo nella pellicola e fatelo riposare in frigo per circa 20 minuti. Tirare una sfoglia sottilissima e ritagliare, con la rotella dentata, dei rombi non troppo piccoli. Friggere in abbondante olio molto caldo, scolare su carta assorbente ed impolverare i cenci con abbondante zucchero a velo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lella Cesari Ciampoli&lt;/strong&gt; ha fondato la prima &lt;a href="http://www.scuoladicucinadilella.net/"&gt;Scuola di Cucina a Siena&lt;/a&gt;, dove insegna da molti anni. E' iscritta all'International Association of Cooking Professionals di Washington D.C. ed è insegnante dell'AICI (Associazione insegnanti di cucina italiana).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Collabora saltuariamente con le maggiori riviste italiane del settore. Grande successo ha avuto il suo libro di ricette "Felicità della cucina italiana". Collabora con numerose aziende agrituristiche locali ed è nota nell'ambiente contradaiolo senese per aver tenuto lezioni di cucina ai "gruppi donne". Profonda conoscitrice e ricercatrice di antiche ricette della cucina toscana e medievale, è diventata punto di riferimento anche per i professionisti del settore. La Scuola di Cucina di Lella è stata riconosciuta tra le prime cento scuole di Cucina Italiana.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-2885738270965831333?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/2885738270965831333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=2885738270965831333' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2885738270965831333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2885738270965831333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2011/02/carnevale-i-cenci.html' title='CARNEVALE: i cenci'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fhaHNxUsznQ/TVqbnYn4KKI/AAAAAAAAA10/94IvaqqlllI/s72-c/cenci.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-3507591944603769225</id><published>2011-02-07T12:10:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T12:10:18.122+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Teatro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eventi'/><title type='text'>Teatro del Costone - Stagione 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TU_NpPElc-I/AAAAAAAAA1w/KR_ukuP_gPE/s1600/costone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" h5="true" height="86" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TU_NpPElc-I/AAAAAAAAA1w/KR_ukuP_gPE/s320/costone.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FEBBRAIO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venerdì 11, sabato 12&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Domenica 13&lt;/strong&gt; ore 17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;DUE PARTITE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di Cristina Comencini&lt;br /&gt;Usa&amp;amp;Getta Teatro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venerdì 25&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;LE STORIE DI CALANDRINO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Di G. Scuto e M. Marsan&lt;br /&gt;Liberamente tratto da “Decamerone” di G. Boccaccio&lt;br /&gt;Compagnia teatrale “La Ginestra” – Gaiole in Chianti&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sabato 26&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;STRUMENTO VOCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Associazione Musicale Diapason&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Domenica 27&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;TRIBUTE TO DIRE STRAITS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;concerto&lt;br /&gt;Associazione Musicale Diapason&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MARZO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sabato 05&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;LE COGNATE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di Michel Tremblay – rielaborazione testo di M. Marsan&lt;br /&gt;Associazione teatrale “Teatro Vittorio Alfieri”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Martedì 8, mercoledì 9, giovedì 10&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;LA NOSTRA FANTASIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ideazione e drammaturgia Usa&amp;amp;Getta Teatro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sabato 12&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Domenica 13&lt;/strong&gt; ore 17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;MAMMA MIA – E’ TUTTO MOLTO GRECO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gruppo teatrale “Gli Squattri–nati”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Giovedì 17&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;LA TUA ASSENZA E’ UN ASSEDIO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;LE DONNE RACCONTANO PIERO CIAMPI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Di Massimo Biliorsi&lt;br /&gt;Usa&amp;amp;Getta Teatro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sabato 19&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;UN CAMPANILE PER 4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tratto da tre sketch e una farsa di Achille Campanile&lt;br /&gt;Compagnia teatrale “Primavera” – Radda in Chianti&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Domenica 20&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; ore 17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;LA NOSTRA FANTASIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ideazione e drammaturgia Usa&amp;amp;Getta Teatro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venerdì 25&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;STRUMENTO VOCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Associazione Musicale Diapason&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;APRILE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venerdì 15, sabato 16&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;TRAPPOLA PER TOPI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tratto da Agatha Christie&lt;br /&gt;Compagnia teatrale “Iacopone da Todi”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Venerdì 6&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;STRUMENTO VOCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Associazione Musicale Diapason&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Martedì 10&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;SOLUZIONE FINALE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Di Giovanna Querci Favii&lt;br /&gt;Con Anna Montinari&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Giovedì 03&lt;/strong&gt; ore 21,15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;STRUMENTO VOCE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Associazione Musicale Diapason&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per ricevere &lt;strong&gt;informazioni &lt;/strong&gt;e per &lt;strong&gt;prenotare i biglietti&lt;/strong&gt; degli spettacoli inseriti nella stagione teatrale della Teatro del Costone, organizzata dall’associazione “Usa&amp;amp;Getta”, è possibile telefonare al numero&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;347 8035750 oppure scrivere all’indirizzo &lt;a href="mailto:usaegettateatro@email.it"&gt;usaegettateatro@email.it&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La biglietteria sarà aperta nei giorni di spettacolo, un’ora prima dell’apertura del sipario.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-3507591944603769225?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/3507591944603769225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=3507591944603769225' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/3507591944603769225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/3507591944603769225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2011/02/teatro-del-costone-stagione-2011.html' title='Teatro del Costone - Stagione 2011'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TU_NpPElc-I/AAAAAAAAA1w/KR_ukuP_gPE/s72-c/costone.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1935078123180292367</id><published>2011-01-18T11:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T11:23:59.678+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Teatro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eventi'/><title type='text'>Fa... Volare</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TTVplXr_TAI/AAAAAAAAA1o/GTEKuSpi71M/s1600/fa_volare.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="159" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TTVplXr_TAI/AAAAAAAAA1o/GTEKuSpi71M/s320/fa_volare.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Rassegna teatrale di favole&amp;nbsp;rivolta ai bambini dai 3 ai 10 anni&amp;nbsp;che si terrà a Siena da&amp;nbsp;gennaio a febbraio 2011 nei Teatri dei Rozzi e del Costone&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;CALENDARIO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;TEATRO DEI ROZZI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sabato 29 gennaio&lt;/strong&gt;, ore 16 e ore 18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Compagnia TPO&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ALADINO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;direzione artistica di Francesco Gandi e Davide Venturini&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;tecnica utilizzata: attore, pupazzi e oggetti &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;età consigliata&lt;/strong&gt;: dai 3 anni&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sabato 26 febbraio&lt;/strong&gt;, ore 16 e ore 18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Crest&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;LA STORIA DI HANSEL E GRETEL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;testo e regia di Michelangelo Campanale &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;tecnica utilizzata: teatro d'attore&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;età consigliata:&lt;/strong&gt; dai 4 anni &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sabato 19 marzo&lt;/strong&gt;, ore 16 e ore 18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Compagnia Simona Bucci&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;GIORGIO E IL DRAGO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;liberamente ispirato alla leggenda di San Giorgio e il drago&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;coreografia di Simona Bucci&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;tecnica utilizzata: danza&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;età consigliata:&lt;/strong&gt; 5-10 anni&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;TEATRO DEL COSTONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sabato 22 e domenica 23 gennaio&lt;/strong&gt;, ore 16 e ore 18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tanti Cosi Progetti&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;IL LUPO E I SETTE CAPRETTI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;di e con Danilo Conti e Antonella Piroli&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;tecnica utilizzata: attore, pupazzi e oggetti&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;età consigliata:&lt;/strong&gt; dai 3 anni&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sabato 5 febbraio e domenica 6 febbraio&lt;/strong&gt;, ore 16 e ore 18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Teatro Glug&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;LA GRANDE SFIDA TRA IL RICCIO E LA LEPRE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;con Enzo Cozzolino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;regia di Matthias Träger&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;tecnica utilizzata: teatro di figura, narrazione e musica dal vivo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;età consigliata:&lt;/strong&gt; dai 3 anni&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sabato 19 e domenica 20 febbraio&lt;/strong&gt;, ore 16 e ore 18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Fondazione Sipario Toscana/Habanera Teatro&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;AZZURRA BALENA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;regia di Stefano Cavallini&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;tecnica utilizzata: pupazzi in gommapiuma e attore&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;età consigliata:&lt;/strong&gt; dai 4 anni&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sabato 26 e domenica 27 marzo&lt;/strong&gt;, ore 16 e ore 18&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Pupi di Stac&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;IL PRODE ORLANDINO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ricerche e testo di Laura Poli da antiche fiabe popolari di Gherardo Nerucci Orlandino e Buchettino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;tecnica utilizzata: burattini e guanto (con le gambe) di legno intagliato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;età consigliata&lt;/strong&gt;: dai 3 anni&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comune.siena.it/main.asp?id=8611"&gt;Info biglietti e abbonamenti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1935078123180292367?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1935078123180292367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1935078123180292367' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1935078123180292367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1935078123180292367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2011/01/fa-volare.html' title='Fa... Volare'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TTVplXr_TAI/AAAAAAAAA1o/GTEKuSpi71M/s72-c/fa_volare.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1057744970454419826</id><published>2011-01-10T09:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-01-10T09:25:39.289+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>Borgo Grondaie Images</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What a wonderful pictures we found on Internet. They were taken by a guest of us: thanks a lot Chris! I&amp;nbsp;like them specially those taken during the evening hours. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TSrBTq-hb-I/AAAAAAAAA1I/H46L6l9WjgI/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TSrBTq-hb-I/AAAAAAAAA1I/H46L6l9WjgI/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TSrBXWHy5GI/AAAAAAAAA1M/hNHbPR2uKbg/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TSrBXWHy5GI/AAAAAAAAA1M/hNHbPR2uKbg/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TSrBZ1J39EI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/yNYvT3pFyOY/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TSrBZ1J39EI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/yNYvT3pFyOY/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TSrBc5B3OzI/AAAAAAAAA1U/tORcBJiOJO4/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TSrBc5B3OzI/AAAAAAAAA1U/tORcBJiOJO4/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TSrBfmHb0aI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/p4TzackWovw/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TSrBfmHb0aI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/p4TzackWovw/s320/6.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TRrwMVBe0_I/AAAAAAAAA08/oy7MXeZohZA/s1600/teatro_castello_di_meleto.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TRrwMVBe0_I/AAAAAAAAA08/oy7MXeZohZA/s320/teatro_castello_di_meleto.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Meleto and Brolio are two famous Castles of the Chianti area which are open for visits.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Castle of Meleto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; belonged to the Benedictine monks of the Coltibuono Abbey. The name "Meleto in Chianti" appears for the first time in &lt;strong&gt;1269&lt;/strong&gt;, in the Florentine Guelphs' "Libro degli Estimi", as the property of the family of Rainerii de Ricasolis. The Ricasoli family extended and embellished the building over the centuries, and &lt;strong&gt;today&lt;/strong&gt; the Castle still has its massive &lt;strong&gt;15 th century fortifications&lt;/strong&gt; with an imposing cylindrical tower built as protection against artillery fire. But there is also the aristocratic grace of the&lt;strong&gt; villa nobile&lt;/strong&gt;, with its sequence of &lt;strong&gt;furnished and decorated rooms&lt;/strong&gt;, and an unparalleled &lt;strong&gt;18th century theatre&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You can visit the Castle of Meleto during all the year. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The visit hours are fixed as follow:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- Monday: 3.00 p.m. &amp;amp; 4.30 p.m.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- from Tuesday to Saturday: 11.30 a.m. – 3.00 p.m. &amp;amp; 4.30 p.m.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- Sunday: 11.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. &amp;amp; 5.00 p.m.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You can also require a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.castellomeleto.it/azienda_en.asp?sezione=azienda"&gt;wine tasting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of their own wines.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;About the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Castle of Brolio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; we have already spoken about that and its famous winery &lt;a href="http://www.ricasoli.it/"&gt;Ricasoli&lt;/a&gt; in one of our &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/06/perfect-day-in-chianti-history-art-wine.html"&gt;wine tours suggestion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-2773083699285421494?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/2773083699285421494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=2773083699285421494' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2773083699285421494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2773083699285421494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/12/chianti-castle-tour.html' title='Chianti Castle Tour'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TRrwMVBe0_I/AAAAAAAAA08/oy7MXeZohZA/s72-c/teatro_castello_di_meleto.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-6119999296177716174</id><published>2010-12-25T13:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-12-25T13:23:20.399+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eventi'/><title type='text'>Feng Shui a Siena</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Primo corso di Feng Shui a Siena.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il corso si svilupperà in due giornate ambientate al Borgo Grondaie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sarà l'Arch. Pasquale Fonte, membro dell'International Feng Shui Research Center, a curare il corso.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Le giornate saranno quella di Sabato 12 Febbraio e 26 Febbario 2011.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Saranno trattati argomenti quali "I principi fondamentali del Feng Shui", la "Geobiologia", "Scula della Forma e Scuola del Compasso".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I partecipanti faranno esercitazioni sulla piantina di casa propria.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per maggiori informazioni contattare il Borgo Grondaie 0577.332539&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-6119999296177716174?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/6119999296177716174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=6119999296177716174' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/6119999296177716174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/6119999296177716174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/12/feng-shui-siena.html' title='Feng Shui a Siena'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-3481927356316966610</id><published>2010-11-30T17:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T17:38:03.420+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>Laundry for our guests</title><content type='html'>News at the Borgo.&lt;br /&gt;Finally we have the dryer-machine. Our laudry is now complete!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TPUoWCmZMtI/AAAAAAAAA0k/YBPbkbq63GI/s1600/foto+lavanderia+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TPUoWCmZMtI/AAAAAAAAA0k/YBPbkbq63GI/s320/foto+lavanderia+001.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Two coin washing-machines and a dryer-machine available for our guests&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-3481927356316966610?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/3481927356316966610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=3481927356316966610' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/3481927356316966610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/3481927356316966610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/11/laundry-for-our-guests.html' title='Laundry for our guests'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TPUoWCmZMtI/AAAAAAAAA0k/YBPbkbq63GI/s72-c/foto+lavanderia+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-2978941992434608450</id><published>2010-11-30T17:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-30T17:33:17.220+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>Hotel e Appartamenti con Lavanderia</title><content type='html'>Grandi novità al Borgo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TPUnFAh927I/AAAAAAAAA0g/ysJFfwsWlso/s1600/foto+lavanderia+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TPUnFAh927I/AAAAAAAAA0g/ysJFfwsWlso/s320/foto+lavanderia+001.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;E' arrivata l'asciugtrice. Adesso la nostra lavanderia è completa. Due lavatrici e un'asciugatrice a disposizione dei clienti.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-2978941992434608450?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/2978941992434608450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=2978941992434608450' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2978941992434608450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2978941992434608450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/11/hotel-e-appartamenti-con-lavanderia.html' title='Hotel e Appartamenti con Lavanderia'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TPUnFAh927I/AAAAAAAAA0g/ysJFfwsWlso/s72-c/foto+lavanderia+001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-7872661895168412327</id><published>2010-11-28T12:46:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-28T12:46:22.759+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='punto di vista'/><title type='text'>BORGO GRONDAIE AIUTA IL CAV</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TPI_hIFPFbI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/OBeQ5VM-DYk/s1600/cav3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TPI_hIFPFbI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/OBeQ5VM-DYk/s320/cav3.jpg" width="309" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Siamo praticamente a Dicembre. Il mese dello shopping, regali e chi più ne ha più ne metta.....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il &lt;strong&gt;Natale&lt;/strong&gt; però &amp;nbsp;ci&amp;nbsp; richiama alla &lt;strong&gt;solidarietà&lt;/strong&gt; e ci chiede&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;un piccolo&amp;nbsp;sforzo affinchè ci sia speranza per tutti.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per questo motivo il Borgo Grondaie ha deciso di aiutare il &lt;strong&gt;CAV&lt;/strong&gt;, associazione di volontari che cerca di aiutare le madri in difficoltà.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In questo momento hanno &lt;strong&gt;estremo bisogno di pannolini&lt;/strong&gt; dalla misura 0&amp;nbsp; alla 5. Le loro scorte si sono esaurite e non avendo contributi fissi da enti si rimettono sempre al buon cuore dei sostenitori.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il Borgo Grondaie acquisterà, con la collaborazione di alcuni nostri fornitori, 30 confezioni di pannolini per tamponare la situazione. Ma sappiamo bene che è una goccia nel mare.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chi avesse voglia di aiutarci&lt;/strong&gt; - un pacco di pannolini costa circa 5 euro - può acquistarli e portarli da noi in hotel oppure direttamente al CAV Siena&amp;nbsp;Via Santa Petronilla, 5 &lt;a href="mailto:cav_siena@libero.it"&gt;e-mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Grazie e Buon Natale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7872661895168412327?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7872661895168412327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7872661895168412327' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7872661895168412327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7872661895168412327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/11/borgo-grondaie-aiuta-il-cav.html' title='BORGO GRONDAIE AIUTA IL CAV'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TPI_hIFPFbI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/OBeQ5VM-DYk/s72-c/cav3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-5300130912342189888</id><published>2010-11-25T14:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T14:54:04.228+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='point of view'/><title type='text'>TRIPADVISOR AND FIRENZE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TO5qL8UatGI/AAAAAAAAA0U/reuiexbwwqI/s1600/trip.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TO5qL8UatGI/AAAAAAAAA0U/reuiexbwwqI/s1600/trip.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Florence and his mayer Mr. Renzi has&amp;nbsp;won the first cultural place award from Tripadvisor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Firenze is&amp;nbsp;the first city in the Top 10 Culture &amp;amp; Sightseeing Destinations in the World choosen by all tripadvisor members all over the world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My opinion: Mr. Renzi is a great mayer because he has perfectly undestood the direction they have to follow to stay on the upper position for tourism excellence.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Just a taunt for Siena town council: Siena is on the 8th place as Top 25 Destinations in the World and Top 25 Destinations in the World chosen by Europeans. Has nobody never thought to organize a party/conference or to invite Tripadvisor and create around that an event?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Someone must remember to my mayer and his town concillors that social network offer you great opportunity....if you are able to seize it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-5300130912342189888?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/5300130912342189888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=5300130912342189888' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5300130912342189888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5300130912342189888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/11/tripadvisor-and-firenze.html' title='TRIPADVISOR AND FIRENZE'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TO5qL8UatGI/AAAAAAAAA0U/reuiexbwwqI/s72-c/trip.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-5300698255893804596</id><published>2010-11-24T12:49:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T14:37:18.914+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='punto di vista'/><title type='text'>BTO FIRENZE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOz7Jint0xI/AAAAAAAAA0M/k-zlsjP_Qzw/s1600/logo-bto-new.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOz7Jint0xI/AAAAAAAAA0M/k-zlsjP_Qzw/s1600/logo-bto-new.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buytourismonline.com/"&gt;http://www.buytourismonline.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due giorni di training sessions e "conversazioni" dal palco con relatori da tutto il mondo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo il BTO 2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Un evento eccellente in una location, la stazione Leopolda, che lascia il segno.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tanti gli spunti di riflesssione su un tema caldo come quello del turismo online. Le trategie di mercato con il web 2.0, il revenue managment, il mobile ecc....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Condivido completamente l'intervento fatto da Josiah Mackenzie: non sottovalutare il potere di un solo cliente ed aiutare ogni singolo cliente prima, durante e dopo il viaggio. Dobbiamo essere per i nostri clienti la migliore guida della città&amp;nbsp;e del nostro territorio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Not always be on topic but always interesting for our target audience"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Atrettanto interessante la training session di AUGMENDY con Marco Montemagno. Perfetto oratore capace di intrattenere un folto pubblico per un'ora senza prender fiato, ha sottolineato quanto nel mondo web sia importante l'anticipazione. Capire in che direzione si muoveranno i social network oppure Goggle diventa fondamentale per una strategia vincente.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-5300698255893804596?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/5300698255893804596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=5300698255893804596' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5300698255893804596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5300698255893804596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/11/bto-firenze.html' title='BTO FIRENZE'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOz7Jint0xI/AAAAAAAAA0M/k-zlsjP_Qzw/s72-c/logo-bto-new.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-7832386499597800853</id><published>2010-11-15T12:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-21T10:16:44.945+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hidden Siena'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tuscany trips'/><title type='text'>Heritage Sites in Tuscany</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Perhaps&amp;nbsp;you do not know that among the six heritage sites in Tuscany &lt;strong&gt;four of them are in the area of Siena&lt;/strong&gt;: what a privilege it is for us!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here is the list&amp;nbsp;and the selection criteria of UNESCO for each one of them: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Historic Centre of Siena&lt;/strong&gt; from 1995&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKql67ZKKI/AAAAAAAAAyU/dsbGFQ45Pxc/s1600/siena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKql67ZKKI/AAAAAAAAAyU/dsbGFQ45Pxc/s320/siena.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants pursued their rivalry with Florence right into the area of urban planning. Throughout the centuries, they preserved their city's Gothic appearance, acquired between the 12th and 15th centuries. During this period the work of Duccio, the Lorenzetti brothers and Simone Martini was to influence the course of Italian and, more broadly, European art. The whole city of Siena, built around the Piazza del Campo, was devised as a work of art that blends into the surrounding landscape.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Criteria:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&amp;nbsp;to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history.&lt;br /&gt;For evaluation details click &lt;a href="http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/717.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Historic Centre of San Gimignano&lt;/strong&gt; from 1990&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKqv50oEbI/AAAAAAAAAyY/9kRb46npFPg/s1600/san+gimignano.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKqv50oEbI/AAAAAAAAAyY/9kRb46npFPg/s320/san+gimignano.jpg" width="313" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;'San Gimignano delle belle Torri' is in Tuscany, 56 km south of Florence. It served as an important relay point for pilgrims travelling to or from Rome on the Via Francigena. The patrician families who controlled the town built around 72 tower-houses (some as high as 50 m) as symbols of their wealth and power. Although only 14 have survived, San Gimignano has retained its feudal atmosphere and appearance. The town also has several masterpieces of 14th- and 15th-century Italian art.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Criteria:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history.&lt;br /&gt;For evaluation details click &lt;a href="http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/550.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Historic Centre of the city of Pienza&lt;/strong&gt; from 1996&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKq1-4lgNI/AAAAAAAAAyc/6o3nz3gGm8A/s1600/pienza.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKq1-4lgNI/AAAAAAAAAyc/6o3nz3gGm8A/s320/pienza.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It was in this Tuscan town that Renaissance town-planning concepts were first put into practice after Pope Pius II decided, in 1459, to transform the look of his birthplace. He chose the architect Bernardo Rossellino, who applied the principles of his mentor, Leon Battista Alberti. This new vision of urban space was realized in the superb square known as Piazza Pio II and the buildings around it: the Piccolomini Palace, the Borgia Palace and the cathedral with its pure Renaissance exterior and an interior in the late Gothic style of south German churches.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Criteria:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history.&lt;br /&gt;For evaluation details click &lt;a href="http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/789.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Val d’Orcia from&lt;/strong&gt; 2004&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKq-Byf5xI/AAAAAAAAAyg/yqJGUA15uQM/s1600/valdorcia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKq-Byf5xI/AAAAAAAAAyg/yqJGUA15uQM/s320/valdorcia.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it was integrated in the territory of the city-state in the 14th and 15th centuries to reflect an idealized model of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture. The landscape’s distinctive aesthetics, flat chalk plains out of which rise almost conical hills with fortified settlements on top, inspired many artists. Their images have come to exemplify the beauty of well-managed Renaissance agricultural landscapes. The inscription covers: an agrarian and pastoral landscape reflecting innovative land-management systems; towns and villages; farmhouses; and the Roman Via Francigena and its associated abbeys, inns, shrines, bridges, etc. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Criteria:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria).&lt;br /&gt;For evaluation details click &lt;a href="http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/1026rev.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Historic Centre of Florence&lt;/strong&gt; from 1982&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKrEqKzBXI/AAAAAAAAAyk/0h2nR4TlWcs/s1600/florence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKrEqKzBXI/AAAAAAAAAyk/0h2nR4TlWcs/s320/florence.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its 600 years of extraordinary artistic activity can be seen above all in the 13th-century cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore), the Church of Santa Croce, the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace, the work of great masters such as Giotto, Brunelleschi, Botticelli and Michelangelo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Criteria:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For evaluation details click &lt;a href="http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/174.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Piazza del Duomo, Pisa&lt;/strong&gt; from 1987&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKrJB-_zkI/AAAAAAAAAyo/RPoOuNIayVE/s1600/pisa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKrJB-_zkI/AAAAAAAAAyo/RPoOuNIayVE/s320/pisa.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Standing in a large green expanse, Piazza del Duomo houses a group of monuments known the world over. These four masterpieces of medieval architecture – the cathedral, the baptistry, the campanile (the 'Leaning Tower') and the cemetery – had a great influence on monumental art in Italy from the 11th to the 14th century. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Criteria:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history; to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria).&lt;br /&gt;For evaluation details click &lt;a href="http://whc.unesco.org/archive/advisory_body_evaluation/395bis.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I think the above information&amp;nbsp;can be helpful for you in saving time when you plan your first visit in Tuscany. We have lots of wonderful locations to visit but it is important to know from where to start. It could be a shame for you to discover at home that you missed a ‘must’.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Last but not least take in mind what our guests say about &lt;a href="http://www.borgogrondaie.com/"&gt;Borgo Grondaie&lt;/a&gt;: IT IS A PERFECT PLACE TO EXPLORE THE TUSCAN COUNTRYSIDE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Source &lt;a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/"&gt;Unesco&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7832386499597800853?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7832386499597800853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7832386499597800853' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7832386499597800853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7832386499597800853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/11/heritage-sites-in-tuscany.html' title='Heritage Sites in Tuscany'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKql67ZKKI/AAAAAAAAAyU/dsbGFQ45Pxc/s72-c/siena.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-7456220770404516855</id><published>2010-11-09T16:41:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-09T16:41:06.084+01:00</updated><title type='text'>THANKS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNlrFcz0uOI/AAAAAAAAAzA/QUIILdCVkGk/s1600/foto+oggi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNlrFcz0uOI/AAAAAAAAAzA/QUIILdCVkGk/s320/foto+oggi.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;....just thanks everybody&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7456220770404516855?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7456220770404516855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7456220770404516855' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7456220770404516855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7456220770404516855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/11/thanks.html' title='THANKS'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNlrFcz0uOI/AAAAAAAAAzA/QUIILdCVkGk/s72-c/foto+oggi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1278136275414860432</id><published>2010-11-07T14:24:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-07T14:24:54.316+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our guests'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>Poem dedicated to Borgo Grondaie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNajvi1TYDI/AAAAAAAAAy0/-P16J4353fA/s1600/scn0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNajvi1TYDI/AAAAAAAAAy0/-P16J4353fA/s200/scn0001.jpg" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;B&lt;/span&gt;eautiful indigo skies over fairytale misty castles&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;O&lt;/span&gt;riginality of buildings, looking like cardboard cut outs,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;R&lt;/span&gt;emembering to catch a glimpse of people watching people&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;G&lt;/span&gt;regariously tasting many cuisines but...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;O&lt;/span&gt;nly avoiding to taste the famous wild boar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;G&lt;/span&gt;rand breakfast the best in Italy can muster&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;R&lt;/span&gt;oundabouts of delicious cakes on roundabout stands&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;O&lt;/span&gt;ffers of lemons and oranges from trees adorning entrances&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;N&lt;/span&gt;odding on terraces, tired eyelids fighting sleep&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;D&lt;/span&gt;oodling, dawdling, dancing, dreaming...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;mbling around the meandering hills and streets&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;nterested fleetingly in presents of leather goods&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;E&lt;/span&gt;njoying a holiday in a small jewel of precious paradise.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Written by Yvonne, a guest and friend of us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNangT8G3sI/AAAAAAAAAy4/R7V1kH-tsaM/s1600/Yvonne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNangT8G3sI/AAAAAAAAAy4/R7V1kH-tsaM/s200/Yvonne.jpg" width="153" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WE HAVE NO WORDS TO THANKS YOU YVONNE!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Almost every year she and her husband Rod come at Borgo Grondaie to spend some days of their holiday in Siena and it is really a pleasure for us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yvonne&amp;nbsp;is a volcano, believe me! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;We have already spoken&amp;nbsp;in our blog&amp;nbsp;about one of her works, STARFLY. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNahckh5FZI/AAAAAAAAAys/_Qs1YKDpCGc/s1600/starfly+017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="198" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNahckh5FZI/AAAAAAAAAys/_Qs1YKDpCGc/s200/starfly+017.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;It is an exciting children's novel about the early life of a young adventurous sheepdog. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Now, we have the pleasure to introduce to you another story of Starfly which title is THE DETECTIVE. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNaiM6gINlI/AAAAAAAAAyw/CoT01Kw_OQ0/s1600/scn0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="194" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNaiM6gINlI/AAAAAAAAAyw/CoT01Kw_OQ0/s200/scn0002.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span id="goog_906074618"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_906074619"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;For more information&amp;nbsp;you can visit her site&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.weatherhead-projects.co.uk/"&gt;Weatherhead Projects Ltd&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1278136275414860432?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1278136275414860432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1278136275414860432' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1278136275414860432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1278136275414860432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/11/poem-dedicated-to-borgo-grondaie.html' title='Poem dedicated to Borgo Grondaie'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNajvi1TYDI/AAAAAAAAAy0/-P16J4353fA/s72-c/scn0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-6610552413967976710</id><published>2010-11-04T12:44:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-04T12:44:51.542+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>OLIVE HARVEST 2010 AT BORGO GRONDAIE</title><content type='html'>First day! &lt;br /&gt;See &lt;strong&gt;Gaia&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Roberto&lt;/strong&gt; (her uncle and&amp;nbsp;one of the owners of Borgo Grondaie which we have already mentioned in &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/08/king-of-clubs-when-he-sees-tree-or.html"&gt;this Post&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;) and &lt;strong&gt;Giovanni&lt;/strong&gt; (her father and brother of Roberto) at work :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKcSLl7gjI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/t4OfOrCJoIo/s1600/04112010152%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNKcSLl7gjI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/t4OfOrCJoIo/s320/04112010152%5B1%5D.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNJvnroDUbI/AAAAAAAAAyA/omr8Bf_BdcI/s1600/micat.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNJvnroDUbI/AAAAAAAAAyA/omr8Bf_BdcI/s1600/micat.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Novembre 2010&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;22&lt;/strong&gt; lunedì &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chiesa della SS. Annunziata&lt;br /&gt;ore 18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Santa Messa per la festa di Santa Cecilia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;con la partecipazione de&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I Solisti Veneti&lt;/strong&gt; archi e basso continuo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Claudio Scimone&lt;/strong&gt; direttore &lt;br /&gt;Musiche di &lt;strong&gt;Boccherini&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Dall'Abaco&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;J.S. Bach&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Tartini&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi &lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I Solisti Veneti&lt;/strong&gt; archi e basso continuo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Claudio Scimone&lt;/strong&gt; direttore &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vivaldi&lt;/strong&gt; L’estro armonico op. III (2° Libro – Concerti 7-12)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dicembre 2010&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Palazzo Chigi Saracini&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Talenti Chigiani 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beethoven&lt;/strong&gt; Ciclo integrale delle Sonate per violino e pianoforte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edoardo Zosi&lt;/strong&gt; violino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thomas Heinz Schwan&lt;/strong&gt; pianoforte&lt;br /&gt;Sonata n. 6 in la magg. op. 30 n. 1; Sonata n. 8 in sol magg. op. 30 n. 3; Sonata n. 10 in sol magg. op. 96&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trio Altenberg&lt;/strong&gt; pianoforte e archi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beethoven&lt;/strong&gt; Trio in re magg. op. 70 n. 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schnittke&lt;/strong&gt; Trio (1985/92)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schumann&lt;/strong&gt; Trio n. 1 in re min. op. 63&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;17 &lt;/strong&gt;venerdì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rinnovati&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Concerto di Natale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Giuliano Carella&lt;/strong&gt; direttore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Orchestra della Toscana&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Piero Monti&lt;/strong&gt; maestro del coro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leonardo Caimi&lt;/strong&gt; tenore / &lt;strong&gt;Mirco Palazzi&lt;/strong&gt; basso&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schubert&lt;/strong&gt; Deutsche Messe D. 872 (seconda versione per coro e fiati)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Puccini&lt;/strong&gt; Messa di Gloria op. posth. per tenore, baritono, coro e orchestra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"&gt;&lt;table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="left" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 2.25pt; padding-right: 2.25pt; padding-top: 0cm;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Gennaio 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;14&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pietro De Maria&lt;/strong&gt; pianoforte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chopin&lt;/strong&gt; 2 Notturni op. 27; Sonata n. 2 in si bem. min. op. 35; Ballata n. 1 in sol min. op. 23; Ballata n. 2 in fa magg. / la min. op. 38; Ballata n. 3 in la bem. magg. op. 47; Ballata n. 4 in fa min. op. 52&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;28&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sol Gabetta&lt;/strong&gt; violoncello&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Henri Sigfridsson&lt;/strong&gt; pianoforte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beethoven&lt;/strong&gt; Sonata n. 2 in sol min. op. 5 n. 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Debussy&lt;/strong&gt; Sonata n. 1 in re min.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mendelssohn&lt;/strong&gt; Sonata n. 2 in re magg. op. 58&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"&gt;&lt;table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="left" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 2.25pt; padding-right: 2.25pt; padding-top: 0cm;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Febbraio 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Accordone&lt;/strong&gt; ensemble vocale e strumentale barocco&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Händel e Napoli&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Palazzo Chigi Saracini&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Talenti Chigiani 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beethoven&lt;/strong&gt; Ciclo integrale delle Sonate per violino e pianoforte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Laura Marzadori&lt;/strong&gt; violino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Francesca Leonardi&lt;/strong&gt; pianoforte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;Sonata n.&amp;nbsp;1 in&amp;nbsp;re magg. op.&amp;nbsp;12 n. 1; Sonata n.&amp;nbsp;2 in&amp;nbsp;la magg. op.&amp;nbsp;12 n.&amp;nbsp;2; Sonata n.&amp;nbsp;3 in&amp;nbsp;mi bem.&amp;nbsp;magg. op. 12 n. 3; Sonata n. &lt;metricconverter productid="7 in" w:st="on"&gt;7 in&lt;/metricconverter&gt; do magg. op. 30 n. 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;25&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Concerto di premiazione del Concorso Casella 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quartetto di Cremona&lt;/strong&gt; archi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schubert&lt;/strong&gt; Quartetto n. 12 do min. D. 703&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shen-Ying Qian&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Ode to Cicada - Reflection in Zen&lt;/em&gt; (prima esecuzione assoluta - composizione vincitrice del Concorso Internazionale di Composizione “Alfredo Casella” 2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mendelssohn&lt;/strong&gt; Quartetto in fa min. op. 80&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marzo 2011&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Concerto di Carnevale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Orchestra della Toscana&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Igudesman &amp;amp; Joo&lt;/strong&gt; violino e pianoforte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Big Nightmare Music&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quartetto Casals&lt;/strong&gt; archi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mozart&lt;/strong&gt; Quartetto in mi bem. magg. K. 428&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kurtag&lt;/strong&gt; Sei Momenti Musicali&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beethoven&lt;/strong&gt; Quartetto in la min. op. 132&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;18&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;ore 21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I Sonatori de &lt;personname productid="La Gioiosa Marca" w:st="on"&gt;La Gioiosa Marca&lt;/personname&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt; ensemble strumentale barocco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;25&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Da Venezia a Napoli: sonate e concerti del tardo barocco italiano&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Musiche di &lt;strong&gt;Vivaldi, Reali, Mancini, Durante, Sarri&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;venerdì&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wiener Kammerensemble&lt;/strong&gt; archi e fiati&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schubert&lt;/strong&gt; Ottetto in fa magg. op. posth. 166 D. 803&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;R.Strauss/E.Kaufmann&lt;/strong&gt; Der Rosenkavalier Valzer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;J. Strauss figlio&lt;/strong&gt; Wo die Citronen blühen Valzer; Tritsch tratsch Polka; Wiener Blut Valzer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aprile 2011&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt; venerdì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Palazzo Chigi Saracini&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Talenti Chigiani 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beethoven&lt;/strong&gt; Ciclo integrale delle Sonate per violino e pianoforte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Francesca Dego&lt;/strong&gt; violino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Francesca Leonardi&lt;/strong&gt; pianoforte&lt;br /&gt;Sonata n. 4 in la min. op. 23; Sonata n. 5 in fa magg. op. 24 "La Primavera"; Sonata n. 9 in la magg. op. 47 "A Kreutzer"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;15 &lt;/strong&gt;venerdì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Benedetto Lupo&lt;/strong&gt; pianoforte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schumann&lt;/strong&gt; Fantasiestücke op. 12;&lt;br /&gt;Nachtstücke op. 23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Čajkovskij&lt;/strong&gt; Grande Sonata in sol magg. op. 37&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;20&lt;/strong&gt; mercoledì&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teatro dei Rozzi&lt;br /&gt;ore 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ensemble Vocale di Napoli&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michele Campanella&lt;/strong&gt; direttore e solista&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Antonio Spagnolo&lt;/strong&gt; maestro del coro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daniela Del Monaco&lt;/strong&gt; mezzosoprano&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Renato Vielmi&lt;/strong&gt; baritono&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Liszt &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Via Crucis. Le 14 Stations de la Croix &lt;/em&gt;R. 534 per mezzosoprano, baritono, coro e pianoforte; San &lt;em&gt;Cristoforo&lt;/em&gt;, leggenda R. 483 per baritono, coro e pianoforte (o &lt;em&gt;Qui Mariam absolvisti&lt;/em&gt; in re magg. R. 524 per baritono, coro e pianoforte); &lt;em&gt;Le Crucifix&lt;/em&gt; (da Victor Hugo) R. 642 per contralto e pianoforte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Prezzo dei biglietti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Primi posti&lt;/strong&gt; (Platea e palchi centrali di I e II ordine) € 25&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Secondi posti&lt;/strong&gt; (Palchi laterali di I e II ordine) € 21&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingresso&lt;/strong&gt; (Palchi di III e IV ordine) € 18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ingresso ridotto&lt;/strong&gt;* € 8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Per i concerti “Talenti Chigiani”&lt;/strong&gt; (3 dicembre 2010, 11 febbraio e 1 aprile 2011): posto non numerato € 15 intero / € 8 ridotto*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Le riduzioni sono riservate agli studenti, ai giovani sotto i 26 anni ed alle persone di età superiore ai 65 anni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Prevendita e vendita biglietti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I biglietti delle singole manifestazioni saranno in vendita il giorno precedente al concerto dalle ore 16 alle ore 18,30 presso la biglietteria del Palazzo Chigi Saracini. Il giorno del concerto la vendita proseguirà presso le rispettive sedi (Teatro dei Rozzi e Teatro dei Rinnovati: dalle ore 16 - Palazzo Chigi Saracini: dalle ore 20). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Acquisto online&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I biglietti di tutti i concerti in programma possono essere acquistati sul sito &lt;a href="http://www.chigiana.it/"&gt;http://www.chigiana.it/&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;dal 15 novembre fino al giorno precedente al concerto con una maggiorazione (+ € 1 diritto di prevendita) sul costo del&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;biglietto, utilizzando carte di credito dei circuiti Visa, Mastercard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Prenotazioni (tel. 333.9385543)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Ritiro biglietti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;È possibile prenotare a partire dal 15 novembre, il lunedì ed il martedì dalle ore 9,30 alle ore 12,30 al numero telefonico 333.9385543. La prenotazione dovrà essere confermata con l’invio a mezzo fax (0577288124) della ricevuta del pagamento del relativo importo, che potrà essere effettuato a mezzo versamento sul c/c postale 14032536 o versamento sul c/c della Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (codice IBAN IT 82 F 01030 14209 000000089547), intestati alla Fondazione Accademia Musicale Chigiana onlus (via di Città, 89 - 53100 Siena).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;È consentito prenotare un numero massimo di 4 biglietti a concerto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #9e0004; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ritiro biglietti&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I biglietti acquistati on-line o prenotati telefonicamente potranno essere ritirati il giorno precedente al concerto presso la biglietteria di Palazzo Chigi Saracini e il giorno del concerto presso le rispettive sedi, nell’orario indicato per la vendita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"&gt;&lt;table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="left" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: #ece9d8; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: #ece9d8; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 2.25pt; padding-right: 2.25pt; padding-top: 0cm;" valign="top"&gt;&lt;div style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: maroon; font-size: 13.5pt;"&gt;Per ulteriori informazioni è possibile rivolgersi all'Accademia Musicale Chigiana (tel. 0577.220920 - 0577.220934 o, nelle ore di biglietteria, al numero 333.9385543)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: maroon;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-2954292391029223187?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/2954292391029223187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=2954292391029223187' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2954292391029223187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2954292391029223187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/11/micat-in-vertice-siena-stagione-2010.html' title='Micat in Vertice a Siena Stagione 2010-2011'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TNJvnroDUbI/AAAAAAAAAyA/omr8Bf_BdcI/s72-c/micat.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-7914858557485850187</id><published>2010-10-27T10:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-27T10:08:36.632+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hidden Siena'/><title type='text'>Siena in 24 hours</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TMfdcrni9MI/AAAAAAAAAx4/NrQ-Hz9vL_o/s1600/il_campo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TMfdcrni9MI/AAAAAAAAAx4/NrQ-Hz9vL_o/s320/il_campo.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;CATHEDRAL SQUARE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cathedral&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, dedicated to the Assumption, was completed in the main parts by 1215. The design of Siena was very ambitious so they wanted to transform the current in a cathedral in size that exceeds that of rival historical Florence, the existing structure was even made in the transept of what to build, but unfortunately the plague of 1348 decimated the population and other problems became so well the Sienese had to give up dreams of grandeur. Signs of this project are however still visible on the right of the cathedral because the work had already started before the plague.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Floor&lt;/strong&gt;, (visible only in September and October): divided into 56 squares, representing the history of Time, Man and Salvation. Carried out between&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;1300 and 1500 by the greatest artists of Siena.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Aisles: the representation of the Sibyl, with priestesses of prophecy inspired by the god Apollo. The Western Church, interpreting what they said such as the advances of Christian history, recognized them as the prophets of the coming of Christ, pagan equivalent of the Old Testament prophets. Each fact has a scroll that contains the anticipation of an event in the life of Jesus&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nave: Wisdom, represented by an Egyptian sage, is the first holder of Revelation but the passage from Revelation has a need for temporal and spatial dimension. The central area is in fact devoted to the representations that represent the territory and the representation of temporal power, subject to human life and the superiority of wisdom on it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Left arm of the cross, the Jewish world stories already touched by the revelation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Right arm of the cross, mixed subjects.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hexagon under the dome: stories of the prophet Elijah.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Presbytery: stories of Moses&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Pulpit:&lt;/strong&gt; depicts scenes from the life of Christ, carved by Nicola Pisano 1266 to 1268.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Madonna del Voto&lt;/strong&gt;: school of Guido da Siena, the second half of the century. XIII.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Libreria Piccolomini&lt;/strong&gt; frescoes on the life of Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, future Pope Pius II, executed by Pinturicchio between 1502 and 1507.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opa Museum&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; a magnificent panorama of the city you can see from the 'facciatone'.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Majesty:&lt;/strong&gt; performed by Duccio from 1308 to 1311. Work characterized by great refinement of execution. Images are graceful, accurate definition of the details and built across the line and color. Keep in mind this representation to surprise again in comparison with the same subject by Simone Martini in the Museo Civico.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, now a museum: this structure, much like a labyrinth, was the hospital until the '90s.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;The Pilgrimage&lt;/strong&gt;: frescoes by Domenico di Bartolo and Vecchietta from 1440 to 1443. The scenes represented recount the origins of this hospital was born in the Middle Ages as a place for the reception of pilgrims traveling to the city and as a structure in which they perform deeds of charity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;PIAZZA DEL CAMPO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The square, built during the rule of the Nine (1287-1355: a period of greater stability and artistic splendor of the Republic of Siena) in the form of a valve of a shell to take advantage of the natural slope of the land. In this place twice a year, on July 2 and August 16, there is the famous horse race called Palio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Fonte Gaia:&lt;/strong&gt; a nineteenth century copy made by the sculptor Tito Sarrocchi. The original, made by Jacopo della Quercia in 1409, is preserved in the Museum Santa Maria della Scala.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Torre del Mangia:&lt;/strong&gt; finished building in 1341. It is '87 meters high and 102 to the lightning rod. It is so called by the nickname of the bell-ringer of Balduccio John, better known as Mangiaguadagni or Mangia, charged by the city to beat the clock. At the top of the tower there is a large bell that the Sienese call Campanone or Sunto because dedicated to the Assumption of Our Lady.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Palazzo Pubblico:&lt;/strong&gt; started after 1250 and completed in 1310.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Cappella di Piazza&lt;/strong&gt;, built in 1352 to commemorate the plague of 1348.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Museo Civico:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Majesty:&lt;/strong&gt; performed by Simone Martini in 1315. Although only 4 years have elapsed from the majesty of the Museum OPA performed by Duccio di Boninsegna, contemporary then Simone Martini, it seems a century has passed so big is the difference in the figurative representation of the same subject, because the Majesty of Simone Martini, unlike that of Duccio, is characterized by the wealth of decorative images. The spirit of chivalry and profane time is reflected in this scene even though the subject is sacred: Saints, dressed in rich costumes, surround Mary receiving gifts from the Angels, kneeling on either side of his throne as a page in front of a lady .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Guidoriccio da Fogliano&lt;/strong&gt;, captain of the Sienese by Simone Martini in 1328.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Allegory of Good Government and Bad Government and its effects in urban and rural&lt;/strong&gt;: made by Ambrogio Lorenzetti from 1338 to 1340. Works characterized by attention to the elements of naturalistic.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7914858557485850187?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7914858557485850187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7914858557485850187' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7914858557485850187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7914858557485850187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/10/siena-in-24-hours.html' title='Siena in 24 hours'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TMfdcrni9MI/AAAAAAAAAx4/NrQ-Hz9vL_o/s72-c/il_campo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-5673749453978918579</id><published>2010-10-19T11:21:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T14:04:03.482+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='From the web'/><title type='text'>SIENA: worth a visit</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TL1ZAmSmfqI/AAAAAAAAAx0/iY7Ryf7xQ9k/s1600/trip.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ex="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TL1ZAmSmfqI/AAAAAAAAAx0/iY7Ryf7xQ9k/s1600/trip.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Our beloved city has got a great recognition on 2010. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The very well known website Tripadvisor has drawn up the &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/TCDestinations-cTop25-g1"&gt;25 world top Destinations&lt;/a&gt; ranking and Siena appears to 8th place. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It’s also first among the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/TCDestinations-cEuroFavorites-g187768"&gt;top 25 Destinations in Italy&lt;/a&gt; chosen by&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Europeans and ninth among &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/TCDestinations-cFoodWine-g1"&gt;top 10 food&amp;nbsp;and wine Destination&lt;/a&gt; in the world. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As a Siennese I want to thank all those who voted for Siena. We will strive to go on this way. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In the meantime let me suggest you some things to do in Siena which we talk about in our Blog:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PALIO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/06/palio-of-2nd-of-july-is-coming_18.html#more"&gt;Tips&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/02/palios-schedule-on-july.html"&gt;Schedule of Palio of July&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/08/things-to-do-in-siena_12.html"&gt;Schedule of Palio of August&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WINE TOURS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/10/siena-wine-tours-by-yourself.html#more"&gt;Tips&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/06/perfect-day-in-chianti-history-art-wine.html#more"&gt;Chianti &lt;/a&gt;– &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/09/winery-in-san-gimignano.html#more"&gt;San Gimignano&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;– &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/10/winery-in-montepulciano.html#more"&gt;Montepulciano&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FOOD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/10/our-favourites-restaurants-in-siena-and.html#more"&gt;Our favourite restaurants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MOVIE SETS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-moon-montepulciano-turns-into.html#more"&gt;New Moon&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/11/quantum-of-solace-in-siena.html"&gt;Quantum of Solace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HIDDEN SIENA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/search/label/Hidden%20Siena"&gt;Contrada della Torre&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/10/hidden-places-of-siena-tavolette-di.html#more"&gt;Museo di Biccherna&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/06/bottini-masterpiece-of-medieval.html"&gt;Bottini&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EVENTS:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in this section you can check the &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/search/label/Events"&gt;update events&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We hope you will enjoy your stay in Siena. If you want information about something that you do not find in our Blog do not hesitate to make questions to us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It will be a pleasure for us to to contribute to the success of your holiday.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;To know what tripadvisor travelers&amp;nbsp;say about us go &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g187902-d275915-Reviews-Borgo_Grondaie-Siena_Tuscany.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-5673749453978918579?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/5673749453978918579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=5673749453978918579' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5673749453978918579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5673749453978918579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/10/siena-worth-visit.html' title='SIENA: worth a visit'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TL1ZAmSmfqI/AAAAAAAAAx0/iY7Ryf7xQ9k/s72-c/trip.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-2400974622419802430</id><published>2010-10-14T16:23:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-14T16:23:20.620+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wine tours'/><title type='text'>Winery in Montepulciano</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TK8DE1RednI/AAAAAAAAAxg/8ZD5pDrPHhs/s1600/valdipiatta-marchio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ex="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TK8DE1RednI/AAAAAAAAAxg/8ZD5pDrPHhs/s1600/valdipiatta-marchio.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We have already suggested you &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/10/siena-wine-tours-by-yourself.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; the winery &lt;strong&gt;Tenuta di Valdipiatta in&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Montepulciano&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;and now I'll tell you why. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Our region, Tuscany, is full of wineries so it is not possible for us to know each one of them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;But, as the saying goes, if Mohammed will not go to the mountain the mountain goes to Muhammad, and something like that happened to me with Tenuta Valdipiatta.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In Italy we have a daily program TV called &lt;strong&gt;TG2 Costume e Società&lt;/strong&gt; and I have to thanks this program for introducing me to this winery.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In fact, on February 27th, 2009 this program spoke about the Tenuta Valdipiatta, its products and the project Adopt a barrel. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Fortunately I was at home watching the TV at that moment and what impressed me too much was the project &lt;strong&gt;Adopt a barrel.&lt;/strong&gt; It offers to wine lovers wishing to become winemakers, without owning either vineyards or cellars. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When adopting a barrel &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;you become the principal player in their wine producing process and create a product that totally satisfies your own taste. At the same time you start a personal and very privileged partnership with the Estate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I have not had yet the opportunity to visit Tenuta di Valdipiatta but I recommended that to some guests of Borgo Grondaie and they loved it and thanks me a lot for the suggestion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The estate&amp;nbsp;offers the following Visits and Tours:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;"&gt;WINERY VISITS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;Noble Tasting&lt;/span&gt; (Duration: 15-20 min) &lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;Euro 5 per person&lt;/span&gt;Guests will be welcomed to the winery for a tasting of 3 wines selected from Tenuta Valdipiatta's production.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;Mini Tour&lt;/span&gt; (Duration: 20-30 min) &lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;Euro 7 per person&lt;/span&gt;After a short tour of the production facilities (fermentation room and ageing cellar) guests will have the opportunity to taste 3 wines selected from Tenuta Valdipiatta's production.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;Flavours of Tuscany&lt;/span&gt; (Duration: 30 - 45 min) &lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;Euro 23 per person&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A complete "taste of Tuscany" experience: guests will visit the production facilities and ageing room, and explore the characteristics of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. After the tour, they will have the opportunity to discover some of the Southern Tuscany's traditional products, including Pecorino di Pienza and Extra Virgin Olive Oli, paired with Tenuta di Valdipiatta's wines.&lt;br /&gt;- tasting of 3 wines&lt;br /&gt;- selection of 3 kinds of Pecorino di Pienza DOP sheep milk cheese&lt;br /&gt;_ Valdipiatta Extra Virgin Olive Oil served on slices of Tuscan bread&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRIVATE WINE TOURS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;Old vintages tasting&lt;/span&gt; (Duration: 1h-1h 1/2) &lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;Euro 33 per person&lt;/span&gt;A guided visit of the wine cellar with accompanyng explanation of the winemaking processes and the regulations of the Appellation, will be followed by an exclusive tasting of 3 of Tenuta Valdipiatta's finest vintages, produced from different varietals. Guests will learn how to analyze and appreciate the excellence that results from a long bottle ageing and careful grape selection.&lt;br /&gt;The wine tasting session will be accompanied by Tenuta Valdipiatta Extra Virgin Olive Oil served on slices of Tuscan bread&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;"&gt;Barrel tasting&lt;/span&gt; (Duration: 1h 1/2) &lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;Euro 95 per person&lt;/span&gt;In our naturally temperature-controlled wine cellar carved into the tufa, guests will have the rare and exclusive opportunity to taste wines directly from casks and barrels while they are still ageing in wood. A tasting of this kind is normally reserved for the winemakers, but Tenuta Valdipiatta has decided to extend this unique privilege to guests who share our passion for wine.&lt;br /&gt;Following the visit to the cellar and the barrel tasting, there will be a tasting of 3 of Tenuta valdipiatta's choicest wines, which will be uncorked espressly for our guests, and will be accompained by Valdipiatta Rxtra Virgin Olive Oil served on slices of Tuscan bread.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;"&gt;Sensory wine tasting&lt;/span&gt; (Duration: 1h 1/2 - 2 h) &lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;Euro 78 per person&lt;/span&gt;After being welcomed to the winery and visiting the production facilities, guests will discover an unusual tasting approach. With the aid of specially chosen natural aromas and artificial scents, thay will be guided trhough a sensory experience that will enhance their perceptions of the qualities of wine, including its imperfections, while improving they gustatory/olfactory sensibilities and wine tasting knowledge. The sensory training will be followed by a tasting of 3 fine wines that are representative of Tenuta di Valdipiatta's production. The wines will be uncorked expressly for our guests, and will be accompained by Valdipiatta Extra Virgin Olive Oil served on slices of Tuscan bread.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TAILOR-MADE TOURS ARE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For more information about hours, directions, bookings and the project Adopt a&amp;nbsp; barrel go to &lt;a href="http://www.valdipiatta.it/"&gt;Tenuta Valdipiatta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-2400974622419802430?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/2400974622419802430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=2400974622419802430' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2400974622419802430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2400974622419802430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/10/winery-in-montepulciano.html' title='Winery in Montepulciano'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TK8DE1RednI/AAAAAAAAAxg/8ZD5pDrPHhs/s72-c/valdipiatta-marchio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-7024132942028043685</id><published>2010-10-10T11:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-10T11:02:17.419+02:00</updated><title type='text'>IL GIARDINO SOTTOVICO</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;A delightful break &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are planning a tour in Sangimignano and you are fond of gardening it's worth to drive few kilometers more to reach Vico d'Elsa to see the&amp;nbsp; succulents and cactus glasshouse. &lt;br /&gt;The entrance is free and all the paths are organized for persons with a physical disability.&lt;br /&gt;They are open&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;Friday, Saturday and Sunday but check on&amp;nbsp;their web site before to go (timetable can change with seasons).&lt;br /&gt;Please rember that persons who take care of this corner of paradise are all volunteers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TLGAd-kEiyI/AAAAAAAAAxo/eZRP6XeAMXc/s1600/Immagine.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ex="true" height="252" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TLGAd-kEiyI/AAAAAAAAAxo/eZRP6XeAMXc/s320/Immagine.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7024132942028043685?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.giardinosottovico.org' title='IL GIARDINO SOTTOVICO'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7024132942028043685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7024132942028043685' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7024132942028043685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7024132942028043685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/10/il-giardino-sottovico.html' title='IL GIARDINO SOTTOVICO'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TLGAd-kEiyI/AAAAAAAAAxo/eZRP6XeAMXc/s72-c/Immagine.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-4590649371063628445</id><published>2010-10-08T13:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-08T13:19:34.632+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Offers'/><title type='text'>Entertainment card</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TKWQOQJiU5I/AAAAAAAAAxY/ciV3KsUKSyo/s1600/entertainment.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TKWQOQJiU5I/AAAAAAAAAxY/ciV3KsUKSyo/s1600/entertainment.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Maybe you do not know that...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Entertainment Book Direct to Hotel program&lt;/strong&gt; can save you up to 50% off full-price hotel rates, or 10% off the best promotional rate available to the public!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Using the Entertainment Book Direct to Hotel program is easy! Follow these steps:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Once your Entertainment Book is registered, go online and find &lt;strong&gt;Borgo Grondaie&lt;/strong&gt; in your Entertainment Book.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Call&amp;nbsp;us directly at +390577332539 or send us an e-mail &lt;a href="mailto:hotel@borgogrondaie.com"&gt;hotel@borgogrondaie.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to make advanced reservations. Identify yourself as an Entertainment member.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Check in!&lt;/strong&gt; You may be asked to present your Entertainment membership card at check-in.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Remember to book in advance, as&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;are not required to offer the Direct Hotel rate once&amp;nbsp;we have reached 80% occupancy. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Call ahead and speak to&amp;nbsp;Borgo Grondaie&amp;nbsp;for complete details and any other restrictions. &lt;strong&gt;Certain holidays&lt;/strong&gt; (New Year, Easter, Palio of July, Palio of August) &lt;strong&gt;or types of rooms&lt;/strong&gt; (for example prepaid non refundable) &lt;strong&gt;not comply&lt;/strong&gt; with your hotel of choice so make sure to read the details of your &lt;strong&gt;discount&lt;/strong&gt; in order to get the best price possible.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You can order your Entertainment Book Direct to Hotel program &lt;a href="http://www.entertainment.com/discount/home.shtml"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-4590649371063628445?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/4590649371063628445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=4590649371063628445' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/4590649371063628445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/4590649371063628445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/10/entertainment-card.html' title='Entertainment card'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TKWQOQJiU5I/AAAAAAAAAxY/ciV3KsUKSyo/s72-c/entertainment.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1990024205692712627</id><published>2010-10-03T11:46:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-03T11:47:28.548+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Teatro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eventi'/><title type='text'>STAGIONE TEATRALE 2010/2011 a SIENA</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;TEATRO DEI RINNOVATI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;piazza Il Campo 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;PROSA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;da venerdì 12 a domenica 14 novembre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Produzioni Teatrali Paolo Poli&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;"&gt;IL MARE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;due tempi di Paolo Poli da Anna Maria Ortese&lt;br /&gt;con Paolo Poli&lt;br /&gt;regia di Paolo Poli &lt;br /&gt;scene di Emanuele Luzzati&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;da giovedì 2 a sabato 4 dicembre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Argot Produzioni/Comune di Siena&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;ANTIGONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di Jean Anouilh&lt;br /&gt;traduzione e adattamento di Maurizio Panici&lt;br /&gt;con Mascia Musy e Roberto Latini&lt;br /&gt;regia di Maurizio Panici&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;da martedì 14 a giovedì 16 dicembre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Compagnia Mario Chiocchio&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;DONA FLOR E I SUOI DUE MARITI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;liberamente tratto dal romanzo di Jorge Amado&lt;br /&gt;drammaturgia e regia di Emanuela Giordano&lt;br /&gt;con Caterina Murino, Daniele Liotti e Paolo Calabresi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;da martedì 11 a giovedì 13 gennaio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nuova Teatro Eliseo s.p.a.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;LE ALLEGRE COMARI DI WINDSOR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di William Shakespeare&lt;br /&gt;regia di Fabio Grossi&lt;br /&gt;con Leo Gullotta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;da venerdì 21 a domenica 23 gennaio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Teatro Stabile di Firenze&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;I PUGNI IN TASCA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di Marco Bellocchio &lt;br /&gt;riduzione e adattamento teatrale dall'omonimo film&lt;br /&gt;regia di Stefania De Santis&lt;br /&gt;con Ambra Angiolini e Piergiorgio Bellocchio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;da venerdì 11 a domenica 13 febbraio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla Figli - Ass. Grupporiani&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;"&gt;I PROMESSI SPOSI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;rievocazione teatrale dal romanzo di Alessandro Manzoni&lt;br /&gt;a cura di Carlo II Colla ed Eugenio Monti Colla&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;da venerdì 18 a domenica 20 febbraio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Antheia s.r.l.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;L'APPARTAMENTO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di Billy Wilder e I.A.L. Diamond&lt;br /&gt;regia di Patrick Rossi Gastaldi&lt;br /&gt;con Massimo Dapporto e Benedicta Boccoli&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;da martedì 1 a giovedì 3 marzo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Teatro Bellini Fondazione Teatro di Napoli&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;"&gt;LA CIOCIARA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di Annibale Ruccello&lt;br /&gt;con Donatella Finocchiaro e cast in via di definizione&lt;br /&gt;regia di Roberta Torre&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;da martedì 22 a giovedì 24 marzo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Just pour rire France&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;BRACHETTI, CIAK SI GIRA!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di e con Arturo Brachetti&lt;br /&gt;regia di Serge Denoncourt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;NUOVA MENTE A TEATRO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;martedì 18 gennaio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Teatro Stabile dell'Umbria&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;UN SOGNO NELLA NOTTE DELL'ESTATE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di William Shakespeare&lt;br /&gt;uno spettacolo di Massimiliano Civica&lt;br /&gt;tecniche della voce Francesca Della Monica&lt;br /&gt;tecniche del corpo Alessandra Cristiani&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;domenica 30 gennaio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Teatro di Roma&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;PIAZZA D'ITALIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dal romanzo di Antonio Tabucchi&lt;br /&gt;regia di Marco Baliani&lt;br /&gt;con Patrizia Bollini, Daria Deflorian, Gabriele Duma, Simone Faloppa, Renata Mezenovsa, Mariano Nieddu, Alessio Piazza, Naike Anna Silipo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;martedì 15 febbraio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Teatro di Dioniso/Fondazione del Teatro Stabile di Torino&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MOLIÈRE/LA SCUOLA DELLE MOGLI&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;versione italiana e adattamento di Valter Malosti &lt;br /&gt;uno spettacolo di Valter Malosti&lt;br /&gt;con Valter Malosti. Mariano Pirrello, Valentina Virando, Giulia Cotugno, Marco Imparato, Fausto Caroli, Gianluca Gambino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mercoledì 23 febbraio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Espolrazioni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;L'INGEGNER GADDA VA ALLA GUERRA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;un'idea di Fabrizio Gifuni da Carlo Emilio Gadda e William Shakespeare&lt;br /&gt;con Fabrizio Gifuni&lt;br /&gt;regia di Giuseppe Bertolucci&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mercoledì 30 marzo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Compagnia della Fortezza - Carte Blanche - Volterrateatro&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;ALICE NEL PAESE DELLE MERAVIGLIE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di Armando Punzo&lt;br /&gt;regia di Armando Punzo&lt;br /&gt;con i detenuti attori della Compagnia della Fortezza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;DANZA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sabato 27 novembre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Aterballetto&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;CERTE NOTTI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;coreografia di Mauro Bigonzetti&lt;br /&gt;canzoni e poesie di Luciano Ligabue&lt;br /&gt;scene e video installazioni di Angelo Davoli&lt;br /&gt;costumi di Kristopher Millar e Lois Swandale &lt;br /&gt;in collaborazione con Mariella Burani Fashion Group&lt;br /&gt;luci di Carlo Cerri&lt;br /&gt;dialoghi tratti dal film Radiofreccia di Luciano Ligabue, &lt;br /&gt;per gentile concessione di Fandango&lt;br /&gt;Poesie tratte dal libro Lettere d'amore nel frigo. 77 poesie, Ed. Einaudi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mercoledì 26 gennaio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Naturalis Labor&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Noche Tanguera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per otto tanghero argentini e quartetto musicale&lt;br /&gt;coreografia di Luciano Padovani&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;domenica 6 febbraio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Balletto Teatro Nazionale di Brno&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;IL LAGO DEI CIGNI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;coreografia di Robert Strajner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mercoledì 16 marzo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Balletto dell'Esperia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;TRITTICO '900&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;LA MORTE DEL CIGNO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;coreografia di Thierry Malandain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;L'APRÈS-MIDI D'UN FAUNE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;coreografia di Eugenio Scigliano&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;I QUATTRO TEMPERAMENTI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;coreografia di Paolo Mohovich&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sabato 2 aprile&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Balletto di Roma&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;OTELLO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;coreografia di Fabrizio Monteverde&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;RESIDENZE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;domenica 7 novembre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Compagnia Virgilio Sieni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;SUITES BACH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di e con Virgilio Sieni&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sabato 20 novembre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Almaviva&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;UNITÀ D'ITALIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - Ideali, tumulti e locomotive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;giovedì 9 dicembre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Motus &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;MATTANZA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mercoledì 2 febbraio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Teatr02&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;NOTTI E NOTTURNI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a cura di Mila Moretti&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sabato 12 marzo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Compagnia Francesca Selva&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;LE SCARPE DI ANITA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a cura della Compagnia Francesca Selva&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;GLI SPETTACOLI INIZIANO ALLE ORE 21.15&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1990024205692712627?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1990024205692712627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1990024205692712627' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1990024205692712627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1990024205692712627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/10/stagione-teatrale-20102011-siena.html' title='STAGIONE TEATRALE 2010/2011 a SIENA'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-8408634566188697027</id><published>2010-09-29T08:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-09-29T08:40:01.979+02:00</updated><title type='text'>OUR FAVORITE GUESTS</title><content type='html'>There is no words to say how we are happy when guests send photos of their children at the Borgo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TKLeGmtuY0I/AAAAAAAAAxQ/y65wDZgFPmg/s1600/Siena1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TKLeGmtuY0I/AAAAAAAAAxQ/y65wDZgFPmg/s1600/Siena1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TKLeIwJavdI/AAAAAAAAAxU/N3FucoOI06s/s1600/siena3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TKLeIwJavdI/AAAAAAAAAxU/N3FucoOI06s/s1600/siena3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hope to see you soon at the Borgo&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-8408634566188697027?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/8408634566188697027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=8408634566188697027' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/8408634566188697027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/8408634566188697027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/09/our-favorite-guests.html' title='OUR FAVORITE GUESTS'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TKLeGmtuY0I/AAAAAAAAAxQ/y65wDZgFPmg/s72-c/Siena1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-7924892685447629105</id><published>2010-09-21T10:40:00.016+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-21T10:43:16.135+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='il Palio'/><title type='text'>Appuntamenti Palio di Agosto</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;13 AGOSTO:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;13.00: “tratta” (consegna a sorte dei cavalli)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;19.15: prima corsa di prova&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;14 AGOSTO:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore 09.00: seconda corsa di prova&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel pomeriggio del 14 agosto, prima della prova, si svolge la Processione di Ceri, nel corso della quale il Palio viene portato in Duomo. La Processione parte alle 16.30 dalla Chiesa di san Giorgio. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;19.15: terza corsa di prova&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;15 AGOSTO:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;09.00.: quarta corsa di prova&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore 19.15: prova generale preceduto dall’esibizione di un drappello di Carabinieri a cavallo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;16 AGOSTO:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;7.45: Messa del Fantino, celebrata dall’Arcivescovo di Siena nella Cappella di Piazza&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;9.00: Sesta prova (provaccia)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;10.00: Segnatura dei fantini in Palazzo Comunale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;14.00: Vestizione della comparsa in ciascuna delle diciassette Contrade&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;15.00: Benedizione del cavallo (nelle dieci Contrade che prenderanno parte alla corsa) e successiva partenza delle Comparse per recarsi, dopo il percorso per le vie del centro per rendere omaggio ad alcune importanti istituzioni senesi, nel cortile del Palazzo del Governo, in Piazza del Duomo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;15.50: Partenza del Corteo Storico dal Palazzo del Governo verso via del Casato di Sotto per l’ingresso in Piazza&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;16.50: Ingresso del Corteo Storico nella Piazza del Campo preceduto dall’esibizione di un drappello di Carabinieri a cavallo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;19.00: I cavalli escono dall’entrone, allo scoppio del “mortaretto”, per la corsa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dopo la corsa, la Contrada vittoriosa si reca esultante in Duomo e successivamente i festeggiamenti proseguono per tutta la notte nel rione e per le vie del Centro&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7924892685447629105?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7924892685447629105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7924892685447629105' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7924892685447629105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7924892685447629105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/09/appuntamenti-palio-di-agosto.html' title='Appuntamenti Palio di Agosto'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-6607028674351791536</id><published>2010-09-19T10:18:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-21T12:56:48.482+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='il Palio'/><title type='text'>Appuntamenti Palio di Luglio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;29 Giugno:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;13.00: “tratta” (consegna a sorte dei cavalli)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;19.45: prima corsa di prova&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;30 Giugno:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;09.00: seconda corsa di prova&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;19.45 p.m.: terza corsa di prova&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 Luglio:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;09.00: quarta corsa di prova&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;19.45: prova generale&amp;nbsp;preceduta dall’esibizione di un drappello di Carabinieri a cavallo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2 Luglio:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;7.45: Messa del Fantino, celebrata dall’Arcivescovo di Siena nella Cappella di Piazza&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;9.00: Sesta prova (provaccia)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;10.00: Segnatura dei fantini in Palazzo Comunale&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore 14.30: Vestizione della comparsa in ciascuna delle diciassette Contrade&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore 15.30: Benedizione del cavallo (nelle dieci Contrade che prenderanno parte alla corsa) e successiva partenza delle Comparse per recarsi, dopo il percorso per le vie del centro per rendere omaggio ad alcune importanti istituzioni senesi, nel cortile del Palazzo del Governo, in Piazza del Duomo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;16.30: Partenza del Corteo Storico dal Palazzo del Governo verso via del Casato di Sotto per l’ingresso in Piazza.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;17.20: Ingresso del Corteo Storico nella Piazza del Campo preceduto dall’esibizione di un drappello di Carabinieri a cavallo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ore&amp;nbsp;19.30 p.m.: I cavalli escono dall’entrone, allo scoppio del “mortaretto”, per la corsa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dopo la corsa, la Contrada vittoriosa si reca esultante nella Basilica di Provenzano e successivamente i festeggiamenti proseguono per tutta la notte nel rione e per le vie del Centro&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-6607028674351791536?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/6607028674351791536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=6607028674351791536' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/6607028674351791536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/6607028674351791536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/09/appuntamenti-palio-di-luglio.html' title='Appuntamenti Palio di Luglio'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-8740938514276338223</id><published>2010-09-16T10:51:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T10:51:41.446+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>Pattaro: our favourite carpenter!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TJHX5afe_UI/AAAAAAAAAxE/1aV0dKZ-mSA/s1600/Immagine.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TJHX5afe_UI/AAAAAAAAAxE/1aV0dKZ-mSA/s320/Immagine.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;If you have&amp;nbsp;already been&amp;nbsp;at Borgo Grondaie&amp;nbsp;I'm sure you recognize the furniture of the&amp;nbsp;pictures in this post. They are part of the furniture of our Reception and always win admiration from our guests. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Usually the questions of our guests are 'what was&amp;nbsp;that before?' and 'who made that?' &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;Well, these such as the furniture of all our rooms and apartments were made by a &lt;strong&gt;local wood craftsmanship&lt;/strong&gt; that produces custom furniture also through the restoration of old things.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;When they started to work they were two members, Nardi &amp;amp; Pattaro. Currently Nardi decided to retire while &lt;strong&gt;Pattaro&lt;/strong&gt; continues his activities&amp;nbsp;and he still collaborate with Borgo Grondaie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;In a few days, September 25 &amp;amp; 26, there will be the inauguration of a new laboratory and showroom in Monteriggioni, Località Badesse,&amp;nbsp;under the name &lt;a href="http://www.falegnameria-artistica.it/"&gt;Falegnameria Artistica&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and from October 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; it will be possible &lt;strong&gt;to&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;buy&lt;/strong&gt; his items &lt;strong&gt;online&lt;/strong&gt; at the following &lt;a href="http://www.falegnameria-artistica.shoppingdonna.it/"&gt;site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;What&amp;nbsp;was that?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TJHWzaAhnrI/AAAAAAAAAw0/X3BAXc-uvVY/s1600/foto+oggi+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TJHWzaAhnrI/AAAAAAAAAw0/X3BAXc-uvVY/s320/foto+oggi+006.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;﻿&lt;span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"&gt;It was a furniture of a pharmacy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TJHXEhvo1-I/AAAAAAAAAw8/OYk24kGhKvQ/s1600/foto+oggi+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TJHXEhvo1-I/AAAAAAAAAw8/OYk24kGhKvQ/s320/foto+oggi+007.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-8740938514276338223?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/8740938514276338223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=8740938514276338223' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/8740938514276338223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/8740938514276338223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/09/pattaro-our-favourite-carpenter.html' title='Pattaro: our favourite carpenter!'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TJHX5afe_UI/AAAAAAAAAxE/1aV0dKZ-mSA/s72-c/Immagine.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1413145181357919556</id><published>2010-09-14T09:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T09:38:47.137+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wine tours'/><title type='text'>Winery in San Gimignano</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TI8l0rz1xII/AAAAAAAAAws/BbEvmlDgxPU/s1600/tenuta-torciano-logo-index.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TI8l0rz1xII/AAAAAAAAAws/BbEvmlDgxPU/s320/tenuta-torciano-logo-index.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We have already suggested you &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/10/siena-wine-tours-by-yourself.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; the winery &lt;a href="http://www.torciano.com/"&gt;Tenuta di Torciano&lt;/a&gt; in San Gimignano. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we are glad to give you more detailed information about their wine tastings so that you can choose the option that sounds better for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WINE TASTING SCHOOL " NOBLES AND PRESTIGIOUS TUSCAN WINES WITH LIGHT SNACK"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Euro 10&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Chianti Classico DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Chianti Classico riserva &lt;br /&gt;Brunello di Montalcino&lt;br /&gt;Bartolomeo 2005 Gold Medal (Sangiovese e cabernet sauvignon aged in barriques)&lt;br /&gt;Baldassarre 2005 "Super Tuscan" (Sangiovese, merlot, cabernet sauvignon aged in barriques)&lt;br /&gt;Cavaliere 2005 "Super Tuscan" ( Sangiovese,Merlot aged in barriques)&lt;br /&gt;Vinsanto with Cantuccini&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Tuscan Bread&lt;br /&gt;Truffle Oil with Tuscan Bread&lt;br /&gt;Balsamic of Modena vinegar 10 years old &lt;br /&gt;To taste with some local products like cheese, salame, finocchiona, Bruschetta, ecc..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TUSCAN LIGHT LUNCH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Euro 15,00&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuscan salame, Bruschetta (bred with olive oil), pecorino cheese, snacks &lt;br /&gt;RIBOLLITA ( typical Tuscan vegetable soup ) or LASAGNA (typical Tuscan pasta with meat)&lt;br /&gt;CANTUCCINI (Tuscan biscuit)&lt;br /&gt;Chianti DOCG &lt;br /&gt;Chianti Classico DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Baldassarre 2005 "Super Tuscan" (Sangiovese, merlot, cabernet sauvignon aged in barriques)&lt;br /&gt;Cavaliere 2005 "Super Tuscan" ( Sangiovese,Merlot aged in barriques)&lt;br /&gt;Brunello di Montalcino DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Vinsanto “Dessert Wine” &lt;br /&gt;Water &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SILVER TUSCAN LUNCH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Euro 20,00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuscan salame, Bruschetta (bred with olive oil), pecorino cheese, snacks &lt;br /&gt;RIBOLLITA ( typical Tuscan vegetable soup ) and LASAGNA (typical Tuscan pasta with meat)&lt;br /&gt;CANTUCCINI (Tuscan biscuit)&lt;br /&gt;Chianti DOCG &lt;br /&gt;Chianti Classico DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Baldassarre 2005 "Super Tuscan" (Sangiovese, merlot, cabernet sauvignon aged in barriques)&lt;br /&gt;Cavaliere 2005 "Super Tuscan" ( Sangiovese,Merlot aged in barriques)&lt;br /&gt;Brunello di Montalcino DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Vinsanto “Dessert Wine” &lt;br /&gt;Water &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GOLD TUSCAN BRUNCH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Euro 23,00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuscan salame, Bruschetta (bred with olive oil), pecorino cheese, snacks &lt;br /&gt;RIBOLLITA ( typical Tuscan vegetable soup ), LASAGNA (typical Tuscan pasta with meat)&lt;br /&gt;ARISTA ( roast pork) , CHIPS ROST &lt;br /&gt;CANTUCCINI (Tuscan biscuit)&lt;br /&gt;Chianti DOCG &lt;br /&gt;Chianti Classico DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Baldassarre 2005 "Super Tuscan" (Sangiovese, merlot, cabernet sauvignon aged in barriques)&lt;br /&gt;Cavaliere 2005 "Super Tuscan" ( Sangiovese,Merlot aged in barriques)&lt;br /&gt;Brunello di Montalcino DOCG&lt;br /&gt;Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Tuscan Bread&lt;br /&gt;Balsamic of Modena vinegar 30 years old&lt;br /&gt;Vinsanto “Dessert Wine” &lt;br /&gt;Water &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For booking send us a request by &lt;a href="mailto:hotel@borgogrondaie.com"&gt;e-mail&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Days: every day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hours: 11.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We inform you that you need a car to reach the winery.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1413145181357919556?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1413145181357919556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1413145181357919556' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1413145181357919556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1413145181357919556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/09/winery-in-san-gimignano.html' title='Winery in San Gimignano'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TI8l0rz1xII/AAAAAAAAAws/BbEvmlDgxPU/s72-c/tenuta-torciano-logo-index.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-8263653421843207671</id><published>2010-08-21T12:11:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-21T12:13:27.587+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ristoranti'/><title type='text'>I nostri ristoranti preferiti</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tavernasangiuseppe.it/"&gt;TAVERNA DI SAN GIUSEPPE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Via Dupré, 132 - Siena&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Telefono: 057742286&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj1lTK4hWI/AAAAAAAAAzU/nfq6wH77kxw/s1600/san+giuseppe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj1lTK4hWI/AAAAAAAAAzU/nfq6wH77kxw/s320/san+giuseppe.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vinattieri.net/"&gt;COMPAGNIA DEI VINATTIERI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Via Dei Pittori,&amp;nbsp;1 - Siena&lt;br /&gt;Telefono: 0577236568&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj1zZhV4GI/AAAAAAAAAzY/cVNigfW68sM/s1600/vinattieri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj1zZhV4GI/AAAAAAAAAzY/cVNigfW68sM/s1600/vinattieri.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.daenzo.net/"&gt;DA ENZO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Via Camollia, 49 - Siena&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Telefono: 0577281277&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj2AgGmBXI/AAAAAAAAAzc/j9K5yZSzOOE/s1600/enzo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj2AgGmBXI/AAAAAAAAAzc/j9K5yZSzOOE/s320/enzo.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;L'OSTERIA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Via dei Rossi, 79- Siena&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Telefono: 0577287592&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj2M5rZF5I/AAAAAAAAAzg/okJxHOhhcqo/s1600/l%2527osteria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj2M5rZF5I/AAAAAAAAAzg/okJxHOhhcqo/s320/l%2527osteria.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OSTERIA NONNA GINA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Piano dei Mantellini, 2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Telefono: 0577287247&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj2ZFQIWDI/AAAAAAAAAzk/sTrzPYb4IbQ/s1600/nonna+gina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj2ZFQIWDI/AAAAAAAAAzk/sTrzPYb4IbQ/s320/nonna+gina.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sottolefonti.it/"&gt;OSTERIA SOTTO LE FONTI&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Via Esterna di Fontebranda, 114&lt;/div&gt;Telefono: 0577226446&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj26E4HOYI/AAAAAAAAAzo/55L9CSz2Bs4/s1600/sotto+le+fonti.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj26E4HOYI/AAAAAAAAAzo/55L9CSz2Bs4/s320/sotto+le+fonti.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sushibar.it/"&gt;SUSHI BAR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Via Beccafumi, 10&lt;br /&gt;Telefono: 057741128&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj8r1TbzpI/AAAAAAAAAzw/9iggRxpY2i8/s1600/sushi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj8r1TbzpI/AAAAAAAAAzw/9iggRxpY2i8/s320/sushi.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-8263653421843207671?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/8263653421843207671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=8263653421843207671' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/8263653421843207671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/8263653421843207671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-nostri-ristoranti-preferiti.html' title='I nostri ristoranti preferiti'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOj1lTK4hWI/AAAAAAAAAzU/nfq6wH77kxw/s72-c/san+giuseppe.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-7832012664128105778</id><published>2010-07-21T12:15:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-21T12:37:57.654+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cantine'/><title type='text'>Cantine da noi consigliate</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;nel &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHIANTI,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;zona dell'omonimo vino:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ricasoli.it/"&gt;BARONE RICASOLI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;Qui è possibile prenotare il tour classico che comprende la visita guidata del Castello di Brolio (i giardini, la cappella privata e &lt;personname productid="la Collezione Ricasoli" w:st="on"&gt;&lt;personname productid="la Collezione" w:st="on"&gt;la Collezione&lt;/personname&gt; Ricasoli&lt;/personname&gt;), la visita guidata della cantina con degustazione di 3 vini in sala privata e il pranzo all’Osteria del Castello. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOkAZQrExeI/AAAAAAAAAz0/ryc5RHp2v3Q/s1600/stemma-etichetta-brolio-200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOkAZQrExeI/AAAAAAAAAz0/ryc5RHp2v3Q/s1600/stemma-etichetta-brolio-200.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;a &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SAN GIMIGNANO, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;zona della Vernaccia:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.torciano.com/"&gt;TENUTA DI TORCIANO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;Qui trovate un'ampia scelta di degustazione di vini e olio con possibilità anche di pranzo. La degustazione è fatta da Pierluigi, proprietario della Tenuta, il quale con la simpatia che lo caratterizza condividerà con voi le proprie conoscenze di sommelier. Da non perdere l’olio al tartufo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOkBQBLws7I/AAAAAAAAAz4/754dGdDWlMI/s1600/tenuta-torciano-logo-index.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOkBQBLws7I/AAAAAAAAAz4/754dGdDWlMI/s1600/tenuta-torciano-logo-index.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;a &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MONTALCINO, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;zona del Brunello:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.poggioantico.com/"&gt;POGGIO ANTICO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;Possibilità di scegliere tra diverse proposte di degustazione soprattutto di Brunello e di mangiare nel ristorante della stessa proprietà.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOkCnGtd1kI/AAAAAAAAAz8/7bRPNw-0pgs/s1600/poggio+antico.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOkCnGtd1kI/AAAAAAAAAz8/7bRPNw-0pgs/s320/poggio+antico.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;a &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MONTEPULCIANO, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;zona del Nobile:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valdipiatta.it/"&gt;TENUTA VALDIPIATTA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;Qui ogni&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;proposta di visita e degustazione è garanzia di una esperienza enologica esclusiva e altamente specializzata.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOkDYFU2qAI/AAAAAAAAA0A/1pUIZSTjuIM/s1600/valdipiatta-marchio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOkDYFU2qAI/AAAAAAAAA0A/1pUIZSTjuIM/s1600/valdipiatta-marchio.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7832012664128105778?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7832012664128105778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7832012664128105778' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7832012664128105778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7832012664128105778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/07/cantine-da-noi-consigliate.html' title='Cantine da noi consigliate'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TOkAZQrExeI/AAAAAAAAAz0/ryc5RHp2v3Q/s72-c/stemma-etichetta-brolio-200.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1181559620517353757</id><published>2010-07-16T10:33:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T10:33:09.809+02:00</updated><title type='text'>AN ART COLLECTION LANDS IN ITALY</title><content type='html'>..by Jessica Donati article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Roberto gagliardi, an Italian-born art dealer and collector based in London, drove past and old, shut-down hotel on the main concourse of the ancient town of Chianciano Terme, in the Italian province of Siena, he saw an opportunuty. After four years of renovation, the 150-years-old building has been converted into the just-opened Museum of Art of Chianciano &lt;a href="http://www.museodarte.org/"&gt;http://www.museodarte.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The museum now houses Mr. Gagliardi's impressive collection, accumulated over 30-years career, items from which have been lent to museums like Cincinnati Art Museum and the Metropolitan of Art in New York.&lt;br /&gt;The museum is now home to works by artists like Delacroix and Dalì, Goya and Rembrandt, as well as historical pieces from China's Han Dynasty and ninth-century sculptural fragments from Afghanistan.&lt;br /&gt;In addition Mr. Gagliardi is organizing a new contemporary art festival to run at the museum every two years.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1181559620517353757?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1181559620517353757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1181559620517353757' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1181559620517353757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1181559620517353757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/07/art-collection-lands-in-italy.html' title='AN ART COLLECTION LANDS IN ITALY'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-4638260429385241389</id><published>2010-07-03T16:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T16:30:29.914+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our guests'/><title type='text'>Eryk the Painter</title><content type='html'>Dear readers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have the pleasure to&amp;nbsp;inform you that we had a &lt;strong&gt;fifteen years old Painter&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;as our guest during the days of the Palio!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a wonderful surprise for me when at ckeck-out&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Eryk&lt;/strong&gt; gave me a canvas with a painting done by himself during his stay&amp;nbsp;at Borgo Grondaie&amp;nbsp;with&amp;nbsp;his family. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How&amp;nbsp;cute he was&amp;nbsp;:-) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a picture of his work. The subject is the view of the San Francesco's Church in Siena from our pool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TC9HmDWqyTI/AAAAAAAAAv0/gA8JU-X5RoU/s1600/Foto+0484.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TC9HmDWqyTI/AAAAAAAAAv0/gA8JU-X5RoU/s320/Foto+0484.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TC9HtvwhxEI/AAAAAAAAAv8/z8QXkQNYEn8/s1600/Foto+0485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TC9HtvwhxEI/AAAAAAAAAv8/z8QXkQNYEn8/s320/Foto+0485.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Thanks a lot Eryk and good luck!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;by Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-4638260429385241389?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/4638260429385241389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=4638260429385241389' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/4638260429385241389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/4638260429385241389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/07/eryk-painter.html' title='Eryk the Painter'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TC9HmDWqyTI/AAAAAAAAAv0/gA8JU-X5RoU/s72-c/Foto+0484.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-2294441405133737197</id><published>2010-06-06T13:55:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T11:31:51.885+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our guests'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>Review</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TAuMY65HqUI/AAAAAAAAAvE/pjqYFrmatko/s1600/scn0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TAuMY65HqUI/AAAAAAAAAvE/pjqYFrmatko/s400/scn0001.JPG" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Thanks a lot Carolyn!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-2294441405133737197?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/2294441405133737197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=2294441405133737197' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2294441405133737197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2294441405133737197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/06/thanks-lot-carolyn.html' title='Review'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TAuMY65HqUI/AAAAAAAAAvE/pjqYFrmatko/s72-c/scn0001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-2794667910005955349</id><published>2010-06-02T09:53:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-02T09:53:38.725+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our guests'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>A flower from our garden</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TAYNzbhVaCI/AAAAAAAAAu8/0QuRkAm_NNE/s1600/rosa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TAYNzbhVaCI/AAAAAAAAAu8/0QuRkAm_NNE/s400/rosa.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Thanks a lot Franco for this picture!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-2794667910005955349?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/2794667910005955349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=2794667910005955349' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2794667910005955349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2794667910005955349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/06/flower-from-our-garden.html' title='A flower from our garden'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TAYNzbhVaCI/AAAAAAAAAu8/0QuRkAm_NNE/s72-c/rosa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-9155321261132079438</id><published>2010-04-01T13:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-24T13:08:54.332+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>Guia o melhor da ITÁLIA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;"BORGO GRONDAIE Ótimo apart-hotel a 2 quilômetros do centro. Os apartamentos para até cinco pessoas têm cozinha americana equipada. Na área comum, há uma deliciosa piscina. Também ten suítes confortáveis e bem decoradas. "&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/S7R3SbW_pXI/AAAAAAAAAuM/MHvsrRgKXKM/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/S7R3SbW_pXI/AAAAAAAAAuM/MHvsrRgKXKM/s320/1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/S7R3W5fHJvI/AAAAAAAAAuU/2OLxZKNX4dA/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/S7R3W5fHJvI/AAAAAAAAAuU/2OLxZKNX4dA/s320/2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-9155321261132079438?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/9155321261132079438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=9155321261132079438' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/9155321261132079438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/9155321261132079438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/04/guia-o-melhor-da-italia.html' title='Guia o melhor da ITÁLIA'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/S7R3SbW_pXI/AAAAAAAAAuM/MHvsrRgKXKM/s72-c/1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-7965906445937101599</id><published>2010-02-23T10:24:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:35:38.768+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our guests'/><title type='text'>Pictures made by a guest and friend of Borgo Grondaie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"&gt;Thanks a lot Simonetta !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7965906445937101599?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7965906445937101599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7965906445937101599' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7965906445937101599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7965906445937101599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/02/pictures-made-by-guest-and-friend-of.html' title='Pictures made by a guest and friend of Borgo Grondaie'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/S4OdaWa2rCI/AAAAAAAAAr8/ErOTvuZal-U/s72-c/23438_102129953155109_100000743143816_60798_6621382_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1734955605347261260</id><published>2010-01-31T19:03:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:36:01.922+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Sushi Bar in Siena</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/S2XErL3N0bI/AAAAAAAAArs/8zw7cQubbbQ/s1600-h/sushi_bar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="36" kt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/S2XErL3N0bI/AAAAAAAAArs/8zw7cQubbbQ/s200/sushi_bar.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Some months ago a &lt;strong&gt;Sushi Bar&lt;/strong&gt; opened here in &lt;strong&gt;Siena&lt;/strong&gt; and it was an immediate success. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The dishes are prepared with &lt;strong&gt;fresh products&lt;/strong&gt; every day and when this is not possible because fish suppliers are closed -as it happened for example during Christmas time- the owners immediately publish a post in their facebook fan’s page warning they will be closed. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Although &lt;strong&gt;reservations&lt;/strong&gt; can be made on facebook it is better to call &lt;strong&gt;by phone&lt;/strong&gt; to get a more immediate response.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We are delighted to have a place like that in Siena because many Japanese come here for holiday or to attend the University for Foreigners or the summer courses organized by the Academy Musicale Chigiana and although our food is wonderful, it is nice to have an &lt;strong&gt;alternative meal&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I had never eaten sushi but I was too curious so I went there with Gaia few days ago. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We could not cheat so we asked the owner for an advise. The only raw fish I had eaten in my life was Cebiche (Peruvian meal) and oysters.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;He was very friendly and he suggested us a mixture of &lt;strong&gt;uromaki&lt;/strong&gt; (tuna and avocado rolled with rice outside), &lt;strong&gt;maki&lt;/strong&gt; (seaweed rolls nori), &lt;strong&gt;nigiri &lt;/strong&gt;(raw fish on the 'ball' of rice acetate), &lt;strong&gt;sashimi&lt;/strong&gt; (raw fish fillet) and &lt;strong&gt;tempura&lt;/strong&gt; (fried) shrimp and vegetables. Gaia chose the drink: an excellent white wine Falanghina. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As soon as dishes arrived I realized that I actually had to eat with &lt;strong&gt;chopsticks&lt;/strong&gt; ... In fact there was nothing else on the table. All in all everything went very well and maybe I learned how to use this kind of cutlery. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I really liked the food. I've enjoyed the tempura. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;At the end of the meal we ordered a small jug of &lt;strong&gt;saké&lt;/strong&gt;, a 13 degrees alcoholic beverage served hot. It seemed like grappa. Maybe because it was hot it did not seem so strong and I drank that without problems! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There are so many other things in the menu that I will have to try. There is also the option of &lt;strong&gt;take away&lt;/strong&gt;. Very interesting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The place is small, a dozen tables plus the counter, minimalist design and well cared for. A nice atmosphere located close to Porta Ovile. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For more information please see their page on &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Siena-Italy/SUSHIBAR-SIENA/128153990894"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1734955605347261260?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1734955605347261260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1734955605347261260' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1734955605347261260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1734955605347261260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/01/sushi-bar-in-siena.html' title='Sushi Bar in Siena'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/S2XErL3N0bI/AAAAAAAAArs/8zw7cQubbbQ/s72-c/sushi_bar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-7765708498780930894</id><published>2010-01-19T16:19:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:36:34.604+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>Borgo Grondaie reviews</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Although 2010 has already begun, Gaia and I are reviewing the past year to enable us to understand whether our opinions of Borgo Grondaie’s strong points, are the same opinions as the people who choose to stay with us.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We have always focussed our attention on a few goals:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- a &lt;strong&gt;professional staff&lt;/strong&gt;, who are willing to share their knowledge of our local region with guests&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- a scrupulous attention to the &lt;strong&gt;cleaning&lt;/strong&gt; of rooms and public places. An example we can offer is the impeccable cleaning of the pool, aided through the research of hygienic products which have low impact on the environment&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- rooms and apartments with &lt;strong&gt;comfortable and functional furniture &lt;/strong&gt;with a Tuscan style&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- daily &lt;strong&gt;care to all green spaces&lt;/strong&gt; around Borgo Grondaie in order to guarantee our guests lovely breaks in the open air, enjoying a glass of wine at our salt water pool or reading a book sitting down under an oak shade&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- a &lt;strong&gt;delicious buffet breakfast&lt;/strong&gt; with high quality food products served inside the familiar atmosphere of the reception and breakfast room during the winter or on the terrace in front of the reception on summer days&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- a guarantee that all &lt;strong&gt;information&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;published &lt;/strong&gt;on our web site has been checked &lt;strong&gt;with&lt;/strong&gt; the greatest &lt;strong&gt;integrity &lt;/strong&gt;and a further guarantee for attention given to all personal details transmitted to you at reservation time&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- a &lt;strong&gt;free wireless&lt;/strong&gt; area dedicated to our guests&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How can we ensure we manage to achieve our goals? We regularly check our main &lt;strong&gt;social network&lt;/strong&gt; Trip advisor but also on Venere as well as Booking. We also read in detail the information given to us on the form we request our guests to fill in at departure time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This is the information we have gathered together to share with you, for your guaranteed comfort in staying with us at Borgo Grondaie. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;from &lt;a href="http://booking.com/"&gt;Booking.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;March 2009&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The staff was friendly, the site is very pretty sitting on five acres, there was a washing machine and a line to dry clothes outside. The breakfast was included with the room and the baked goods were delicious. This place is best for someone with a car who wants to see more of Tuscany than just Siena. It is a little out of the way (about a 20 minute walk to the center of Siena) and not close to any restaurants. There a great grocery at the bottom of the hill though which has an excellent selection of breads, cheeses, sliced meats and wine. If the weather is nice one could take this back to the hotel and sit outside for dinner or lunch. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;April 2009&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This small hotel has a delightful atmosphere. It is set in a spacious garden on a hillside just outside the centre of Siena. It provides a peaceful oasis to return to at the end of a busy day. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from &lt;a href="http://venere.com/"&gt;Venere.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;June 2009&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Of all the accommodation we stayed at during our recent trip to Europe, Borgo Grondaie was the best overall. The room itself was spacious, impeccably clean throughout and well appointed. We also enjoyed a private balcony with views to the ancient city of Siena. The breakfast was befitting of a banquet and consisted of the freshest of local produce. The large gardens and pool area were great to experience after a hot day visiting the many fantastic tourist sites that Siena has to offer. The staff of Borgo Grondaie also deserve a special mention. We would certainly stay there again. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;September 2009&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We would definitely recommend the Hotel Borgo Grondaie and would certainly stay there again. The hotel is very charming, clean and accommodating. The front desk helped us with many things, including obtaining a reservation for the Uffizi art museum for our day trip into Florence (which proved to be a big time saver) and securing a reservation for our Brunello di Montalcino wine tour. They were also very helpful in giving us information and tips for when we went into Siena. Although the hotel is not in the heart of Siena it is not far to the city walls and is very easy to get there. We chose to visit the nearby market to get some food and wine, and decided to make ourselves dinner a couple of nights which was a very nice change of pace that would not have been possible at other hotels. All in all, I would tell someone considering this hotel to book it without hesitation. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;from &lt;a href="http://tripadvisor.com/"&gt;Tripadvisor.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;November 2009&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My husband and I just returned from our trip to Tuscany a few days ago and we stayed at Borgo Grondaie for one night in Siena. The hotel is beautiful! Quiet, the staff/service is excellent, great breakfast, free WIFI and a computer to use. The rooms are spacious, very clean, quiet and the bed is moderately comfy (typical for Europe). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;However, the walk into the center of town is at least 2 miles uphill. The hotel does have parking, so if you have a car, then this is the place to stay. There is no parking inside the medieval village walls, so it's best to leave your car in the parking lot at the hotel, then take a taxi into the village. If you are in good shape, the walk back to the hotel is ok, mostly downhill. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I felt as though one night in Siena was enough, so even without a car, I might stay here again. If you are staying a few days and have a kitchen, this is also a great place because there is a grocery store very convenient!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you are going to San Gim, or Volterra, I would rent a car at Hertz in Siena and make SURE you get a GPS, you will regret it if you don't. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So, generally I have only positive things to say about this hotel, except for the walk uphill into town.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;December 2009&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Just returned from this Hotel. Stayed for 4 nights with my wife and had a great time. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;All the staff was always friendly and very helpful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;One of the cleanest Hotels i have ever been. And not only our Room, but was perfectly cleaned all the complex.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Plenty of hot water in our room at all times and a great breakfast every morning with big variety and great quality products. It was very cold outside but our room was always very warm as the heating was very efficient. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Good located to visit Toscane, in a quiet place with a super market nearby for all your needs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;That was the best escape for me and my wife.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Our Next time in Italy will also be a next time in Borgo Grandaie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Thanks for everything and keep up the good work.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7765708498780930894?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7765708498780930894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7765708498780930894' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7765708498780930894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7765708498780930894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2010/01/borgo-grondaie-reviews.html' title='Borgo Grondaie reviews'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-5045636313326199450</id><published>2009-12-20T16:06:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:38:04.838+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='About us'/><title type='text'>Under the Borgo Grondaie snow !</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TBoRpri2iNI/AAAAAAAAAvU/cJBSGAfK0FY/s1600/palio_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TBoRpri2iNI/AAAAAAAAAvU/cJBSGAfK0FY/s320/palio_.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The Contrade of Siena are 17 but only &lt;strong&gt;10 run the Palio&amp;nbsp;on July&amp;nbsp;2nd&amp;nbsp;and on August 16th&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Which one of the 17 Contrade do they run it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost" style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;The seven Contrade that have not held in July/August last year run by 'law' while the other 3 missing to 10 by 'lot' among the remaining 10. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;How do they choice the last?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;in much secrecy in Palazzo Pubblico where the captains of the 17 Contrade meet and with the help of a secular tool and a complex ritual ensure 100% impartiality of choice. Once the Contrade were extracted&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -&amp;nbsp;around 7.00 p.m. - all the people wait in the Square that a municipal employer exhibits the flags of the Contrade extracted from the windows of the Palazzo Pubblico. Each 'expousure' is accompained by shouts of joy of the contradioli's (people who belong to a Contrada) kissed by fortune and, in some cases, by the 'silence' of the people of the rival Contrade.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;When does it happen?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;The last Sunday of May for the Palio of July and the Sunday after July 2nd for the Palio of August.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;I have talked about &lt;strong&gt;'rival'&lt;/strong&gt; Contrade. Do you want to know why? well, we don't remind it because it comes from log time...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;The Palio begins on &lt;strong&gt;June 29th/August 13th&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;around 1.00 p.m. at the Campo square the horse will be assigned to each Contrada by lot. This moment is called &lt;strong&gt;'tratta'&lt;/strong&gt; and it's very important because although the horses are chosen so that none is superior to another, however, it can happen that horses which have already won the Palio are chosen and therefore outsider among the others. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;The horse, called &lt;strong&gt;'barbero'&lt;/strong&gt;, is the unique starring of the Palio. In fact, the Contrada wins also if the horse arrives at the end of the 3 laps alone, without the jockey. It means that the horse can't be replaced, neither if it dies. The horse is entrusted to the &lt;strong&gt;'barbaresco'&lt;/strong&gt; who leads it to the stable of its Contrada and remains with it 24 hours a day until the last race to take care of it and to control nobody give it alterated drinks. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;- from June 29th/August 13th&amp;nbsp;evening till July 2nd/August 16th&amp;nbsp;morning six &lt;strong&gt;'prove'&lt;/strong&gt; (trials) are run in the Square to test the horses. The most awited trial is the first because it is the first time that the jockeys ride the horses, know them and try to understand their potential. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;on July 1st/August 15th&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;evening there is the evening's rehearsal &lt;strong&gt;dinner&lt;/strong&gt; along the Contrade streets which run. The dinner is open also to tourists. Of course, dear tourists, don't have too many expectations about the welcome and the menù. The Palio is not a festival for tourists so, be respectful and not intrusive. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;After dinner, the authorities of each Contrada will take secret deals with the other Contrade&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; Everyone knows that but no one confirme it openly. During the night they take the last agreements with those which can 'help' them to win the Palio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;- Also the &lt;strong&gt;'fantini'&lt;/strong&gt;, the jockeys, are important of course. Until the penultimate trial the Contrada may also change the jockey or the jockey may decide not to run for that Contrada. You will know the jockey's name by sure only with the &lt;strong&gt;'provaccia',&lt;/strong&gt; the last trial on the morning of July 2nd/August 16th. At that point , the jockey can no longer be changed. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;In recent years a good quoted jockey is from Siena. His name is Luigi Bruschelli and his nickname is Trecciolino. The jockey can run in any Contrada but of course it's better if he doesn't run for a Contrada if the year before it ran and won in its rival Contrada...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Check schedule of &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/02/palios-schedule-on-july.html"&gt;July 2nd&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/08/things-to-do-in-siena_12.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;August 16th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt; so that you&amp;nbsp;will be&amp;nbsp;able to know all that will happen that day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;At Borgo Grondaie our customers ask often us &lt;strong&gt;where it's better to see the Palio&lt;/strong&gt;. In my opinion:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;- if you are young and strong psychologically you can go and see the race standing &lt;strong&gt;in the middle of the Square&lt;/strong&gt;. Thanks to the shape of the Square you can see from all sides. A recommendation to 'gentlemen': don't load on your shoulders your friend to can see better because all the people around you will whistle to you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;- if you are young but you have also children with you it's better to go in advance &lt;strong&gt;to the Cathedral&lt;/strong&gt; and sit down on the outside stairs to see the Parade. When the Parade ends go inside the closest to see the race on TV. As soon as the run ends go to the church of Provenzano (on July) or to the Cathedral (on August)&amp;nbsp;to see the winner Contrada coming to thanks and to sing Te deum to our Lady.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;- if you are not so young and want to enjoy the rush in peace I suggest you to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jacopodellatorre.com/"&gt;buy tickets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to see the whole parade and the race comfortably seated in the stages or in a terrace. The best seats are those near the &lt;strong&gt;'mossa'&lt;/strong&gt;, the start. Tickets are very expensive but it's worth it, believe me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Last recommendations:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;- during the days of the Palio avoid to peeve the people of the Contrada with questions on why, how, etc or to show visibly 'surprised' or 'horrified' by some of their attitudes. For example, if you are in the middle of a brawl on the street it could be that you are in the presence of a clash between two rival Contrade. Nobody will get you but avoid to stay in the middle or to do your best in separating them. Be sure that when the Palio ends the life in Siena returns to normality!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;- everywhere you see the race: in the Square, on the terrace or in a Bar avoid making comments immediately after the race ends. We will give you all the information at the front desk. Avoid 'smile' if you see people crying because they didn't win or arrived second (threre is only '1' winner in the Palio) or they rival Contrada won.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;The evening, after dinner, you can visit the Contrada that won end enjoy a free glass of wine. It's better if you take dinner in the Square so that you can see people of the winner Contrada coming with their &lt;strong&gt;'alfieri'&lt;/strong&gt;, the flag-wavers, to show the &lt;strong&gt;'cencio'&lt;/strong&gt;, the banner, that represents the prize for the victory and that will then be kept in the museum of the Contrada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;by Amina, Antonio and Gaia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-5488220861707915132?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/5488220861707915132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=5488220861707915132' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5488220861707915132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5488220861707915132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/06/palio-of-2nd-of-july-is-coming_18.html' title='Palio festival tips'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/TBoRpri2iNI/AAAAAAAAAvU/cJBSGAfK0FY/s72-c/palio_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-3867090559488682274</id><published>2009-11-25T11:02:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:39:35.442+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movie sets'/><title type='text'>New Moon: Montepulciano turns into Volterra</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sw0Ahp6mrAI/AAAAAAAAAl8/HagJuNiXm6k/s1600/new_moon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sw0Ahp6mrAI/AAAAAAAAAl8/HagJuNiXm6k/s320/new_moon.jpg" yr="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Although no longer a teenager I have been fascinated by the first film in the Twilight saga without having read the book an because of that when &lt;strong&gt;New Moon&lt;/strong&gt; came out last week I went straight to the cinema but ... maybe I had too many expectations. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The mystery, magic and the feeling present in Twilight and which I loved have been replaced in New Moon by a sense of romanticism sometimes maybe a little bit overload. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It was so fanny watching the film in a cinema full of kids, especially girls, which at every stage made particularly appreciative comments about &lt;strong&gt;Edward&lt;/strong&gt;, the vampire, which unfortunately in this film we see little. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Lots of words were written in newspapers, social networks and Internet regarding the location of the &lt;strong&gt;scenes in Italy&lt;/strong&gt; because the book talks about '&lt;strong&gt;volturi&lt;/strong&gt;' and '&lt;strong&gt;Volterra&lt;/strong&gt;', a small village of Etruscan origin in the country side of Pisa; a spot well-known in the world like San Gimignano, Chianti and Montalcino. It is a must for tourists who annually visit Tuscany. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In the film I found the medieval town of &lt;strong&gt;Montepulciano&lt;/strong&gt; instead of Volterra!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I had no trouble on recognizing that because in the main scene there is the famous &lt;strong&gt;Renaissance Basilica of San Biagio&lt;/strong&gt; in the background. One more thing: there are no fountains in Montepulciano and Volterra square while in New Moon they show one.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It is a shame. I do not like this kind of things. I know, it is not the first time that it happens. Do you remind the movie The English Patient and the famous frescoes of Piero della Francesca put in Pienza instead of the church of San Francesco in Arezzo? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Let me say you that when I remind the scenes filmed in Siena for the movie &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/11/quantum-of-solace-in-siena.html"&gt;Quantum of Solace&lt;/a&gt; I am very pleased and proud of the work made by the &lt;strong&gt;Consortium for the Protection of the Palio&lt;/strong&gt; that guaranteed the reality of Siena. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This is just my opinion and of course both, Volterra and Montepulciano, worth a visit regardless New Moon :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For completeness of information herewith I enclose what &lt;strong&gt;Wyck Godfrey&lt;/strong&gt; (Producer) told about that in an interview:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Well you know it’s interesting because ultimately Stephanie didn’t visit Italy until after she had written the books, you know? It was kind of like her research was all kind of online and whatnot. And what we did as filmmakers…okay we know what we need for the movie. Great square, huge group of people kind of in the middle, clock tower that you can see. It has to feel like beautiful epic, all that stuff because we’ve been waiting the whole movie for her to get back to Edward and we want it to be great. So we took a trip, &lt;strong&gt;went around like 12 different towns in Tuscany and we just literally went from square…&lt;/strong&gt;each of those small ancient towns has a great square with a church and a tower and everything and we basically found the one that we thought was the best in terms of just atmosphere, you know, what it’s going to feel like. And we went, 'That’s it. That’s great.' And sometimes it’s about just the symmetry of the square. There’s always that one thing in a town you’re like 'I love that. I love that. Ahh that doesn’t work' you know? So we got to Montepulciano it was like 'Great. It works.' It’s perfect, you know?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-7-17-exclusive-twilight-producer-wyck-godfrey-on-new-moon-eclipse-and-yes-breaking-dawn"&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;by Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-3867090559488682274?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/3867090559488682274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=3867090559488682274' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/3867090559488682274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/3867090559488682274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-moon-montepulciano-turns-into.html' title='New Moon: Montepulciano turns into Volterra'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sw0Ahp6mrAI/AAAAAAAAAl8/HagJuNiXm6k/s72-c/new_moon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1555163786538464144</id><published>2009-11-24T18:41:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:39:49.238+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oratori'/><title type='text'>Musei e Oratori di Contrada: la Civetta</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SwwaLP-CR2I/AAAAAAAAAl0/FpRwIrd-D7k/s1600/16_agosto_2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SwwaLP-CR2I/AAAAAAAAAl0/FpRwIrd-D7k/s320/16_agosto_2009.jpg" yr="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La &lt;a href="http://www.contradadellacivetta.it/"&gt;Contrada della Civetta&lt;/a&gt; ha il suo cuore pulsante nel &lt;strong&gt;castellare degli Ugurgeri&lt;/strong&gt; la cui costruzione risale agli anni che vanno dalla fine del XII all’inizio del XIII secolo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E’ senz’altro uno dei posti più suggestivi di Siena.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;All’interno del castellare, a cui si accede da due vicoli diversi, trovano posto il Museo, l’Oratorio, la Stalla e la Fontanina della Contrada.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La Contrada della Civetta ha avuto un &lt;strong&gt;Oratorio&lt;/strong&gt; di sua proprietà soltanto nel &lt;strong&gt;1945&lt;/strong&gt; con l’acquisizione di un immobile posto nel castellare.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’Oratorio è dotato di due ingressi, uno posto in Via Cecco Angiolieri e l’altro nel castellare.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Fino al 1945 è stata ospitata dalla chiesa di San Cristoforo, in Piazza Tolomei, e prima ancora dal parroco Antonio Perpignani, contradaiolo, nella chiesa San Pietro Buio, oggi non più esistente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nell’Oratorio, intitolato fino all’inizio di quest’anno solo a Sant’Antonio da Padova, sono presenti le seguenti opere:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- altare di sinistra: &lt;strong&gt;Madonna con San Carlo Borromeo e San Luigi Gonzaga&lt;/strong&gt; di Vincenzo Rustici&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- altare di destra: &lt;strong&gt;Visione di Sant’Antonio&lt;/strong&gt; di Galgano Perpignani, nipote del parroco sopra nominato&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- altare: &lt;strong&gt;statuetta di San Bernardo Tolomei&lt;/strong&gt; in carta pesta argentata su base lignea intagliata. Questa statuetta fa parte di un gruppo di statue che si trovano all’interno del Museo. Quella di Bernardo Tolomei si trova qui in quanto Bernardo è stato santificato proprio quest’anno da Papa Benedetto XVI e siccome il palazzo dei Tolomei si trova nel territorio della Civetta la Contrada lo ha proclamato suo compatrono. Se poi si pensa che il Palio vinto dalla Civetta quest’anno, dopo 30 anni di digiuno, è stato dedicato alla santificazione di Bernardo Tolomei sembra quasi che la nascita di questo legame fosse stato già deciso da qualche parte lassù…&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nell’Oratorio della Contrada della Civetta viene detta la Messa ogni domenica alle 10:15 ed è aperta anche al pubblico.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dall’Oratorio si esce e si raggiunge la sede del &lt;strong&gt;Museo&lt;/strong&gt; della Contrada che ha l’ingresso all’interno del castellare e dove si trova la &lt;strong&gt;Sala delle Vittorie.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La sede è stata ristrutturata nel 1980 ed in quel frangente fu ritrovato un &lt;strong&gt;pozzo di butto&lt;/strong&gt; pieno di reperti di ceramica, monete e altri oggetti databili fra il XIV e il XVIII secolo alcuni dei quali sono esposti nella Contrada.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La Civetta è stata la Contrada che ha fatto il &lt;strong&gt;primo&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Cappotto&lt;/strong&gt; nella storia del Palio di Siena, ha vinto cioè sia il palio di luglio che quello di agosto nell’anno &lt;strong&gt;1761&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Come già anticipato sopra, l’ultima vittoria è arrivata quest’anno, ad agosto, dopo 30 anni di digiuno. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Una curiosità: ogni contrada vittoriosa organizza la &lt;strong&gt;Cena della Vittoria&lt;/strong&gt; nel suo territorio. Ciò accade di solito verso la fine di settembre, inizio di ottobre. A questa cena in genere partecipano tutti i contradaioli e non solo e può succedere che se la contrada è particolarmente numerosa ci sia bisogno di spazi adeguati come è successo nel 2000 quando la contrada dell’Istrice vinse il Palio dopo 25 anni e nella Fortezza Medicea furono allestiti tavoli per 5000 commensali!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La Civetta non è una contrada così numerosa ma si sà che in queste occasioni si moltiplica il numero dei partecipanti alla cena.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il territorio della Contrada è visibilmente molto contenuto ma i contradaioli avrebbero comunque organizzato la cena nel loro territorio solo che per l’allestimento della scenografia, dei tavoli, etc avrebbero dovuto far chiudere per alcuni giorni le vie circostanti che sono poi quelle principali del centro per cui i negozianti avrebbero inevitabilmente chiesto un risarcimento al Comune. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Insomma, per farla breve, il Comune dopo aver preso in considerazione tutte le possibilità alla fine ha proposto alla Contrada di fare la cena in &lt;strong&gt;Piazza del Campo&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Non era mai successo prima anche perché Piazza del Campo è una zona neutrale, non appartiene a nessuna contrada. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel 2005 era stata la Torre, vincitrice del Palio dopo 44 anni di attesa, a richiedere di poter fare la cena nel Campo ma non fu concesso il permesso forse perché non c’erano motivazioni tali da giustificare tale privilegio; invece per la Civetta è stato diverso.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E’ stato argomentato che in 30 anni il centro storico di Siena è cambiato molto dal punto di vista dei servizi concentrati nelle vie principali della città dove appunto si trova la Contrada della Civetta e che la chiusura di determinate vie avrebbe procurato notevoli disagi che 30 anni fa la Contrada non dovette affrontare. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E poi, la Civetta è la contrada che ha i propri confini più vicini alla Piazza.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Alcune foto della Cena, memorabile già solo per la location, scattate da me con il cellulare sono visibili &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/10/for-owl-epochal-dinner-yesterday.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per maggiori informazioni clicca &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;scritto da Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1555163786538464144?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1555163786538464144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1555163786538464144' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1555163786538464144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1555163786538464144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-la-civetta.html' title='Musei e Oratori di Contrada: la Civetta'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SwwaLP-CR2I/AAAAAAAAAl0/FpRwIrd-D7k/s72-c/16_agosto_2009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1808253149704277997</id><published>2009-11-21T09:47:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-21T19:21:13.459+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wine tours'/><title type='text'>About wine tours in Tuscany: do it your self tips on planning a wine tour</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SPRhg74NzaI/AAAAAAAAAMI/6ccqeBVvUv4/s1600-h/chianti-florence-siena-day-wine-tours5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256933883505397154" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SPRhg74NzaI/AAAAAAAAAMI/6ccqeBVvUv4/s200/chianti-florence-siena-day-wine-tours5.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Herewith some tips to organize better your visit in the wineries of the most famous wines of our Region: &lt;strong&gt;Chianti, Brunello, Vernaccia di San Gimignano &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;Nobile di Montepulciano...&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- ‘wine tours’ include &lt;strong&gt;visit of the cellars&lt;/strong&gt; with the explanation about production and &lt;strong&gt;wine tasting&lt;/strong&gt; inside winery's shop. If you are a wine producer and you want to visit the vineyards you have to do a specific request;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- usually there are &lt;strong&gt;fixed tours&lt;/strong&gt; during the day: one in the morning around 11 a.m., one in the afternoon around 3,00 p.m. so that you can have time enough to take lunch in one of the excellent restaurants nearby and the chance to visit two wineries in a day. For example in one day you can visit Chianti and Vernaccia wineries or Brunello and Nobile di Montepulciano area;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;rates&lt;/strong&gt; could be fixed or depend on the number of wines you want to taste;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- on &lt;strong&gt;Saturday and Sunday&lt;/strong&gt; usually you can have only the wine tasting and not the visit of the cellar. Other &lt;strong&gt;restrictions&lt;/strong&gt; you can find on holiday time like Christmas and during the low season, from November to March.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- there are no public connections to reach the wineries so, if you don’t come with car, add in your list to &lt;strong&gt;rent a car&lt;/strong&gt; and contact the companies in advance. For example &lt;a href="http://www.hertz.com/"&gt;Hertz &lt;/a&gt;or &lt;a href="http://www.avis.com/"&gt;Avis&lt;/a&gt; (remind that they close on Saturday afternoon, Sunday and holidays). In you have an adventure spirit think about a tour in the Chianti region with a &lt;a href="http://www.perozzi.it/"&gt;scooter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;book&lt;/strong&gt; your wine tour &lt;strong&gt;in advance&lt;/strong&gt; because there is a maximum number of people the wineries accept for each tour;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;wine tasting &lt;/strong&gt;usually&lt;strong&gt; includes&lt;/strong&gt; a slide of bread with oil, bread and cheese (pecorino) but I suggest you to ask in advance more details if the matter is important for you;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- if you want &lt;strong&gt;to ship out&lt;/strong&gt; wine to your home ask direct the wineries; otherwise you can do it by yourself trough &lt;strong&gt;Mail Boxes&lt;/strong&gt; in Siena. They are able to export in compliance with current laws governing the import of wine products also in U.S. territory;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;do in advance all your requests&lt;/strong&gt; to the wineries: you will save time and will avoid unexpected inconveniences which could make feel you frustrated :-).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wineries we suggest:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wine:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Chianti and Chianti Classico&lt;/strong&gt; (red wine)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Area:&lt;/em&gt; Chianti&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wineries:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.roccadicastagnoli.com/"&gt;Rocca di Castagnoli &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.ricasoli.it/"&gt;Barone Ricasoli&lt;/a&gt;: have a look at the &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/06/perfect-day-in-chianti-history-art-wine.html"&gt;post &lt;/a&gt;we have already written about this famous winery&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wine:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Vernaccia &lt;/strong&gt;(white wine)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Area:&lt;/em&gt; San Gimignano&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wineries:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.torciano.com/"&gt;Tenuta di Torciano&lt;/a&gt;: what a funny man will introduce you in the wine tasting!. He is the owner of the winery, he speaks english, he is a Sommelier and he will teach you all you need to know so that all of your senses -visual, olfaction, taste, hearing and touch- will be able to enjoy the wine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wine:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Brunello&lt;/strong&gt; (red wine)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Area:&lt;/em&gt; Montalcino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wineries:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.poggioantico.com/"&gt;Poggio Antico &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.castellobanfi.com/"&gt;Castello di Banfi &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wine:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Nobile di Montepulciano&lt;/strong&gt; (red wine)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Area:&lt;/em&gt; Montepulciano&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wineries:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.pulcino.com/"&gt;Il Pulcino:&lt;/a&gt; I suggest you to stop here for lunch.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.contucci.it/"&gt;Contucci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.valdipiatta.it/"&gt;Tenuta Valdipiatta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Last but not least: wine tasting is a pleasure. Please, don't overdo it!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;by Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1808253149704277997?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1808253149704277997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1808253149704277997' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1808253149704277997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1808253149704277997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/10/siena-wine-tours-by-yourself.html' title='About wine tours in Tuscany: do it your self tips on planning a wine tour'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SPRhg74NzaI/AAAAAAAAAMI/6ccqeBVvUv4/s72-c/chianti-florence-siena-day-wine-tours5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-5765881008284046645</id><published>2009-11-20T09:24:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:40:27.185+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oratori'/><title type='text'>Musei e Oratori di Contrada: il Drago</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SwZQhO-qGjI/AAAAAAAAAls/MGhv2BVqBnQ/s1600/16_agosto_2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SwZQhO-qGjI/AAAAAAAAAls/MGhv2BVqBnQ/s320/16_agosto_2001.jpg" yr="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’area dove sorge &lt;a href="http://www.contradadeldrago.it/"&gt;l’Oratorio della Contrada del Drago&lt;/a&gt; è uno dei territori più disastrati di Siena dal punto di vista urbanistico; basti pensare che le scale che portano all’Oratorio sono state fatte nel 1903 per via dello sbassamento effettuato in quello che nel Medioevo era il castellare della famiglia Malavolti, oggi Piazza Matteotti, ed il cui piano era a livello dell’ingresso dell’Oratorio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In questa area c’erano due conventi di clausura, uno di Cappuccine al posto dell’attuale Palazzo delle Poste e Telegrafi e un altro in Via del Paradiso e proprio la &lt;strong&gt;Chiesa Esterna&lt;/strong&gt; di quest’ultimo fu assegnata alla Contrada del Drago nel &lt;strong&gt;1787&lt;/strong&gt;, al momento della soppressione del &lt;strong&gt;Convento&lt;/strong&gt;. All’interno dell’Oratorio nelle pareti laterali dell’altare, in alto, si possono vedere delle &lt;strong&gt;grate dorate&lt;/strong&gt; da dove le suore potevano seguire le funzioni e non essere viste dai fedeli.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Prima di questa chiesa la Contrada del Drago era ospite della chiesa della Compagnia di San Domenico in Camporegio la quale in cambio esigeva la consegna del drappellone di ogni Palio vinto e così fu fino al Palio del 2 luglio 1738 quando i dragaioli si rifiutarono di consegnare il drappellone creando dei dissapori che li costrinse a cercarsi un’altra sede.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Del complesso monastico l’Oratorio eredita la &lt;strong&gt;Madonna della Tegola&lt;/strong&gt;, esposta sull’altare, dipinta proprio su una&amp;nbsp;tegola da autore sconosciuto del &lt;strong&gt;‘600&lt;/strong&gt;. Secondo la tradizione accadde che una suora in grande occorrenza si raccomandasse alla Vergine perché la facesse guarire e la Vergine le apparse sul tetto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Altre opere presenti ed eseguite da autori senesi:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- altare maggiore: &lt;strong&gt;Pietà&lt;/strong&gt; di Francesco Rustici, detto il Rustichino, e Vincenzo Rustici nel ‘600&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- altare di destra: &lt;strong&gt;Miracolo avvenuto a Soriano Calabro&lt;/strong&gt; di Rutilio Manetti nel ‘600&lt;br /&gt;- altare di sinistra: &lt;strong&gt;Matrimonio mistico di Santa Caterina da Siena&lt;/strong&gt; di Raffaello Vanni nel ‘600&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;busto&lt;/strong&gt; in terracotta di &lt;strong&gt;Santa Caterina da Siena&lt;/strong&gt; di Lorenzo di Mariano detto il Marrina nel ‘500&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- figura intera di &lt;strong&gt;Madonna in terracotta&lt;/strong&gt; di Lorenzo di Mariano detto il Marrina nel ‘500&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Angelo in legno intagliato e dorato&lt;/strong&gt; che regge un leggio eseguito nel 1721 da Giovan Battista Campano&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;bozzetto&lt;/strong&gt; per una porta del Vaticano eseguita da Vico Consorti: non venne mai eseguito questo bozzetto che gli eredi hanno regalato alla Contrada; ma in cambio l’autore eseguì la Porta Santa della Basilica di San Pietro nel 1949&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dall’Oratorio la guida ci ha portato in &lt;strong&gt;Sagrestia &lt;/strong&gt;dove, mostrandoci un &lt;strong&gt;arredo sacro&lt;/strong&gt; di stoffa del &lt;strong&gt;‘700&lt;/strong&gt;, ci ha raccontato che un tempo il Palio era un pezzo di stoffa ricamato. Il Palio vinto poi poteva essere utilizzato per gli arredi sacri. Successivamente il Palio diventò un &lt;strong&gt;piatto d’argento&lt;/strong&gt; del valore di 40 talleri e poteva succedere che, come effettivamente è accaduto da quanto ci ha riferito la guida, questo venisse fuso per realizzare una croce processionale. A quel punto però si perdevano le tracce del piatto. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In Sagrestia sono conservate numerose &lt;strong&gt;pianete&lt;/strong&gt; ricamate fra le quali è da segnalare quella &lt;strong&gt;ricamata in oro zecchino&lt;/strong&gt; e donata alla contrada nel 1916 da un Protettore del Drago diventato &lt;strong&gt;Papa&lt;/strong&gt; con il nome di &lt;strong&gt;Benedetto XV&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La nostra guida ci ha raccontato che nel &lt;strong&gt;1889&lt;/strong&gt; vennero &lt;strong&gt;ridisegnati gli stemmi&lt;/strong&gt; di tutte le contrade e ciò è documentato dalla &lt;strong&gt;concessione &lt;/strong&gt;di Umberto I incorniciata in Sagrestia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sempre in Sagrestia è custodito un &lt;strong&gt;paliotto ligneo dorato&lt;/strong&gt; eseguito nel 1844 da Antonio Manetti. La scena centrale rappresenta la Comunione di Santa Caterina. Ci sono molte figure tra le quali tanti draghi dappertutto. La guida con una certa commozione ci ha raccontato che l’autore non ha avuto una sorte felice; infatti il Manetti era capo mastro del Museo dell’Opera di Siena. Quando finì il suo incarico si mise in urto con il successore il quale gli bloccò qualsiasi committenza costringendolo a lavorare in un mobilificio a Livorno. Morì poverissimo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Infine quattro ‘&lt;strong&gt;staggioli&lt;/strong&gt;’ (porta ceri) processionali e dei &lt;strong&gt;festoni in legno&lt;/strong&gt; che venivano messi fuori dalla Chiesa in occasione delle festività.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Finita la visita nell’Oratorio scendendo le scale siamo andati nel &lt;strong&gt;Museo&lt;/strong&gt; della Contrada dove si trova la &lt;strong&gt;Sala delle Vittorie&lt;/strong&gt; con tutti i drappelloni vinti dalla Contrada del Drago e dove ci aspettava un’altra guida, Maurizio, il quale ci ha raccontato che il palio&lt;strong&gt; ‘alla tonda’&lt;/strong&gt; così come viene corso oggi a Siena in &lt;strong&gt;Piazza del Campo&lt;/strong&gt; risale al &lt;strong&gt;‘600&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il Palio, inteso come semplice corsa di cavalli, veniva corso anche in altre città durante il Medioevo e così anche a Siena ogni anno il 15 agosto in coincidenza con la festa della Repubblica si correva un Palio più paragonabile ad una corsa ippica alla quale partecipavano tra l’altro solo i nobili e non le Contrade con un percorso &lt;strong&gt;‘alla lunga’&lt;/strong&gt; e cioè rettilineo da &lt;strong&gt;Porta Romana al Duomo&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel ‘600 le Contrade cominciarono a organizzare un Palio annuale alla tonda dedicato alla Visitazione di Maria quindi da correre il 2 di luglio e questo perché in questo modo tutti avrebbero potuto seguire la corsa dall’inizio alla fine. Chi vinceva questo Palio organizzava a proprie spese un Palio per il 16 agosto per festeggiare la vittoria riportata a luglio, fermo restando il Palio istituzionale del 15 di agosto. Dall’800 in poi il Comune si accollò le spese anche del Palio del 16 agosto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per quanto riguarda l’&lt;strong&gt;iconografia&lt;/strong&gt; dei drappelloni all’inizio e fino a tutto l’800 era &lt;strong&gt;sempre uguale&lt;/strong&gt;; infatti ritroviamo le stesse figure, la Madonna, gli stemmi dei tre deputati della festa e i simboli delle contrada quasi fossero stati fatti con lo stampino. Il primo Palio del ‘900 determinò un cambio di rotta nello stile; si vedono infatti i primi drappelloni in s&lt;strong&gt;tile liberty&lt;/strong&gt;. All’inizio degli anni ’60 il Palio segue la &lt;strong&gt;pittura moderna&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SxpqH4MHSyI/AAAAAAAAAmE/rvCnPLNUcS8/s1600-h/palio_della_pace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" er="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SxpqH4MHSyI/AAAAAAAAAmE/rvCnPLNUcS8/s200/palio_della_pace.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Tra i drappelloni presenti nella Sala una attenzione particolare merita quello straordinario corso il 20 agosto 1945 per celebrare la fine della seconda guerra mondiale e chiamato &lt;strong&gt;Palio della Pace&lt;/strong&gt;. In realtà tutt’altro che in un clima di ‘pace’ arrivò la vittoria per il Drago in quanto il Bruco, a digiuno di vittoria da 33 anni, oltre a poter contare su un buon cavallo e un buon fantino era riuscito a ‘comprare’ la Piazza per assicurarsi la vittoria. Fu una mossa un po’ concitata in cui per ben due volte la Tartuca era partita per prima ed il mossiere aveva invalidato la partenza provocando un forte malcontento in questa contrada tanto da portarla a decidere di abbandonare la corsa. Rimasero quindi in nove. Quando la partenza fu finalmente valida il Bruco fu subito in testa ma tra tutte le contrade il Drago non rispettò i patti e alla fine vinse il Palio ma il tempo dei festeggiamenti durò poco perché la rabbia dei brucaioli esplose in un attimo travolgendo anche il drappellone che fu spezzato in mille pezzi. Ci volle del tempo perché la calma tornasse. Il Bruco tra l’altro dovette far ridipingere a sue spese il drappellone e, ed è qui la &lt;strong&gt;particolarità&lt;/strong&gt; di questo Palio, l’autore lo rifece uguale all’originale ad eccezione di una piccola ma significativa variante: in bocca al drago disegnò un piccolo bruco… &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per maggiori informazioni clicca &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;scritto da Amina&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-5765881008284046645?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/5765881008284046645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=5765881008284046645' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5765881008284046645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5765881008284046645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-il-drago.html' title='Musei e Oratori di Contrada: il Drago'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SwZQhO-qGjI/AAAAAAAAAls/MGhv2BVqBnQ/s72-c/16_agosto_2001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-927306603435246606</id><published>2009-11-17T20:44:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:40:43.475+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oratori'/><title type='text'>Musei e Oratori di Contrada: il Bruco</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SwL6elaZKGI/AAAAAAAAAlk/4Ov0l-mArGg/s1600/16_agosto_2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SwL6elaZKGI/AAAAAAAAAlk/4Ov0l-mArGg/s320/16_agosto_2008.jpg" yr="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Altro nipote, fratello di quello a cui ho fatto cenno in un &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-la-lupa.html"&gt;precedente post&lt;/a&gt;, altra contrada: il Bruco.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ebbene si, a Siena succede anche questo che in una famiglia non tutti appartengano alla stessa contrada.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anche a Borgo Grondaie succede, nel senso che i tre fratelli proprietari dell’albergo sono di tre diverse contrade: Roberto è dell’Onda, Dino è della Tartuca e Marcello è della Torre!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’&lt;strong&gt;Oratorio&lt;/strong&gt; della &lt;a href="http://www.nobilcontradadelbruco.it/public/pages/home.asp"&gt;Contrada del Bruco&lt;/a&gt; intitolata al &lt;strong&gt;Santissimo Nome di Gesù&lt;/strong&gt; colpisce subito per la sua posizioni quasi ad incastro tra le case degli abitanti di quella che è il cuore della Contrada e cioè Via del Comune. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’Oratorio fu costruito a metà del ‘600 per volontà degli stessi contradaioli i quali fino a quel momento, come la maggior parte delle Contrade, avevano usufruito dell’ospitalità di altre Chiese per i loro raduni. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Le risorse finanziarie non erano floride all’epoca per cui i contradaioli chiesero aiuto alle consorelle e, tra queste, dell’Oca si ha testimonianza scritta di un dono significativo. Si legge infatti che da Fontebranda partì verso il territorio della contrada del Bruco un corteo di 81 asini carichi di mattoni con a capo un’oca viva in modo che fosse facilmente riconoscibile il mittente di tale dono. Negli anni, ci ha raccontato la guida, si è persa questa alleanza. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’interno dell’Oratorio è semplice ma molto dignitoso anche perché custodisce l’opera più antica e di valore presente in un oratorio di contrada e cioè la &lt;strong&gt;Madonna della Disciplina Maggiore&lt;/strong&gt; eseguita dal pittore senese &lt;strong&gt;Luca di Tommé&lt;/strong&gt; nel &lt;strong&gt;1370&lt;/strong&gt; e donata alla Contrada dalla famiglia Pacciani, del Bruco, a fine del ‘600.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il dipinto è particolarmente caro alla contrada del Bruco perché l’anno in cui fu eseguita, il 1370, è legato ad un evento storico di quell’epoca e cioè alla &lt;strong&gt;rivolta&lt;/strong&gt; cappeggiata da &lt;strong&gt;Barbicone&lt;/strong&gt; da parte dei lavoratori del bruco per motivi, diremo oggi, sindacali. Questi fecero delle richieste al Governo per avere dei benefici ma il Governo non fece loro alcuna concessione. I sobillatori furono quindi incarcerati ma durante la notte vennero liberati e Barbicone buttò giù da una delle finestre che affaccia su Piazza del Mercato uno dei governanti. Scene di queste sommossa sono state riportate in un affresco presente nel museo della Contrada, compresa la scena di Barbicone che butta giù dalla finestra uno dei governanti ma… sicuramente per dare maggiore autorevolezza alla scena… è stata rappresentata Piazza del Campo al di là della finestra e non Piazza del Mercato!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ancora a proposito della Madonna la guida ci ha raccontato che un mese fa, nonostante i brucaioli siano stati criticati da molti per questa decisione un po’ sventata considerato il valore dell’opera, la tavola è stata portata da Papa Benedetto XVI affinché la benedisse. E’ successo che il Papa ha pensato per un attimo che fosse un dono per lui…&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ai lati dell’altare ci sono delle &lt;strong&gt;bandiere dell’800&lt;/strong&gt; e la guida ci ha fatto notare come il colore azzurro che caratterizza le bandiere di oggi in queste più antiche sia invece rappresentato da un celeste molto chiaro; questo perché nei secoli le sfumature dei colori sono cambiate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Altre opere presenti nell’Oratorio ed eseguite nella seconda metà del ‘700:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;San Bernardino&lt;/strong&gt;, di Giuseppe Nasini&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Santa Caterina&lt;/strong&gt;, di Giuseppe Nasini&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Circoncisione di Gesù&lt;/strong&gt;, di Dionisio Montorselli &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Adorazione dei Magi&lt;/strong&gt;, di Dionisio Montorselli &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Quest’ultimo autore ha eseguito molte tele per i diversi Oratori di Contrada a Siena. Il suo stile non è originale ma dimostra una conoscenza approfondita dei suoi colleghi del passato come possiamo notare nel particolare dei piedi della figura che è in primo piano nella Circoncisione di Gesù, chiaro richiamo ad un soggetto simile nella Madonna dei Pellegrini del Caravaggio che si trova nella Chiesa di Sant’Agostino a Roma (oggi per la verità si trova in mostra nella Galleria Borghese) oppure nella torsione del corpo di forte richiamo michelangiolesco di altra figura presente nello stesso quadro.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nella volta centrale è raffigurato il &lt;strong&gt;Trionfo dello Spirito Santo&lt;/strong&gt; di anonimo senese del ‘700.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’&lt;strong&gt;organo&lt;/strong&gt; è stato acquistato dalla Contrada del Drago nel ‘600.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La guida ci ha ricordato che durante i giorni del Palio il cavallo andato in sorte alla Contrada viene portato all’interno dell’Oratorio, di fronte all’altare (per l’occasione viene messa una piattaforma di gomma per terra in modo che il cavallo non scivoli) dove ad attenderlo c’è il &lt;strong&gt;Correttore&lt;/strong&gt; (il sacerdote della Contrada) per la benedizione. Ci sono una serie di rituali fissi che accompagnano questo momento tra i quali l’accostamento alla guancia del cavallo per mano del Correttore della reliquia custodita in Sagrestia e la frase di incitamento che questi rivolge proprio al cavallo ‘Vai, e torna vincitore!’.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ai lati dell’altare ci sono due &lt;strong&gt;colonne&lt;/strong&gt; stuccate a effetto tali da sembrare di marmo senese anche se così non è… troppo costoso…&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dall’Oratorio la guida ci ha portato nella &lt;strong&gt;Sagrestia&lt;/strong&gt; dove ci ha fatto notare il &lt;strong&gt;reliquiario&lt;/strong&gt; di cui ho accennato prima (mi hanno colpito molto tutti i sigilli di cera lacca nella parte posteriore). All’interno di una vetrina sono custoditi dei &lt;strong&gt;paramenti sacri&lt;/strong&gt; due dei quali molto particolari. Entrambi sono stati realizzati nel ‘700: uno, quello bianco, dalle suore con la tecnica della crettatura cioè inamidando la stoffa per poi pizzicarla con le dita in modo da creare l’effetto pieghettato e l’altro di velluto verde di molto pregio. Sempre in Sagrestia si trova un &lt;strong&gt;drappo da processione&lt;/strong&gt; dell’800 realizzato dal gruppo donne della Contrada.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dalla Sagrestia ci siamo spostati nella &lt;strong&gt;Stanza dei Ricordi e di Memorie&lt;/strong&gt; dove sono esposti i &lt;strong&gt;regali&lt;/strong&gt; ricevuti da altre contrade tra cui un tamburo ricevuto in dono dalla contrada dell’Istrice per la vittoria del 1996 arrivata dopo 41 anni di digiuno.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Da qui siamo andati nel &lt;strong&gt;Museo&lt;/strong&gt; della Contrada e devo dire che io, come anche tutte le persone che stavano facendo la visita insieme a me, siamo rimasti molto colpiti dalla disposizione attenta e funzionale di ogni oggetto. Sembrava di essere in un Museo di quelli prestigiosi nel senso che ogni cosa è custodita all’interno di teche a incasso con illuminazione dedicata in modo da valorizzare in maniera ottimale il proprio contenuto. Anche la scala leggermente a spirale che collega i diversi piani del Museo conferisce un che di avanguardia agli ambienti. Davvero complimenti a chi ha progettato il tutto. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel piano superiore si trovano vari &lt;strong&gt;arredi sacri&lt;/strong&gt; sui quali spicca l’incisione di un piccolo bruco ad indicare che quegli oggetti erano stati commissionati appositamente per questo Oratorio e quindi non sarebbero potuti essere esposti in altri luoghi; diversi esemplari di &lt;strong&gt;monture&lt;/strong&gt; appartenenti a periodi diversi (come ho già avuto occasione di dire in un altro post le monture più antiche esistenti risalgono al 1839 dopo di ché sono state rinnovate nel 1904, 1928, 1955, 1981 e 2000). La cosa che colpisce guardando le monture di epoche diverse è come sia aumentata progressivamente l’altezza media delle persone. Insieme ad alcune monture ci sono anche delle &lt;strong&gt;spennacchiere&lt;/strong&gt; (la spennacchiera è un oggetto fatto di stoffa con i colori della Contrada che viene posto sulla fronte del cavallo. In teoria se un cavallo scosso, cioè senza fantino perché magari questi è caduto durante la corsa, arriva al traguardo senza spennacchiera non vince perché non è riconoscibile visivamente la contrada per la quale ha corso. Non è mai successo e se dovesse succedere la nostra guida ci ha fatto capire che sarebbe improbabile negare la vittoria anche perché oggi ci sono tanti altri segni di riconoscimento che determinano l’appartenenza di un cavallo alla contrada a cui è andato in sorte. Lo specchietto di cui è dotata ogni spennacchiera ha la funzione di respingere la sfortuna nel caso in cui questa provi ad avvicinarsi al cavallo) e una teca che contiene un &lt;strong&gt;quadretto votivo&lt;/strong&gt; rappresentante la caduta di &lt;strong&gt;Piaggina&lt;/strong&gt;, un vecchio fantino settantenne che il &lt;strong&gt;2 luglio del 1826&lt;/strong&gt; correva per la contrada del Bruco e fu sbalzato da cavallo alla partenza e nella caduta ruppe anche il morso della briglia; ebbe però prontezza di riflessi nello sfilarsi un laccio dalla scarpa e metterla come morso nella bocca del cavallo in modo da poterlo gestire. Ed infatti riuscì a portare la vittoria in Contrada. Accanto a questa tavoletta votiva sono custoditi il &lt;strong&gt;morso del cavallo&lt;/strong&gt; e, anche se estraneo a questa vicenda, una specie di &lt;strong&gt;salvadanaio&lt;/strong&gt; con i colori della contrada con il quale il fantino vittorioso passava a riscuotere i soldi per il suo operato. Oggi si fa in tutt’altro modo..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La visita si è conclusa nel piano inferiore dove si trova la &lt;strong&gt;Sala delle Vittorie&lt;/strong&gt;. Qui occupano un posto d’onore i &lt;strong&gt;drappelloni&lt;/strong&gt; delle ultime quattro vittorie riportate in tempi ravvicinati dal Bruco dopo quel lungo digiuno dal 1955 al 1996. Rivedo con piacere il drappellone del 1996 ispirato alla pop art, quello del 2003, quello del 2005 e quello del 2008. Molto particolare e prezioso quello del 2005 eseguito dalla senese Rita Petti e dedicato a a Pio II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini 1405-1464, senese di nobili origini) per il quale l’autrice ha utilizzato una pasta, le cui componenti sono note soltanto a lei, per dare maggiore realismo alle parti dorate e argentate. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La guida ci ha spiegato che la vittoria del 1996 è stata vissuta come una liberazione e accompagnata dai comportamenti più svariati di eccitazione da parte dei contradaioli, quello del 2003 è stato vissuto come una conferma del fatto che si era ricominciato per davvero a vincere, quelli del 2005 e 2008 sono stati vissuti come forse i contradaioli vorrebbero viverli sempre e cioè con la tranquillità di dire: quest’anno ha vinto il Palio tale contrada, l’anno prossimo o quello dopo si rivincerà noi! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Infine, in questa sala è custodito un &lt;strong&gt;crocifisso di scuola duccesca&lt;/strong&gt; che inizialmente era visibile nella Porta d’Ovile poi è successo che durante la seconda guerra mondiale i brucaioli lo portarono dentro al loro museo per evitare che venisse distrutto e da allora non è stato più riposizionato all’esterno. E’ stato anche restaurato. La proprietà è del Comune e quindi in qualsiasi momento potrebbe richiederlo indietro ma finché non succede è preziosamente custodito qui.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per maggiori informazioni clicca &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;scritto da Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-927306603435246606?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/927306603435246606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=927306603435246606' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/927306603435246606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/927306603435246606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-il-bruco.html' title='Musei e Oratori di Contrada: il Bruco'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SwL6elaZKGI/AAAAAAAAAlk/4Ov0l-mArGg/s72-c/16_agosto_2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-934078902131556312</id><published>2009-11-08T22:00:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:40:57.839+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oratori'/><title type='text'>Musei e Oratori di Contrada: la Selva</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcxcrljV6I/AAAAAAAAAlc/1B8R-1M-nUY/s1600-h/16_agosto_2006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" sr="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcxcrljV6I/AAAAAAAAAlc/1B8R-1M-nUY/s320/16_agosto_2006.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;L’&lt;strong&gt;Oratorio&lt;/strong&gt; della &lt;a href="http://www.contradadellaselva.it/"&gt;Contrada della Selva&lt;/a&gt; fu costruito tra il 1493 ed il 1525. E’ &lt;strong&gt;dedicato a San Sebastiano&lt;/strong&gt; protettore dei tessitori. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Prima di acquisire la proprietà definitiva di questa Chiesa nel 1818, la Contrada della Selva ha dovuto officiare in altri luoghi e cioè nella Chiesa della Compagnia di San Giovanni sotto il Duomo, nella Pieve di San Giovanni al Duomo, nella Chiesa di San Desiderio e, per ultimo, nella Chiesa di San Niccolò al Sasso in quanto il terremoto del 1789 aveva danneggiato la Chiesa di San Desiderio. Questi spostamenti sono stati causati anche da problematiche relative a diritti vantati dalla contrada della Pantera, confinante a loro. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’impianto dell’Oratorio è a croce greca con affreschi di autori senesi del ‘600. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sull’altare di sinistra troviamo una &lt;strong&gt;Crocifissione&lt;/strong&gt; di &lt;strong&gt;Rutilio Manetti&lt;/strong&gt; eseguita nel &lt;strong&gt;1630&lt;/strong&gt; con un crocifisso ligneo policromo applicato. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sull’altare di destra una &lt;strong&gt;Epifania&lt;/strong&gt; del &lt;strong&gt;1640 &lt;/strong&gt;di &lt;strong&gt;Astolfo Petrazzi&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sull’altare maggiore un bassorilievo in terracotta di &lt;strong&gt;Madonna con Figlio&lt;/strong&gt; attribuita a &lt;strong&gt;Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1474)&lt;/strong&gt; e venerata dai contradaioli come Madonna della Selva. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel &lt;strong&gt;Museo&lt;/strong&gt; ci sono due &lt;strong&gt;icone&lt;/strong&gt; molto pregiate del ‘400: una è di &lt;strong&gt;Benvenuto di Giovanni&lt;/strong&gt; e l’altra di &lt;strong&gt;Guidoccio Cozzarelli&lt;/strong&gt;. Tra gli arredi sacri ci sono anche diverse statue di Santi e siccome&amp;nbsp;sono stata sempre affascinata&amp;nbsp;dall'iconografia ed iconologia nell'arte mi sono soffermata un attimo con Margherita, archivista della Contrada e mia guida durante la visita, a cercare di indovinare a quali Santi corrispondessero quelle statue. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Continuando la visita nella &lt;strong&gt;Sala delle Vittorie&lt;/strong&gt; ho fatto un incontro casuale ma piacevole; ho conosciuto cioè il Priore (6)&amp;nbsp;della Contrada. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Con un certo orgoglio Margherita mi ha mostrato tutti i Palii vinti richiamando la mi attenzione su quello del 2 luglio del &lt;strong&gt;1978&lt;/strong&gt; sul quale è inserita una ampolla con della terra di Piazza del Campo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Questa Contrada ha avuto un periodo di lungo digiuno di vittorie&amp;nbsp;dal 1919 al 1953. Dopo di ché ha cominciato a vincere spesso. L’ultima volta risale ad agosto del &lt;strong&gt;2006&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;6: il Priore è la massima autorità all'interno dell'organizzazione della Contrada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per maggiori informazioni clicca &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;scritto da Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-934078902131556312?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/934078902131556312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=934078902131556312' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/934078902131556312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/934078902131556312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-la-selva.html' title='Musei e Oratori di Contrada: la Selva'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcxcrljV6I/AAAAAAAAAlc/1B8R-1M-nUY/s72-c/16_agosto_2006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1644931627935070682</id><published>2009-11-08T21:59:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:41:11.147+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oratori'/><title type='text'>Musei e Oratori di Contrada: la Tartuca</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcxPN3HkRI/AAAAAAAAAlU/NNRAyIKSPP8/s1600-h/2_luglio_2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" sr="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcxPN3HkRI/AAAAAAAAAlU/NNRAyIKSPP8/s320/2_luglio_2009.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;L’&lt;strong&gt;Oratorio&lt;/strong&gt; della &lt;a href="http://www.tartuca.it/"&gt;Contrada della Tartuca&lt;/a&gt; fu costruito dal 1682 al 1685 con il lavoro gratuito dei contradaioli stessi. Fino a quel momento infatti avevano utilizzato la Chiesa di Sant’Ansano in Castelvecchio, lì vicino. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’Oratorio è piccolo ma molto ricco ed è &lt;strong&gt;dedicato a Sant’Antonio da Padova&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sul pavimento appena si entra è visibile un &lt;strong&gt;graffito del 1891&lt;/strong&gt; realizzato da &lt;strong&gt;Leopoldo Maccari&lt;/strong&gt; con rappresentato &lt;strong&gt;Sant’Antonio che guarisce la gamba di un giovane che se l’era tagliata pentito di aver colpito la madre&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Davanti all’altare campeggia il drappellone vinto quest’anno a luglio. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tutto il complesso dei locali della Contrada è in fase di riorganizzazione. Comunque tra i Palii visibili ce ne sono tre che colpiscono perché realizzati durante gli anni della seconda guerra mondiale, quello del &lt;strong&gt;1930&lt;/strong&gt; e quelli del &lt;strong&gt;cappotto del 1933&lt;/strong&gt;, e che quindi hanno dipinti sulla tela anche il fascio littorio simbolo del fascismo. Fa un pò impressione ma fa parte della Storia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Un drappellone molto particolare è quello del 2 luglio &lt;strong&gt;1972&lt;/strong&gt; che è fatto da tante piastrelle di rame sbalzato. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Altro Palio singolare è quello vinto il 16 agosto del &lt;strong&gt;2002 &lt;/strong&gt;e realizzato dal pittore &lt;strong&gt;Botero&lt;/strong&gt; inconfondibile per le sue proporzioni molto ‘in carne’ del corpo umano. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E’ del 1970 la regola secondo la quale il Drappellone del Palio di Luglio viene affidato ad un artista senese e quello di Agosto ad un artista nazionale o internazionale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per maggiori informazioni clicca &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;scritto da Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1644931627935070682?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1644931627935070682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1644931627935070682' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1644931627935070682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1644931627935070682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-la-tartuca.html' title='Musei e Oratori di Contrada: la Tartuca'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcxPN3HkRI/AAAAAAAAAlU/NNRAyIKSPP8/s72-c/2_luglio_2009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-7791155204389821190</id><published>2009-11-08T21:58:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:41:25.804+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oratori'/><title type='text'>Musei e Oratori di Contrada: la Lupa</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Svcw7CD0YCI/AAAAAAAAAlM/zMaTv1eSB88/s1600-h/2_luglio_1989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" sr="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Svcw7CD0YCI/AAAAAAAAAlM/zMaTv1eSB88/s320/2_luglio_1989.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Non potevo non visitare la &lt;a href="http://www.contradadellalupa.it/"&gt;Contrada della Lupa&lt;/a&gt;, uno dei miei nipoti apartiene a questa contrada e quindi...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’inizio della costruzione dell’&lt;strong&gt;Oratorio&lt;/strong&gt; della Contrada della Lupa risale al 1511 quando era di proprietà della Compagnia Laicale di San Rocco, protettore degli appestati.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dal 1600 circa la Contrada della Lupa utilizzò questa chiesa come sua sede che solo 1786 divenne di sua proprietà dopo che la Compagnia Laicale era stata soppressa dalle Leggi Leopoldine. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'Oratorio è &lt;strong&gt;dedicato&lt;/strong&gt; quindi &lt;strong&gt;a San Rocco e a San Giobbe&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;Per molto tempo fu&amp;nbsp;abbastanza spoglio per mancanza di soldi. Dopo il Concilio di Trento però le Chiese si sentirono quasi costrette ad arricchire i loro luoghi di culto con dipinti e allora, per risparmiare, la Contrada della Lupa commissionò i&amp;nbsp;dipinti&amp;nbsp;a giovani autori senesi del ‘600, quasi tutti figli d’arte. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’Oratorio della Lupa svolge quasi funzione di Parrocchia nel suo territorio; infatti ogni domenica elle 8.00 viene celebrata la Messa a cui possono partecipare tutti. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;All’interno dell’Oratorio c’è un &lt;strong&gt;Organo&lt;/strong&gt; di dimensioni ridotte costruito nel 1882 da Nicomede Agati. La guida mi ha detto che esistono degli spartiti di musica scritta appositamente per gli organi degli Oratori di Contrada. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nella &lt;strong&gt;Sala Capitolare&lt;/strong&gt; dell’Oratorio vi è un &lt;strong&gt;ciclo di affreschi&lt;/strong&gt; sulla vita di San Rocco realizzato da &lt;strong&gt;Rutilio Manetti,&lt;/strong&gt; autore senese del ‘600 di quelli più noti. Come ogni ambiente della Contrada esso è carico di storia e di arte ma viene vissuto dalla quotidianità della Contrada stessa. Ad esempio in questa Sala vengono allestiti eventi vari come concerti, presentazione di libri, etc; ha luogo anche la &lt;strong&gt;Vestizione delle Comparse&lt;/strong&gt; per il corteo storico del Palio. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nella &lt;strong&gt;Sala del Seggio&lt;/strong&gt; sono custodite due &lt;strong&gt;Bandiere storiche&lt;/strong&gt; l’ultima delle quali in ordine di tempo a dir la verità non piacque molto ai lupaioli essendo questi molto legati alla iconografia tradizionale. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Le bandiere come anche le monture più antiche risalgono al &lt;strong&gt;1904&lt;/strong&gt;. Nel &lt;strong&gt;1928&lt;/strong&gt; furono rifatte le Monture e le Bandiere di tutte le Contrade seguendo un criterio preciso in quanto fino a questo momento ogni Contrada aveva fatto un po’ a modo suo. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sempre in questo anno venne rifatto anche il &lt;strong&gt;Carroccio&lt;/strong&gt;, il carro che chiude il corteo storico e sul quale viene issato il Palio. Il carroccio del 1928 è attualmente visibile all’interno del Museo Santa Maria della Scala. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel &lt;strong&gt;1955&lt;/strong&gt; furono nuovamente rifatte Monture e Bandiere poi nel &lt;strong&gt;1981&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;e l'ultima volta nel &lt;strong&gt;2000&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E’ interessante notare nelle Monture lo stile che cambia e che rispecchia quello della moda contemporanea. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In questa Sala è presente un dipinto molto noto e importante di &lt;strong&gt;Ventura Salimbeni&lt;/strong&gt; realizzato nel &lt;strong&gt;1603&lt;/strong&gt; e che ha come soggetto &lt;strong&gt;San Rocco che mostra le piaghe alla Madonna&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sempre in questa Sala è presente uno &lt;strong&gt;Stendardo&lt;/strong&gt; color bordeaux di quando i lupaioli andarono in pellegrinaggio a Caprera in onore di &lt;strong&gt;Giuseppe Garibaldi&lt;/strong&gt; il quale aveva portato loro fortuna nel &lt;strong&gt;1867&lt;/strong&gt; quando il Palio fu anticipato al 15 agosto proprio per permettere a Garibaldi di presenziarlo e la Lupa lo vinse. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In quell’occasione Garibaldi lasciò una sua foto con dedica al fantino vittorioso. Il drappellone in oggetto è visibile nella Sala delle Vittorie dove ha una collocazione d’onore all’interno di una teca di legno. Accanto ad esso è visibile la foto con la dedica di Garibaldi. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nella &lt;strong&gt;Sala delle Monture&lt;/strong&gt; è possibile vedere le Monture degli anni passati e quelle utilizzate attualmente e devo dire che sono davvero molto belle. L’elmo del duce, realizzato dallo scultore senese Olla, merita uno sguardo particolare. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Qui la guida mi ha spiegato anche come mai nel simbolo della Contrada della Lupa c’è una corona sopra alla testa della lupa: è un omaggio alla lupa di Roma imperiale. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La lupa senese infatti è diversa da quella romana in quanto la testa guarda davanti e non di lato. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dalla Sala delle Monture finalmente si arriva alla &lt;strong&gt;Sala delle Vittorie&lt;/strong&gt; dove la mia attenzione è stata portata nei confronti del Palio vinto il 2 luglio &lt;strong&gt;1945&lt;/strong&gt;, anno della &lt;strong&gt;fine della seconda guerra mondiale&lt;/strong&gt;,&amp;nbsp;e questo perché in basso a destra c’è un drago sanguinante perché colpito da un pugnale&amp;nbsp;e sulle ali&amp;nbsp;sono state disegnate le svastiche naziste. Al centro del drappellone le bandiere dei cinque paesi alleati. Destò molto scalpore ovviamente questo drappellone perché una delle Contrade di Siena è denominata proprio Drago ma il drago era il simbolo del nazismo e in questo modo l'autore aveva voluto sottolineare la sconfitta del nazismo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A proposito del periodo storico la guida mi ha spiegato che il Palio non è mai stato interrotto per alcuna ragione tranne che dal 1940 al 1944. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Un altro Palio degno di nota è quello straordinario corso il 18 agosto del &lt;strong&gt;1907&lt;/strong&gt; in quanto è stato l’ultimo Palio in cui i barberi (i cavalli che corrono) erano tutti &lt;strong&gt;scossi&lt;/strong&gt;, cioè senza fantino e per incitarli alla corsa venivano messe addosso ai cavalli delle &lt;strong&gt;perette&lt;/strong&gt;, una di queste è posizionata accanto al drappellone. Oggi non sarebbe più possibile una cosa del genere.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’ultimo Palio vinto dalla Lupa risale al &lt;strong&gt;1989&lt;/strong&gt;. Me lo ricordo bene perché è stato il primo anno da quando&amp;nbsp;ero a Siena che ho seguito tutte le fasi del Palio. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Mi ricordo anche che mi trovai quasi in mezzo ad una ‘scazzottata’ tra i contradaioli della Lupa e quelli della loro contrada rivale, l’Istrice, perché nessuna delle due voleva dare la precedenza all’altra per entrare in Piazza del Campo con il cavallo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In questa Sala è conservata anche la &lt;strong&gt;Colonna &lt;/strong&gt;con la lupa romana che era stata innalzata nel &lt;strong&gt;1548&lt;/strong&gt; di fronte all’Oratorio e che è stata &lt;strong&gt;sostituita nel 1966&lt;/strong&gt; da una nuova effigie donata dal Comune di Roma. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Troviamo anche un importante documento del &lt;strong&gt;1698&lt;/strong&gt; e cioè il manoscritto dei &lt;strong&gt;‘Capitolo et ordini della Contrada’&lt;/strong&gt;: fino a questo momento veniva tramandato tutto oralmente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una &lt;strong&gt;scultura&lt;/strong&gt; a forma di Leone è presente in Sala; esso si trovava nella &lt;strong&gt;Fonte Nuova di Ovile&lt;/strong&gt; e da esso scorreva l’acqua. Ironia della sorte si tratta di un ‘leone’, animale non proprio caro alla Lupa perché ricorda il nome della società della sua contrada rivale… &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’ultima &lt;strong&gt;Sala&lt;/strong&gt; è quella &lt;strong&gt;del&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Consiglio&lt;/strong&gt; dove sono esposti anche i &lt;strong&gt;masgalani.&lt;/strong&gt; Mi è piaciuto molto quello eseguito dallo scultore senese &lt;strong&gt;Olla &lt;/strong&gt;per il masgalano del &lt;strong&gt;1998&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per maggiori informazioni clicca &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;scritto da Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-7791155204389821190?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/7791155204389821190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=7791155204389821190' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7791155204389821190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/7791155204389821190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-la-lupa.html' title='Musei e Oratori di Contrada: la Lupa'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Svcw7CD0YCI/AAAAAAAAAlM/zMaTv1eSB88/s72-c/2_luglio_1989.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-5836133631444240931</id><published>2009-11-08T21:57:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:41:40.664+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oratori'/><title type='text'>Musei e Oratori di Contrada: l'Onda</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcwqyTO-rI/AAAAAAAAAlE/9qCJFA6rcnY/s1600-h/2_luglio_1995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" sr="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcwqyTO-rI/AAAAAAAAAlE/9qCJFA6rcnY/s320/2_luglio_1995.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;L’&lt;strong&gt;Oratorio&lt;/strong&gt; della &lt;a href="http://www.contradacapitanadellonda.it/"&gt;Contrada dell'Onda&lt;/a&gt; è &lt;strong&gt;dedicato a San Giuseppe&lt;/strong&gt; perché prima di diventare di proprietà dell’Onda nel 1787, esso apparteneva alla Compagnia dei Legnaioli della zona. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La sua costruzione va dal 1522 al 1550. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Prima gli 'ondaioli' officiavano nella Chiesa della Visitazione di Maria Santissima, annessa alla parrocchia di San Salvatore. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’impianto dell'Oratorio è a croce greca con una &lt;strong&gt;cupola&lt;/strong&gt; molto bella a forma di ombrello. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’ingresso è chiuso da una grande &lt;strong&gt;cancellata lignea.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel &lt;strong&gt;Museo&lt;/strong&gt; è presente la &lt;strong&gt;gipsoteca&lt;/strong&gt; di &lt;strong&gt;Giovanni Dupré&lt;/strong&gt;, scultore senese dell’800 nato in questo rione. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Come in ogni Contrada anche qui i contradaioli caduti in guerra vengono ricordati con una targa. In più, qui nell’Onda, all’interno del Museo è presente una &lt;strong&gt;Cappella&lt;/strong&gt; in loro onore con&amp;nbsp;la bellissima scultura ‘Il dolore’ di Amalia Dupré, figlia di Giovanni. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tra i drappelloni vinti presenti nella &lt;strong&gt;Sala delle Vittorie&lt;/strong&gt; mi ha colpito molto quello del &lt;strong&gt;1980&lt;/strong&gt; dedicato a San Bernardino da Siena per i suoi colori vivaci e lo stile un po’ naif. A proposito di questo drappellone mi ha raccontato la guida che esso è stato oggetto di una causa giudiziaria tra la Contrada e l’autore poiché quest’ultimo aveva preteso i diritti di autore per la riproduzione dell’opera sulla carta stampata. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per ogni Vittoria infatti le Contrade pubblicano il cosiddetto &lt;strong&gt;Numero Unico&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;con foto, commenti e articoli vari.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’Onda perse la causa ma da quell’anno in poi il Sindaco introdusse una norme in base alla quale gli autori dei drappelloni non avrebbero potuto vantare alcun diritto una volta consegnata al Comune la loro opera. Il drappellone del &lt;strong&gt;1995&lt;/strong&gt;, ultimo Palio vinto dalla Contrada, è dedicato al &lt;strong&gt;Miracolo di Provenzano&lt;/strong&gt;, la Madonna alla quale è dedicato il Palio di Luglio. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ricordo ancora la bellissima festa della Vittoria. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L’Onda, come ogni Contrada, disponde di un prorpio &lt;strong&gt;Archivio;&lt;/strong&gt; ma ciò che distingue l'archivio dell'Onda da quelli delle altre Contrade&amp;nbsp;è che esso ha la documentazione più antica e cioè&amp;nbsp;dal &lt;strong&gt;1524&lt;/strong&gt; tant'è che a volte addirittura il Comune di Siena chiede di poterlo consultare.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5: un episodio avvenuto durante l'occupazione fiorentina e spagnola della città. Verso la fine del Cinquecento una famosa Pietà conservata in un tabernacolo nel rione dove aveva abitato Provenzano Salvani, che si diceva essere stata posta nella sua collocazione da Santa Caterina tre secoli prima, fu oltraggiata da un soldato spagnolo. Forse in preda all'alcool, egli sparò alla statua, rimanendo ucciso dall'esplosione del suo stesso archibugio. Era il 2 luglio e, per commemorare il miracolo fatto dalla Vergine protettrice di Siena contro gli occupanti, i cittadini cominciarono di anno in anno a celebrare con sempre maggiore sfarzo l'anniversario. Tra le varie celebrazioni, fu naturale inserire una corsa del Palio. Nel 1611 fu anche innalzata la Basilica di Provenzano che custodisce ancora oggi quello che resta dell'immagine sacra oltraggiata, la Madonna di Provenzano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per maggiori informazioni clicca &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;scritto da Amina&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-5836133631444240931?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/5836133631444240931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=5836133631444240931' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5836133631444240931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5836133631444240931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-londa.html' title='Musei e Oratori di Contrada: l&apos;Onda'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcwqyTO-rI/AAAAAAAAAlE/9qCJFA6rcnY/s72-c/2_luglio_1995.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-5055426733361605529</id><published>2009-11-08T21:56:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:42:30.920+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oratori'/><title type='text'>Musei e Oratori di Contrada: la Torre</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcwZ71YGII/AAAAAAAAAk8/cGvg0JspvAM/s1600-h/16_agosto_2005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" sr="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcwZ71YGII/AAAAAAAAAk8/cGvg0JspvAM/s320/16_agosto_2005.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;L’&lt;strong&gt;Oratorio&lt;/strong&gt; della &lt;a href="http://www.contradadellatorre.it/"&gt;Contrada della Torre&lt;/a&gt; fu costruito a partire dal 1531 come ringraziamento alla Vergine Immacolata sotto la cui protezione era stata combattuta e vinta nel 1526 la battaglia di Porta Camollia contro le truppe fiorentine e pontificie. In prima linea erano schierati molti appartenenti alla contrada della Torre. A ricordo di tale vittoria, riportata nel giorno &lt;strong&gt;dedicato ai Santi Giacomo e Cristoforo&lt;/strong&gt;, la Repubblica senese decise di edificare in Salicotto una chiesa intitolata ai due Santi, dietro sollecitazione degli stessi abitanti del rione i quali contribuirono effettivamente alla realizzazione del progetto. I lavori furono terminati nel 1536, come confermato da una lapide visibile all’interno dell’oratorio, in fondo alla parete di sinistra, sulla quale si legge:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;IM(maculate) MAR(iae) OB VIC(toriam) 1526. 1536 F(undamenta) P(osuere)&lt;br /&gt;‘A Maria immacolata, a motivo della vittoria del 1526. Realizzato nel 1536.’.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La struttura dell’Oratorio ha subito nel tempo importanti lavori di ampliamento e ristrutturazione fino al 1702.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nell’Oratorio ci sono molti dipinti.&amp;nbsp;La guida, che è anche l’archivista della contrada, ha richiamato la mia attenzione sulle seguenti opere:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- altare laterale a destra: dipinto di &lt;strong&gt;Giovanni di Lorenzo&lt;/strong&gt; che raffigura la &lt;strong&gt;Beata Vergine immacolata fra i Santi Giacomo e Cristoforo (1545).&lt;/strong&gt; L’autore, contradaiolo della Torre, aveva eseguito lo stesso soggetto sullo stendardo portato dai soldati senesi nella battaglia del 1526. Lo stesso soggetto l’autore aveva già eseguito per la Chiesa di San Martino dove è tuttora visibile, entrando a sinistra.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- altare maggiore: tela raffigurante il &lt;strong&gt;Martirio di San Giacomo&lt;/strong&gt; eseguita nel &lt;strong&gt;1605&lt;/strong&gt; da &lt;strong&gt;Rutilio Manetti&lt;/strong&gt;. I colori della tavolozza del Manetti in questa tela sono molto vivaci contrariamente a come siamo abituati a vederli in altri suoi dipinti. Infatti nella parete di destra del presbiterio c’è un’altra tela del Manetti raffigurante la &lt;strong&gt;Crocifissione&lt;/strong&gt; ed eseguita nel &lt;strong&gt;1625&lt;/strong&gt; di stile più caravaggesco e non a caso; infatti in quegli anni si era recato a Roma e aveva conosciuto Caravaggio subendone l’influenza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nel &lt;strong&gt;Museo&lt;/strong&gt; della Contrada si possono ammirare nelle diverse &lt;strong&gt;Sale&lt;/strong&gt; le &lt;strong&gt;Monture&lt;/strong&gt; che si sono susseguite nel corso dei secoli la cui ispirazione è facilmente riconoscibile (moda spagnola, gusto rinascimentale, gusto ottocentesco), arredi e paramenti sacri, l’antica campana dell’oratorio realizzata, secondo la tradizione, fondendo i pezzi di artiglieria conquistata ai fiorentini nella vittoriosa battaglia di Porta Camollia del 1526, una tela del &lt;strong&gt;Sodoma&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;L’andata al Calvario&lt;/strong&gt;, del &lt;strong&gt;1546&lt;/strong&gt;, un tratto delle mura cittadine d’inizio Duecento ed infine la &lt;strong&gt;Sala delle Vittorie&lt;/strong&gt; dove si possono ammirare i quattro &lt;strong&gt;masgalani &lt;/strong&gt;(1)vinti dalla Torre nel seicento e nel settecento ed i &lt;strong&gt;Palii &lt;/strong&gt;(2) vinti.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Curiosità:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;il Palio più antico&lt;/strong&gt; presente nella sala è quello relativo al Palio straordinario vinto il 14 maggio del &lt;strong&gt;1767&lt;/strong&gt; in onore del granduca Pietro Leopoldo, che nel 1795 aveva preso possesso della Toscana.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- ci sono due coppie di Palii accostati uno accanto all’altro in maniera evidente e sono quelli vinti a luglio e ad agosto del 1787 e quelli vinti a luglio e ad agosto del 1896. Quando una contrada vince entrambi i palii si dice che ha fatto ‘&lt;strong&gt;cappotto&lt;/strong&gt;’. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- il 14 maggio 1809 la Torre vince la &lt;strong&gt;carriera straordinaria&lt;/strong&gt; (3) in onore di Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, sorella dell’imperatore Bonaparte, governatrice di Toscana. Nel drappellone viene raffigurata per la prima e unica volta la &lt;strong&gt;Madonna delle Grazie&lt;/strong&gt; (4) venerata nel Duomo di Siena. Nella storia del Palio solo due volte si è corso un Palio straordinario il 14 maggio: nel 1767 e nel 1809. Entrambe le volte lo ha vinto la Torre.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- Nel &lt;strong&gt;1961&lt;/strong&gt; la Torre vince il Palio di Agosto dopo di ché inizierà un lungo digiuno di vittorie che culminerà…&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- … il 16 agosto &lt;strong&gt;2005&lt;/strong&gt; quando il fantino Luigi Bruschelli, detto Trecciolino, vince per la Torre con il cavallo Berio. Quest’anno saranno il fantino ed il cavallo a fare cappotto; infatti a luglio lo stesso fantino, Trecciolino, con lo stesso cavallo, Berio, aveva portato la vittoria nella contrada del Bruco. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Io c’ero in Piazza quando ha vinto la Torre. Mi ricordo che impiegai un’ora per raggiungere il Duomo per assistere al Te Deum di ringraziamento dei contradaioli tale era la fiumana di gente che andava nella stessa direzione. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commovente fu ascoltare i racconti delle persone che mi circondavano: c’erano persone della mia età che non avevano mai visto vincere il Palio, altri che quando avevano vinto l’ultimo Palio erano nel pieno della loro gioventù e ora si ritrovavano con qualche capello bianco, qualche ruga, figli e nipoti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' stata&amp;nbsp;proprio una grande festa tranne che per… l’Oca e l’Onda… le contrade&amp;nbsp;rivali della Torre !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1: il &lt;strong&gt;masgalano&lt;/strong&gt; dallo spagnolo ‘mas galan’ che vuol dire ‘più elegante’, è un premio che viene assegnato alla contrada che nel corso di entrambe le passeggiate storiche di luglio ed agosto si distingue per eleganza, dignità di portamento e coordinazione.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2: a Siena il &lt;strong&gt;Palio&lt;/strong&gt; si corre due volte l’anno: il 2 luglio ed il 16 agosto. In ciascun Palio corrono 10 delle 17 contrade. Sette corrono di diritto e sono quelle che non hanno corso nella stessa data dell’anno precedente. Le altre tre vengono sorteggiate tra le 10 rimanenti. Il sorteggio avviene in due momenti ben conosciuti dai senesi: l’ultima domenica di maggio per il palio di luglio, la domenica successiva al palio di luglio per quello di Agosto. Nei Palii straordinari vengono sorteggiate tutte e 10 le contrade.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3: il &lt;strong&gt;Palio straordinario&lt;/strong&gt; in genere viene corso a settembre per commemorare un evento di risonanza notevole.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;4: di solito nel Palio viene raffigurata la &lt;strong&gt;Madonna di Provenzano&lt;/strong&gt; per quello di luglio, la &lt;strong&gt;Madonna Assunta&lt;/strong&gt; per quello di agosto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per maggiori informazioni clicca &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada.html"&gt;qui&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;scritto da Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-5055426733361605529?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/5055426733361605529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=5055426733361605529' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5055426733361605529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5055426733361605529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada-la-torre.html' title='Musei e Oratori di Contrada: la Torre'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SvcwZ71YGII/AAAAAAAAAk8/cGvg0JspvAM/s72-c/16_agosto_2005.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-9098923245745362248</id><published>2009-11-08T21:48:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:42:56.960+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eventi'/><title type='text'>Musei e Oratori di Contrada: Introduzione</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Svcujad-duI/AAAAAAAAAk0/k4WDo1XAyCc/s1600-h/contrade-palio-siena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" sr="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Svcujad-duI/AAAAAAAAAk0/k4WDo1XAyCc/s320/contrade-palio-siena.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Fino a Maggio 2010 ogni sabato mattina le Contrade di Siena, a turno, apriranno i loro Musei ed Oratori al pubblico su prenotazione da fare telefonicamente al numero 0577-292614 oppure 0577-292615 attivo dal lunedì al venerdì dalle ore 9:30 alle ore 12:30. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Considerate che si riescono a visitarne massimo tre per volta.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dopo tale data sarà possibile visitare gli oratori fissando un appuntamento&amp;nbsp;direttamente con la contrada attraverso il loro sito web.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Come appassionata di storia dell’arte e di Siena sto approfittando anch’io di questa occasione davvero unica per visitare questi piccoli tesori nascosti ma così vissuti dal popolo di ogni contrada.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Forse un po’ troppo frettolosamente a volte si dice che i senesi sono chiusi, che il Palio i senesi lo corrono per sé e che quasi quasi i turisti danno loro fastidio. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Visitando le Contrade ci si rende conto del contrario. Ogni volta infatti vengo colpita dalla disponibilità e passione con la quale le guide, che sono poi i contradaioli stessi, mi fanno notare le opere di pregio presenti nelle loro Contrade e, ciò che mi entusiasma molto, le curiosità su alcuni drappelloni vinti.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In questa serie di post intitolati ‘Musei e Oratori di Contrada’ condividerò con voi le cose che mi rimangono impresse via via che visito le Contrade.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Per approfondimenti vi rimando a:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- Gli Oratori delle Contrade di Siena di Daniele Ceccherini Betti Editrice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- Le guide al Grand Tour Edizioni Franco Maria Ricci&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.ilpalio.org/"&gt;http://www.ilpalio.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- ai siti di ciascuna contrada in ogni singolo post.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;scritto da Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-9098923245745362248?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/9098923245745362248/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=9098923245745362248' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/9098923245745362248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/9098923245745362248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/11/musei-e-oratori-di-contrada.html' title='Musei e Oratori di Contrada: Introduzione'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Svcujad-duI/AAAAAAAAAk0/k4WDo1XAyCc/s72-c/contrade-palio-siena.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-4285263060373067488</id><published>2009-10-11T12:42:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-21T09:48:33.538+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hidden Siena'/><title type='text'>Hidden places of Siena: Church and Museum of Contrada della Torre</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;All&amp;nbsp;the 17 Contrade of Siena have their own&amp;nbsp;Church and Museum. They are really little gems which worth a visit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Contrada della Torre&lt;/strong&gt; opens theit Church and Museum &lt;strong&gt;every third Sunday of each month&lt;/strong&gt; from 10 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For booking and costs send an e-mail &lt;a href="mailto:info@contradadellatorre.it"&gt;info@contradadellatorre.it&lt;/a&gt; or call 0577 222555 or 0577 271226. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When I visited this Contrada I was really fascinated by what I saw and the passion with which our guide took us to the discovery of the treasures of his Contrada.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Contrada della Torre is the only district that has a Church born with that destination and not as&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;an existing Church then converted into a chapel as it has happened to others districts and this also because in this area there were no other churches to borrow. There are a few notices only of an old church called San Giusto which was demolished to make a square that now corresponds to a parking lot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The construction of the &lt;strong&gt;Church&lt;/strong&gt; of the Contrada della Torre began in &lt;strong&gt;1531&lt;/strong&gt; as a thanksgiving to the &lt;strong&gt;Immaculate Virgin&lt;/strong&gt; under the protection of which was fought in &lt;strong&gt;1526&lt;/strong&gt; and won the &lt;strong&gt;battle of Porta Camollia&lt;/strong&gt; against Florentine and papal troops. At the forefront were deployed many people belonging to the Contrada della Torre.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;To commemorate this victory, reported on the day dedicated to Saints James and Christopher, namely July 25, the Republic of Siena by instigation of the people of the Contrada della Torre decided to build a church dedicated to the two Saints in Salicotto. Also the people contributed to the achievement of project.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The work was completed in 1536, as confirmed by a plaque visible inside the&amp;nbsp;church at the bottom of the left wall, on which we read &lt;strong&gt;IM&lt;/strong&gt; (maculate) &lt;strong&gt;MAR&lt;/strong&gt; (iae) &lt;strong&gt;OB VIC&lt;/strong&gt; (toriam) &lt;strong&gt;1526. 1536 F&lt;/strong&gt; (undamenta) &lt;strong&gt;P&lt;/strong&gt; (osuere): 'To Mary Immaculate, because of the victory of 1526. Made in 1536. '&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The structure of the church has undergone major expansion and renovation work until 1702.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In the church there are many paintings. The guide drew our attention to the following &lt;strong&gt;masterpieces&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- altar on the right side: painting by &lt;strong&gt;Giovanni di Lorenzo, the Blessed Virgin Immaculate between St. James and Christopher (1545).&lt;/strong&gt; The author, belonging to the Contrada della Torre, had run the same subject on the banner carried by soldiers in the battle of Siena 1526. Same model, same author had already been executed for the Church of San Martino where the canvas is still visible as one enters on the left.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- altar on the left side: painting by &lt;strong&gt;Aurelio Martelli, Madonna and Child, St. Anne and St. John (1700).&lt;/strong&gt; The presence of St. Anne is in honor of the women of Contrada della Torre who always had a very active participation in the district. Having already chosen the Madonna, it was chosen the most important woman and saint immediately after her as patron of the women, who? the mother of the Madonna! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- main altar: a canvas depicting the &lt;strong&gt;Martyrdom of St. James&lt;/strong&gt; performed in&lt;strong&gt; 1605 by Rutilio Manetti&lt;/strong&gt;. The color palette of Manetti in this painting is very bright in contrast to how we're used to seeing them in his other paintings and as it witness the canvas that is on the right wall of the chancel depicting &lt;strong&gt;the Crucifixion&lt;/strong&gt; and executed by the same Manetti in &lt;strong&gt;1625&lt;/strong&gt;. The style here is caravaggiesco and in fact in those years Rutilio had gone to Rome and had known Caravaggio conceded inevitably influence. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In the &lt;strong&gt;Museum&lt;/strong&gt; of the Contrada della Torre you can admire in the various rooms the &lt;strong&gt;costumes&lt;/strong&gt; worn throughout the centuries from appearing in the historic parade before each Palio and whose inspiration is easily recognizable (Spanish fashion, Renaissance, nineteenth-century taste), &lt;strong&gt;vestments&lt;/strong&gt;, the ancient &lt;strong&gt;bell of the church&lt;/strong&gt; built in the tradition by fusing pieces of artillery captured the Florentines in the victorious Battle of Porta Camollia of 1526, a painting of &lt;strong&gt;Sodoma, The way to Calvary, 1546,&lt;/strong&gt; a stretch of the &lt;strong&gt;city walls start thirteenth&lt;/strong&gt; and finally the &lt;strong&gt;Sala delle Vittorie&lt;/strong&gt; (the room of the wins) where you can admire the four &lt;strong&gt;masgalani&lt;/strong&gt; won by Contrada della Torre in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (the word 'Masgalano' comes from Spanish 'Más galán' which means 'more elegant', is a prize which is awarded each year to the district that during both historic parade in July and August is characterized by elegance, dignity of bearing and coordination) and &lt;strong&gt;Palios won&lt;/strong&gt; (The Palio is the banner that the district winner will receive as prize. last century there was fixed the iconography of the Palio. It means that it cannot&amp;nbsp;miss&amp;nbsp;the figure of the Madonna (of Provenzano in that of July, Assunta in that of August), the symbols of the 17 districts, the symbols of the three thirds that has divided the city of Siena (Camollia, Città, and San Martino), the Balzana ( the shield half white and half black, symbol of Siena) and the Leone rampante (lion rampant, which represents the people of Siena). The banner for the Palio of July is entrusted to an Italian author, that of August to a foreign author. In&amp;nbsp;19 century&amp;nbsp;it was not in this way. In fact the figure of Madonna was done with the stencil and it jumps to the eyes because it is always the same.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tips:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- the &lt;strong&gt;oldest Palio&lt;/strong&gt; among those which we find in this room is the Palio straordinario won on May 14, &lt;strong&gt;1767&lt;/strong&gt; in honor of Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo, who in 1795 had taken possession of Tuscany. The &lt;strong&gt;Palio extraordinary&lt;/strong&gt; (ordinary ones are those that are run every year on 2 July and 16 August) is decided by the town council to honor the presence of important people in Siena or to celebrate important events in the city and not only in the city. On this occasion, all 10 districts are drawn by lot (for the Palios ordinary 7 districts run by law and are those that have not run the previous year, the other 3 are drawn on particular dates: the last Sunday in May for the Palio of July, the Sunday after the Palio of July to that of August. The last Palio straordinario was run on Sept. 9, 2000 to celebrate the new millennium).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGwgnWIWQI/AAAAAAAAAhU/bWKXgpvM7_s/s1600-h/14_maggio_1767.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGwgnWIWQI/AAAAAAAAAhU/bWKXgpvM7_s/s320/14_maggio_1767.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- there are &lt;strong&gt;two pairs of Palios&lt;/strong&gt; combined side by side: the two won in July and August of &lt;strong&gt;1787 &lt;/strong&gt;and the two won in July and August of &lt;strong&gt;1896.&lt;/strong&gt; When a district wins both Palios people say that they have done ‘&lt;strong&gt;cappotto’&lt;/strong&gt; (coat). Note the date of the Palio in August of 1896, namely: August 25. In fact the Palio of August 16 was moved to 25 of the same year for the transition to Siena VIII Corps. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGwncM8RiI/AAAAAAAAAhc/o0EqBJ89ZXs/s1600-h/2_luglio_1787.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGwncM8RiI/AAAAAAAAAhc/o0EqBJ89ZXs/s320/2_luglio_1787.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGwrdJNCjI/AAAAAAAAAhk/2KNMMCd7_tM/s1600-h/16_agosto_1787.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGwrdJNCjI/AAAAAAAAAhk/2KNMMCd7_tM/s320/16_agosto_1787.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGwxKkJEMI/AAAAAAAAAhs/h2Pv_M9l7hY/s1600-h/2_luglio_1896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGwxKkJEMI/AAAAAAAAAhs/h2Pv_M9l7hY/s320/2_luglio_1896.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGw0xeInEI/AAAAAAAAAh0/6bCCKp5_DDc/s1600-h/16_agosto_1896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGw0xeInEI/AAAAAAAAAh0/6bCCKp5_DDc/s320/16_agosto_1896.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- on May 14, &lt;strong&gt;1809&lt;/strong&gt; the Contrada della Torre wins the extraordinary career in honor of Elisa Bonaparte, sister of Emperor Bonaparte, the governor of Tuscany. In the Palio we find for the first and only time the &lt;strong&gt;Madonna delle Grazie&lt;/strong&gt; venerated in the Cathedral of Siena. In the history of the Palio we have had only two Palio straordinario on May 14: in 1767 and 1809. Both times it has won by the Contrada della Torre.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGw81pkVWI/AAAAAAAAAh8/JxA0e3v0Z_w/s1600-h/14_maggio_1809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGw81pkVWI/AAAAAAAAAh8/JxA0e3v0Z_w/s320/14_maggio_1809.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- on September 13, &lt;strong&gt;1910&lt;/strong&gt;, the Contrada della Torre won the Palio straordinario &lt;strong&gt;in honor of the French journalists&lt;/strong&gt; gathered at a conference in Siena. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGxCWWFSSI/AAAAAAAAAiE/l6QBesSoGTI/s1600-h/13_settembre_1910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGxCWWFSSI/AAAAAAAAAiE/l6QBesSoGTI/s320/13_settembre_1910.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- in &lt;strong&gt;1961&lt;/strong&gt; the&amp;nbsp;Contrada della Torre&amp;nbsp;wins the Palio of August and after that a long fast of victories starts... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGxHs0i52I/AAAAAAAAAiM/-rT3etPii90/s1600-h/16_agosto_1961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGxHs0i52I/AAAAAAAAAiM/-rT3etPii90/s320/16_agosto_1961.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- the fast culminates on August 16, &lt;strong&gt;2005&lt;/strong&gt; when the jockey Luigi Bruschelli, said Trecciolino, wins for the Contrada della Torre with the horse Berio. This year the jockey and the horse make ‘cappotto’, because in July the same jockey, Trecciolino, with the same horse, Berio, had brought victory in the Contrada del Bruco (caterpillar).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGxMvsi9GI/AAAAAAAAAiU/NLpg2cfaxPY/s1600-h/16_agosto_2005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGxMvsi9GI/AAAAAAAAAiU/NLpg2cfaxPY/s320/16_agosto_2005.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I was in the main square when the Contrada della Torre won the Palio after 44 years. I remember that it took me an hour to reach the Cathedral to attend the &lt;strong&gt;Te Deum&lt;/strong&gt; of thanksgiving of the district people, such was the flood of people going in the same direction. It was touching to hear the stories of the people around me: there were people old like me who had never seen their Contrada winning a Palio, other that where youth on 1961 and now they had some gray hair, some wrinkles, adults sons and daughters and maybe even grandchildrens. It was a &lt;strong&gt;big party&lt;/strong&gt; ... except for the Contrada dell’Oca (goose) and Contrada dell’Onda (wave): the &lt;strong&gt;rival districts&lt;/strong&gt; of the Contrada della Torre.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QbwuznvOSs8&amp;hl=it&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QbwuznvOSs8&amp;hl=it&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Each Contrada has also its own &lt;strong&gt;fountain&lt;/strong&gt; where newborns are baptized each year during the &lt;strong&gt;festivities of their Saint patron.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The fountain of the Contrada della Torre was built in &lt;strong&gt;1984&lt;/strong&gt; by the sculptor and ‘torraiolo’ (belonging to the Contrada delle Torre) &lt;strong&gt;Mauro Berrettini&lt;/strong&gt;, who we know very well because he is the brother in law of one of the owners of Borgo Grondaie. Mauro Berrettini have also contributed to the restructuring of our hotel. Find more about him and his works on &lt;a href="http://www.arsmarmi.com/"&gt;ArsMarmi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Amina&lt;br /&gt;pictures taken from &lt;a href="http://www.ilpalio.org/"&gt;http://www.ilpalio.org/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-4285263060373067488?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/4285263060373067488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=4285263060373067488' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/4285263060373067488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/4285263060373067488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/10/hidden-places-of-siena-church-and.html' title='Hidden places of Siena: Church and Museum of Contrada della Torre'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/StGwgnWIWQI/AAAAAAAAAhU/bWKXgpvM7_s/s72-c/14_maggio_1767.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-2184367487982371882</id><published>2009-10-07T14:29:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:44:31.711+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food'/><title type='text'>Our favourites Restaurants in Siena and more</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There are some our &lt;strong&gt;guests&lt;/strong&gt; who arrive &lt;strong&gt;with &lt;/strong&gt;very &lt;strong&gt;clear ideas&lt;/strong&gt; on things to see in Siena, places for shopping and good restaurants. They usually bring with them a briefcase or travel notebook where they signed the main places of interest to visit and also the better places to eat according the opinion of important magazines or because they have some good reviews on .... guess? ... yes, you are right… on Tripadvisor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I must say that I recognize myself in these customers because I like to plan in advance my travels. I would never discover that I lost something beautiful, distinctive and interesting after I left a place because I do not know if in the future I will be able to return there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There are other &lt;strong&gt;guests who prefer a slow rhythm&lt;/strong&gt;. They are the ones who decide to explore the city on foot to get an overview. They remind me the recent Woody Allen's movie 'Whatever works' when the player says that 'genius is one who has a huge world view'. Who knows? However, these guests love going deeper into things only when they impress their senses. It can be happen in front of a monument or a restaurant. So they make their choices&amp;nbsp;moment by moment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Other &lt;strong&gt;guests like going deeper into the customs&lt;/strong&gt; of the places they visit; those who wish to attend the same bars&amp;nbsp;and restaurants frequented by locals.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In any class you recognize yourself this post is dedicated to you.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I hope that our preferences will agree with your choices made in advance or at the moment. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Who want to live the Sienese life style will be satisfied immediately because these are the &lt;strong&gt;restaurants where I and my colleagues go usually.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Know that we do not ever recommend restaurants which we do not know. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When guests ask suggestions we try to understand what kind of atmosphere, food, service and, of course, budget they are looking for. Then we suggest that one that seem good for them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And now… some of our favourites restaurants: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taverna di San Giuseppe&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.tavernasangiuseppe.it/"&gt;http://www.tavernasangiuseppe.it/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Location: downtown, near the main square. Address: via Dupré, 132&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How to get there: by car till the Parking Il Campo or by taxi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Atmosphere: fancy. There is a wine cellar that dates to Etruscan times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Food: regional dishes in accordance with seasonal products. Fiorentina included. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Service: efficient and courteous&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Prices: high&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Recommend for: a special occasion to celebrate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La Compagnia dei Vinattieri&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.vinattieri.net/"&gt;http://www.vinattieri.net/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Location: downtown, near Santa Caterina House. Address: via dei Pittori, 1&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How to get there: by car till the Parking at the Stadium or by taxi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Atmosphere: intimate. There is a wine cellar that worth a visit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Food: regional dishes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Service: professional&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Prices: high&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Recommend for: a relaxing meal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Da Enzo&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.daenzo.net/"&gt;http://www.daenzo.net/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Location: downtown. Address: via Camollia, 49&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How to get there: by car till the Parking at the Stadium or by taxi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Atmosphere: small and intimate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Food: regional dishes. Seafood also&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Service: knowledgeable&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Prices: high&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Recommend for: food enthusiastic people&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;L’Osteria:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Location: downtown. Address: via dei Rossi, 79 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How to get there: by car till the Parking&amp;nbsp;San Francesco&amp;nbsp;or by taxi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Atmosphere: local. Outdoor seating available.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Food: typically Tuscan menu in accordance with seasonal products. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Service: helpful&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Budget: reasonable &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Recommend for: a casual meal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Osteria Nonna Gina:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Location: downtown. Address: Piano dei Mantellini, 2&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How to get there: by car till Parking il Duomo or by taxi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Atmosphere: local. Outdoor seating available.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Food: regional cuisine menu in accordance with seasonal products. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Service: friendly&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Budget: reasonable &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Recommend for: a casual meal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Osteria Sotto le Fonti&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sottolefonti.it/"&gt;http://www.sottolefonti.it/&lt;/a&gt; : &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Location: outside the walls of Siena. Address: via Esterna di Fontebranda, 114&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How to get there: by car till the Parking Santa Caterina or by taxi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Atmosphere: rustic &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Food: typically Tuscan menu in accordance with seasonal products. Fiorentina included. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Service: warm and welcoming.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Prices: reasonable &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Recommended for: child friendly&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some tips before to complete my post:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- if you belong to those guests who love to plan all the details in advance and hate to waste time I really suggest you to &lt;strong&gt;book&lt;/strong&gt; restaurants &lt;strong&gt;in advance&lt;/strong&gt; so that you are sure they are not close for rest or for holiday. Please, remind also that in Siena &lt;strong&gt;restaurants are not open all the day&lt;/strong&gt;. They accept reservations for lunch from 12.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. and for dinner from 7.30 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. &lt;strong&gt;Exceptions:&lt;/strong&gt; in Summer the restaurants located in the main square Il Campo are open all the day. Among the restaurants I suggested the Compagnia dei Vinattieri is open till late in the evening for cold meals. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- ask the menu every time. It will save you from bad surprises when the bill will arrive.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- about the bill you will find there the cost of what you ate + the &lt;strong&gt;cover charge&lt;/strong&gt; + &lt;strong&gt;service&lt;/strong&gt;. By law only in the region of Lazio the restaurants cannot add this taxes so please do not think restaurants want to take advantage of tourists.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- about &lt;strong&gt;tip&lt;/strong&gt; you are not obligated to give that. &lt;strong&gt;It is an optional&lt;/strong&gt; in case you appreciated the food and the service and want to reward them. Waiters can accept tips &lt;strong&gt;only in cash&lt;/strong&gt; so do not ask to charge on your credit card because it means tax evasion for the restaurants.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- there are some meat dishes that have their own &lt;strong&gt;particular&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;cooking&lt;/strong&gt; such as Fiorentina which is eaten cooked rare. Please do not get angry if the waiter is surprised when you ask, for example, a well cooked Fiorentina. Sienese restaurants are usually knowledgeable about cooking. Believe at what they say you about this matter. It can be happen also if you ask for a Pepsi Cola… &lt;strong&gt;Some dishes need their own drinks to exalt the taste. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-&lt;/strong&gt; sometimes guests ask to us if their dresses are right for restaurant. There is &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; a restricted &lt;strong&gt;dress code&lt;/strong&gt; for restaurants in Siena. &lt;strong&gt;Casual&amp;nbsp;clothing&lt;/strong&gt; will be perfect everywhere you go.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- almost all restaurants in Siena serve &lt;strong&gt;only Tuscan dishes&lt;/strong&gt;. It is a shame, I know, specially if you are vegetarian, vegan, celiac or whatever else. Because of that I highly recommend you to contact restaurants in advance to check if it is possible to make some exceptions at the menu. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- time ago a guest of Borgo Grondaie told me that one of the restaurants where he went because of good reviews was for &lt;strong&gt;'food enthusiastic people'&lt;/strong&gt; according to him. I thought a lot about that and at the end I realized the maybe all Italians are ‘food enthusiastic’ because when we go out to eat we like to do a full meal (starter, first dish: pasta or soup, second dish: meat or fish, dessert), eat well, drink&amp;nbsp;better, relax and talk with our friends. It does not matter the time we spend at restaurant. I wrote that thing to explain you that if service is not so fast in restaurants it could be because of that.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Now, I can only wish you have a&amp;nbsp;great food experience in Siena!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-2184367487982371882?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/2184367487982371882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=2184367487982371882' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2184367487982371882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2184367487982371882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/10/our-favourites-restaurants-in-siena-and.html' title='Our favourites Restaurants in Siena and more'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-6087375705084181631</id><published>2009-10-05T20:52:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:44:59.908+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hidden Siena'/><title type='text'>Hidden places of Siena: TAVOLETTE di BICCHERNA Museum</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There are some hidden gems in Siena which escape the mass tourism because they are less publicized. One of these is represented by the &lt;strong&gt;Tavolette di Biccherna&lt;/strong&gt; preserved in the &lt;a href="http://assi.archivi.beniculturali.it/"&gt;Archivio di Stato&lt;/a&gt; of the city. They are wooden boards painted with tempera or oil which served as covers of records belonging to the office of Biccherna which from the beginning of the Comune until the SEC. XVIII was the judiciary responsible for the administration of public revenues. These records were kept by the &lt;strong&gt;Camarlingo&lt;/strong&gt; -the treasurer head office- who was a friar and the most important officials, the &lt;strong&gt;Provveditori &lt;/strong&gt;(supervisors). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The oldest covers represent the Camarlingo intent on his work and the arms of the Provveditori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SsowoOsVlSI/AAAAAAAAAfc/q_2DtRjB7ao/s1600-h/1258_frate_Ugo_camarlengo_frate_di_san_galgano_giulio_di_pietro.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SsowoOsVlSI/AAAAAAAAAfc/q_2DtRjB7ao/s200/1258_frate_Ugo_camarlengo_frate_di_san_galgano_giulio_di_pietro.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fraiar Ugo, Camarlingo, frair of san galgano, made by Giulio di Pietro in 1258. This is the oldest Biccherna.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SsoxAGCSFJI/AAAAAAAAAfk/UByrmanxWno/s1600-h/1263_stemmi_dei_quattro_provveditori_diotisalve_di_speme.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SsoxAGCSFJI/AAAAAAAAAfk/UByrmanxWno/s200/1263_stemmi_dei_quattro_provveditori_diotisalve_di_speme.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The arms of the four Provveditori; made by Diotisalve di Speme in 1263&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The first wooden boards are simple and have no intention of being masterpieces. Subsequently, however, the paintings become more elaborate and rich and are commissioned to famous authors as Giovanni di Paolo, Sano di Pietro, Lorenzo di Pietro called il Vecchietta.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;layout of the boards&lt;/strong&gt; remains, however, unchanged: at the top there is the painting and at the bottom the inscription bearing the date, the names of the main components of Biccherna, the arms of their families. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;By the mid-fifteenth century, then, the covers of records were no longer painted but real paintings were commissioned to hang on the walls of the office when the Camarlingo and the Provveditori left definitively their assignment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;subjects of the scenes&lt;/strong&gt; represent leading events of the town, religious themes, episodes of contemporary politics. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Many of them have &lt;strong&gt;Our Lady&lt;/strong&gt; as common subject. This is not so strange for us. The history of Siena is full of events which show the particular devotion of the Sienese to Our Lady.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;See for example how nice is the follow board which represents &lt;strong&gt;Our Lady in the act of protecting Siena by earthquakes; made by Francesco di Giorgio Martini in 1467:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SsoxqaW-xXI/AAAAAAAAAfs/4PBwYjCIkbs/s1600-h/1467_la_Madonna_protegge_Siena_dai_terremoti_francewsco_di_giorgio_martini.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SsoxqaW-xXI/AAAAAAAAAfs/4PBwYjCIkbs/s200/1467_la_Madonna_protegge_Siena_dai_terremoti_francewsco_di_giorgio_martini.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or&amp;nbsp;this other which represents &lt;strong&gt;The union of the classes and the offering of the keys of the city to the Madonna delle Grazie&lt;/strong&gt;; made perhaps by Andrea di Niccolò in 1483. This board is important also because testifies the original location of the Maestà made by Duccio di Buoninsegna in 1311 in the Cathedral, that is to say, in the altar. Nowadays you can see this masterpiece at the Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Ssox_QiM3XI/AAAAAAAAAf0/78YL7Pi9fKI/s1600-h/1483_l%27unione_delle_classi_e_l%27offerta_delle_chiavi_della_citt%C3%A0_alla_Madonna_delle_Grazie_andrea_di_niccol%C3%B2_forse.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Ssox_QiM3XI/AAAAAAAAAf0/78YL7Pi9fKI/s200/1483_l%27unione_delle_classi_e_l%27offerta_delle_chiavi_della_citt%C3%A0_alla_Madonna_delle_Grazie_andrea_di_niccol%C3%B2_forse.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the Biccherna also another important financial judiciary of Siena called &lt;strong&gt;Gabella&lt;/strong&gt; adopted the custom of painting the covers of some records. The Gabella was responsible for the outcome of the charges and was directed by a &lt;strong&gt;Camarlingo&lt;/strong&gt; –a treasurer- and officers named &lt;strong&gt;Esecutori &lt;/strong&gt;–executors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;One of the most popular boards is that made by &lt;strong&gt;Ambrogio Lorenzetti&lt;/strong&gt; in 1344 which represents the Buon Governo - Good Government:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SsoyWQSSwGI/AAAAAAAAAf8/YLIdVTywG7A/s1600-h/1344_il_buon_governo_ambrogio_lorenzetti.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SsoyWQSSwGI/AAAAAAAAAf8/YLIdVTywG7A/s200/1344_il_buon_governo_ambrogio_lorenzetti.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most value works are those performed during the fifteenth century by painters such as &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sano di Pietro: Siena protected by Our Lady while the Camarlingo washes his hands, made in 1541&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SspEbqBXO1I/AAAAAAAAAhM/z_-Q8DJuIVE/s1600-h/1451_Siena_protetta_dalla_Madonna_mentre_il_camarlengo_se_ne_lava_le_mani_sano_di_pietro.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SspEbqBXO1I/AAAAAAAAAhM/z_-Q8DJuIVE/s200/1451_Siena_protetta_dalla_Madonna_mentre_il_camarlengo_se_ne_lava_le_mani_sano_di_pietro.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Benvenuto di Giovanni: The finances of the town in peace and in war made in 1468&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SsozcRYfQVI/AAAAAAAAAgM/SqTc4TG3PXM/s1600-h/1468_le_finanze_del_comune_in_pace_e_in_guera_benvenuto_di_giovanni.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SsozcRYfQVI/AAAAAAAAAgM/SqTc4TG3PXM/s200/1468_le_finanze_del_comune_in_pace_e_in_guera_benvenuto_di_giovanni.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guidoccio Cozzarelli: Our Lady leads the Republic of Siena in calm waters; made in 1487 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Ssoz65K31FI/AAAAAAAAAgU/ajW7D_QK0Tg/s1600/1487_la_Madonna_guida_la_repubblica_di_siena_Guidoccio_Cozzarelli.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Ssoz65K31FI/AAAAAAAAAgU/ajW7D_QK0Tg/s200/1487_la_Madonna_guida_la_repubblica_di_siena_Guidoccio_Cozzarelli.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Ssoz65K31FI/AAAAAAAAAgU/ajW7D_QK0Tg/s1600-h/1487_la_Madonna_guida_la_repubblica_di_siena_Guidoccio_Cozzarelli.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"&gt;During the war of Siena (1555-1559), both the Biccherna and Gabella wanted to recall the most salient episodes of the conflict:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Sienese demolish the fortress of the Spanish; made by Giovanni di Giorgio in 1552&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso2lyPBzrI/AAAAAAAAAgc/kvm9iQI_XrM/s1600-h/1552_i_senesi_demoliscono_la_fortezza_degli_spagnoli_giovanni_di_giorgio.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso2lyPBzrI/AAAAAAAAAgc/kvm9iQI_XrM/s200/1552_i_senesi_demoliscono_la_fortezza_degli_spagnoli_giovanni_di_giorgio.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The siege of Montalcino; made by Giovanni di Giorgio in 1553&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso29253YuI/AAAAAAAAAgk/DxfiQTa-KRg/s1600-h/1553_l%27assedio_di_Montalcino_giovanni_di_giorgio.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso29253YuI/AAAAAAAAAgk/DxfiQTa-KRg/s200/1553_l%27assedio_di_Montalcino_giovanni_di_giorgio.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The surrender of Montalcino; made by Giovanni di Giorgio in 1559&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso3PWD1fVI/AAAAAAAAAgs/XnSAyMfjqFE/s1600-h/1559_la_resa_di_Montalcino_giovanni_di_giorgio.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso3PWD1fVI/AAAAAAAAAgs/XnSAyMfjqFE/s200/1559_la_resa_di_Montalcino_giovanni_di_giorgio.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After the final annexation of Siena to the duchy of Florence (1559) many subjects were dedicated to the story of the Medici, to which the Sienese territory was granted in fief. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso33xERopI/AAAAAAAAAg0/1sgxMi66lDs/s1600-h/1588_i_senesi_rendono_omaggio_al_cardinale_Ferdinando_de_Medici_eletto_granduca_di_Toscana_anonimo.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso33xERopI/AAAAAAAAAg0/1sgxMi66lDs/s200/1588_i_senesi_rendono_omaggio_al_cardinale_Ferdinando_de_Medici_eletto_granduca_di_Toscana_anonimo.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Sienese pay tribute to Cardinal Ferdinando de Medici elected Grand Duke of Tuscany; made by Anonymous in 1588 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here you find also some wooden boards which belong to other institutions and judiciaries of Siena among which the Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala and the Opera Metropolitana. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Museum is located in &lt;strong&gt;Via Banchi di Sopra # 52&lt;/strong&gt; and it is &lt;strong&gt;open&lt;/strong&gt; from Monday to Saturday at 9.30 - 10.30 and 11.30 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free entrance.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no tour guide but there are some panels also in English which explain what you see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before to leave the Museum do not forget to stop at their balcony from where you will enjoy an &lt;strong&gt;amazing view&lt;/strong&gt; onto the main square Il Campo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I took a couple of pictures with my mobile phone:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso4b-D6_0I/AAAAAAAAAg8/u_nH5BnRZJg/s1600-h/Foto+0112+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso4b-D6_0I/AAAAAAAAAg8/u_nH5BnRZJg/s200/Foto+0112+1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso4eSAsrRI/AAAAAAAAAhE/LBrkmHJnseA/s1600-h/Foto+0113+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img $r="true" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Sso4eSAsrRI/AAAAAAAAAhE/LBrkmHJnseA/s200/Foto+0113+1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If you've been so impressed and you wish to buy a Biccherna of course it is not possible to buy one of the original but... there is someone in Siena&amp;nbsp;who mades wonderful copies of them. You will find her at &lt;strong&gt;Bottega d’Arte in Stalloreggi street # 47&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The boards&amp;nbsp;are expensive but they worth if you love to have a unique masterpiece in your home!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Amina&lt;br /&gt;pictures from &lt;a href="http://www.arteantica.eu/"&gt;http://www.arteantica.eu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-6087375705084181631?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/6087375705084181631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=6087375705084181631' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/6087375705084181631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/6087375705084181631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/10/hidden-places-of-siena-tavolette-di.html' title='Hidden places of Siena: TAVOLETTE di BICCHERNA Museum'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SsowoOsVlSI/AAAAAAAAAfc/q_2DtRjB7ao/s72-c/1258_frate_Ugo_camarlengo_frate_di_san_galgano_giulio_di_pietro.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-3368895754132606624</id><published>2009-09-23T12:32:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:46:08.025+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Siena'/><title type='text'>Siena da vedere in 24 ore</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Srn30md9BII/AAAAAAAAAcc/gNgIo382_2k/s1600-h/Duomo_Siena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" iq="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Srn30md9BII/AAAAAAAAAcc/gNgIo382_2k/s200/Duomo_Siena.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PIAZZA DUOMO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cattedrale&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, dedicata all'Assunta, è stata compiuta nelle sue parti principali entro il 1215. Il progetto dei senesi era molto ambizioso tanto che volevano trasformare l’attuale cattedrale in una che superasse in dimensioni quella della storica rivale Firenze; la struttura esistente doveva diventare addirittura il transetto di quello da costruire; ma purtroppo la peste del 1348 decimò la popolazione ed i problemi diventarono ben altri per cui i senesi dovettero rinunciare ai sogni di grandezza. Segni di questo progetto sono comunque ancora visibili sulla destra dell’attuale Duomo in quanto i lavori erano già iniziati prima della peste.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Pavimento&lt;/strong&gt;, (visibile solo a settembre e ottobre): diviso in 56 riquadri, rappresenta la storia dei Tempi, dell'Uomo e della Salvezza. Eseguito fra il 1300 e il 1500 dai più insigni artisti senesi.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Navate laterali:&lt;/em&gt; rappresentazione delle Sibille, sacerdotesse dotate di virtù profetiche ispirate dal dio Apollo. La Chiesa occidentale, interpretandone i detti come anticipazioni della storia cristiana, le riconobbe come profetesse della venuta di Cristo, equivalenti pagane dei profeti dell'Antico Testamento. Ognuna di esse infatti ha un cartiglio che riporta l’anticipazione di un evento della vita di Gesù.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Navata centrale:&lt;/em&gt; la Sapienza, rappresentata da un saggio egiziano, è il primo supporto della Rivelazione ma il passaggio alla Rivelazione ha necessità di una dimensione temporale e spaziale. L'area centrale infatti è dedicata alle raffigurazioni che rappresentano il territorio e alla rappresentazione del potere temporale sottoposto alle umane vicende e alla superiorità della Sapienza su di esso.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Braccio sinistro della crociera&lt;/em&gt;, storie del mondo ebraico già toccato dalla rivelazione.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Braccio destro della crociera&lt;/em&gt;, soggetti misti.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Esagono sotto la cupola&lt;/em&gt;: storie del profeta Elia. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Presbiterio&lt;/em&gt;: storie di Mosè&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Pulpito:&lt;/strong&gt; rappresentazione di storie della vita di Gesù eseguite da Nicola Pisano dal 1266 al 1268.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Madonna del Voto:&lt;/strong&gt; scuola di Guido da Siena, seconda metà del sec. XIII.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Libreria Piccolomini:&lt;/strong&gt; affreschi sulla vita di Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, futuro papa Pio II, eseguiti da Pinturicchio fra il 1502 e il 1507.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Museo dell'Opa:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; uno splendido panorama sulla città si può ammirare dal ‘facciatone’.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Maestà:&lt;/strong&gt; eseguita da Duccio di Buoninsegna dal 1308 al 1311. Opera caratterizzata da una grande raffinatezza di esecuzione. Le immagini sono aggraziate, accurate nella definizione dei particolari e costruite attraverso la linea ed il colore. Tenete a mente questa rappresentazione per stupirvi poi nel paragone con lo stesso soggetto eseguito da Simone Martini all’interno del Museo Civico. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, oggi Museo: questa struttura, molto simile ad un labirinto, è stato ospedale fino agli anni ’90.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Il Pellegrinaio:&lt;/strong&gt; affreschi eseguiti da Domenico di Bartolo e dal Vecchietta dal 1440 al 1443. Le scene rappresentate raccontano le origini di questo ospedale nato nel medio evo come luogo di accoglienza dei pellegrini che transitavano per la città e come struttura in cui si compivano opere di carità.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Srn4Bx814sI/AAAAAAAAAck/HBMURvLNi9Y/s1600-h/siena-piazza-del-campo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" iq="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Srn4Bx814sI/AAAAAAAAAck/HBMURvLNi9Y/s200/siena-piazza-del-campo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PIAZZA DEL CAMPO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Il Campo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, costruito durante il governo dei Nove (1287-1355: periodo di maggiore stabilità e splendore artistico della Repubblica di Siena) a forma di valva di conchiglia per sfruttare la pendenza naturale del terreno. In questa piazza due volte all’anno, il 2 di luglio ed il 16 agosto, si svolge la famosa corsa di cavalli detta Palio.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Fonte Gaia:&lt;/strong&gt; copia ottocentesca eseguita dallo scultore Tito Sarrocchi. L’originale, eseguita da Jacopo della Quercia nel 1409, è custodita all’interno del Museo Santa Maria della Scala.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Torre del Mangia:&lt;/strong&gt; finita di costruire nel 1341. E’ alta 87 metri e 102 fino al parafulmine. E’ detta così dal soprannome del campanaro Giovanni di Balduccio, meglio conosciuto come Mangiaguadagni o Mangia, incaricato dal Comune di battere le ore. In cima alla torre c’è una grande campana che i Senesi chiamano Campanone o Sunto perché dedicato alla Madonna Assunta in cielo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Palazzo Pubblico:&lt;/strong&gt; iniziato dopo il 1250 e compiuto nel 1310.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Cappella di Piazza:&lt;/strong&gt; costruita nel 1352 per ricordare la pestilenza del 1348.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Museo Civico:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Maestà:&lt;/strong&gt; eseguita da Simone Martini nel 1315. Nonostante siano passati soltanto 4 anni dalla Maestà del Museo dell’OPA eseguita da Duccio di Boninsegna, contemporaneo quindi a Simone Martini, sembra sia passato un secolo tanta è la differenza nella rappresentazione dello stesso soggetto figurativo; infatti la Maestà di Simone Martini, a differenza di quella di Duccio, è caratterizzata dalla ricchezza decorativa delle immagini. Lo spirito cavalleresco e profano del tempo si riflette in questa scena nonostante il soggetto sia sacro: i Santi, vestiti con ricchi costumi d’epoca, circondano Maria che riceve doni dagli Angeli, inginocchiati ai lati del suo trono come paggi di fronte ad una dama.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Guidoriccio da Fogliano&lt;/strong&gt;, capitano dell'esercito senese: eseguito da Simone Martini nel 1328.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;allegoria del Buon Governo e del Cattivo Governo e loro effetti in città ed in campagna:&lt;/strong&gt; eseguiti da Ambrogio Lorenzetti dal 1338 al 1340. Opere caratterizzate dall’attenzione per gli elementi di tipo naturalistico.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-3368895754132606624?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/3368895754132606624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=3368895754132606624' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/3368895754132606624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/3368895754132606624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/09/siena-da-vedere-in-24-ore.html' title='Siena da vedere in 24 ore'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/Srn30md9BII/AAAAAAAAAcc/gNgIo382_2k/s72-c/Duomo_Siena.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-5576617665848053475</id><published>2009-09-08T22:07:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:46:32.364+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Italy trips'/><title type='text'>Italy trips: Delta Po - Borghetto - Verona</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbVvjyeSiI/AAAAAAAAAbE/Gr6EQw9VEzk/s1600-h/100_0509.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379221817978145314" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbVvjyeSiI/AAAAAAAAAbE/Gr6EQw9VEzk/s200/100_0509.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The reason of my trip this time was the concert of the Italian musician and composer &lt;a href="http://www.giovanniallevi.com/"&gt;Giovanni Allevi&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; the All Stars Orchestra held last September 1st at the Arena of Verona.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm a fan of this artist and I had the tickets since last May. So,why do not take the opportunity to visit new and places I have already seen but ever beautiful?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Adria&lt;/strong&gt; was the base of my trip. It is a small and pretty town from where you can plan easily your visit of the Veneto region. I stayed…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;at the &lt;a href="http://www.hotelleonbianco.com/"&gt;Hotel Leon Bianco &lt;/a&gt;which is located in the center, next to the Theater. It is the second time here for me. The Hotel opened a year ago. It is modern and comfortable. I have assigned both times the room with a balcony overlooking the Canal. Breakfast is a bit low quality but ultimately the value for money is good. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;I arrived in Adria on August 31st early in the afternoon and after a small rest I went with a friend of mine to &lt;strong&gt;Park of Delta Po&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;We stopped at &lt;strong&gt;Barricata&lt;/strong&gt; and we had a nice and long walk along the seashore. There were still some tourists althouth it was September. The beach is free, there are some Bars where you can have also small meals and also rent beach umbrellas, deck chairs and sun beds. Nearby there is a holiday village from where you can reach the beach on foot, it is called &lt;a href="http://www.villaggiobarricata.com/"&gt;Villaggio Barricata&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbV-bTw4wI/AAAAAAAAAbM/2Mq3V3w5gx4/s1600-h/1_delta_del_po_barricata.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379222073399894786" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbV-bTw4wI/AAAAAAAAAbM/2Mq3V3w5gx4/s200/1_delta_del_po_barricata.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbWHzS93XI/AAAAAAAAAbU/8RLDPvYO7Qs/s1600-h/4_delta_del_po_barricata.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379222234457824626" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbWHzS93XI/AAAAAAAAAbU/8RLDPvYO7Qs/s200/4_delta_del_po_barricata.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From Barricata we went to see the &lt;strong&gt;Sacca&lt;/strong&gt;(=lagoon)&lt;strong&gt; of Scardovari&lt;/strong&gt;: beautiful and full of 'trabucchi', the houses of fishermen. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the evening we came back to Adria and ate there a Pizza. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;On the morning of September 1st we went to &lt;strong&gt;Borghetto di Valeggio&lt;/strong&gt;, one of the most beautiful Villages in Italy according to the online guide &lt;a href="http://www.borghitalia.it/index.php"&gt;I borghi più belli d’Italia&lt;/a&gt;. It is a village which lies on the river &lt;strong&gt;Mincio&lt;/strong&gt;. The road to this village is full of vineyards of &lt;a href="http://www.stradadelcustoza.com/index.htm"&gt;Custoza&lt;/a&gt;. We stopped for lunch at the restaurant &lt;strong&gt;Divinosteria&lt;/strong&gt; where I drank a glass of the great red wine &lt;strong&gt;Valpolicella Superiore&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbWkJqNR0I/AAAAAAAAAbc/HH7Q4qAGUwA/s1600-h/3_borghetto_al_valeggio.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379222721497220930" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbWkJqNR0I/AAAAAAAAAbc/HH7Q4qAGUwA/s200/3_borghetto_al_valeggio.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbWtnca6HI/AAAAAAAAAbk/-AxX-d4CBv0/s1600-h/6_borghetto_al_valeggio.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379222884111280242" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbWtnca6HI/AAAAAAAAAbk/-AxX-d4CBv0/s200/6_borghetto_al_valeggio.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;After lunch we took a walk along the river, we went over the B&lt;strong&gt;ridge Visconti&lt;/strong&gt; and then, from &lt;strong&gt;Park Segurtà&lt;/strong&gt;, we went up to the &lt;strong&gt;Castle Scaligero&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbXFaLnz2I/AAAAAAAAAbs/ixTFnJCd3iU/s1600-h/2_borghetto_al_valeggio_ponte-visconteo.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379223292868022114" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbXFaLnz2I/AAAAAAAAAbs/ixTFnJCd3iU/s200/2_borghetto_al_valeggio_ponte-visconteo.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbXPOJmrTI/AAAAAAAAAb0/lLdkuHwm1Ng/s1600-h/12_borghetto_al_valeggio_castello_scaligero.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379223461437025586" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbXPOJmrTI/AAAAAAAAAb0/lLdkuHwm1Ng/s200/12_borghetto_al_valeggio_castello_scaligero.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Around 5 p.m. o'clock we drove back on the way to &lt;strong&gt;Verona&lt;/strong&gt;. Once parked, we took an ice cream and made a stop at &lt;strong&gt;Piazza Bra&lt;/strong&gt;, the square in front of the &lt;strong&gt;Arena&lt;/strong&gt;. We checked which was our entry to the Arena and after that we made a walk and see &lt;strong&gt;Piazza dell Erbe&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Ponte Pietra&lt;/strong&gt;, one of the bridges which are over the &lt;strong&gt;Adige&lt;/strong&gt; river, &lt;strong&gt;Piazza Signori&lt;/strong&gt; and, of course, &lt;strong&gt;Juliet's balcony.&lt;/strong&gt; By the way, in the building in front of the house of Juliet there is a Relais de Charme called &lt;a href="http://www.sognodigiulietta.it/"&gt;Il sogno di Giulietta&lt;/a&gt; (The Dream of Juliet). It should be very romantic. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbXvrgsZiI/AAAAAAAAAb8/lLZgU_45cAk/s1600-h/2_verona_fiume_adige.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379224019074311714" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbXvrgsZiI/AAAAAAAAAb8/lLZgU_45cAk/s200/2_verona_fiume_adige.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbX5IuHflI/AAAAAAAAAcE/nXtMTtb0miY/s1600-h/6_verona_casa_di_giulietta.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379224181534064210" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbX5IuHflI/AAAAAAAAAcE/nXtMTtb0miY/s200/6_verona_casa_di_giulietta.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;At 8 p.m. after eating some pizza and fruit salad we went to the Arena where we waited until 9:25 pm the concert started. The Arena was nearly sold out, the atmosphere like that of a rock concert, the location very attractive and he, Giovanni Allevi, was gorgeous, as always, especially when he played his compositions for piano solo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbYnWeMUcI/AAAAAAAAAcM/lnIa_p_TfII/s1600-h/100_0515.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379224975499350466" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbYnWeMUcI/AAAAAAAAAcM/lnIa_p_TfII/s200/100_0515.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbYwUD_t6I/AAAAAAAAAcU/UCde-jK-2Cw/s1600-h/100_0523.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379225129471424418" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbYwUD_t6I/AAAAAAAAAcU/UCde-jK-2Cw/s200/100_0523.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Next day I returned to Siena very happy for this short trip and... thinking about the next :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Amina&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-5576617665848053475?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/5576617665848053475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=5576617665848053475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5576617665848053475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/5576617665848053475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/09/italy-trips-delta-po-borghetto-verona.html' title='Italy trips: Delta Po - Borghetto - Verona'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SqbVvjyeSiI/AAAAAAAAAbE/Gr6EQw9VEzk/s72-c/100_0509.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1478626026903118288</id><published>2009-08-15T17:15:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:46:49.177+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tuscany trips'/><title type='text'>Tuscany trips: Garfagnana</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobRzlrPThI/AAAAAAAAAVw/8o4wLjWYQl4/s1600-h/toscana_libro.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370210289902898706" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobRzlrPThI/AAAAAAAAAVw/8o4wLjWYQl4/s320/toscana_libro.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 204px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 180px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you have already been at Borgo Grondaie you know that at the Hall, near the internet point, there is a bookrack with a book entitled &lt;strong&gt;'Toscana, Places of harmony'&lt;/strong&gt; which was giv&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobRivfH1xI/AAAAAAAAAVo/upbM-J2njCE/s1600-h/toscana_libro.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;en us by Antonella and Caterina, the instructors of &lt;a href="http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-activity-at-borgo.html"&gt;Nordic Walking&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;In this book there are wonderful pictures taken by Andrea Bonfanti.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Every day I had a look at this book when I was at work looking for some new places to visit in Tuscany and... &lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;every time I was impressed by a picture of a Medieval bridge situated in a village called &lt;strong&gt;Borgo a Mozzano&lt;/strong&gt; that is a little bit far from Siena, about two hours and half but... just a week ago I had the opportunity to go there and verify if this bridge was so beautiful like in the picture and it is indeed. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I went there with Mauro, a friend of Borgo Grondaie who every year come from Adria, a town in Veneto, to visit us. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobS64JD13I/AAAAAAAAAV4/YFRgMwjAsoQ/s1600-h/6_borgo_a_mozzano.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370211514630526834" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobS64JD13I/AAAAAAAAAV4/YFRgMwjAsoQ/s320/6_borgo_a_mozzano.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Before to leave we checked directions on Google maps but at the end of our trip we realized that they were not so good. On &lt;a href="http://www.viamichelin.com/"&gt;Michelin&lt;/a&gt; there were better directions. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Anyway.... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;We took the &lt;strong&gt;freeway&lt;/strong&gt; from Siena to Florence, then took the 3rd exit onto the &lt;strong&gt;E35 &lt;/strong&gt;ramp to &lt;strong&gt;Firenze/Bologna/A11/Pisa Nord&lt;/strong&gt;, merged onto &lt;strong&gt;A1 /E35&lt;/strong&gt;, took the exit onto &lt;strong&gt;A11/E76&lt;/strong&gt; toward &lt;strong&gt;E80/Genova/Pisa Nord/A12/Livorno&lt;/strong&gt; and took the exit Capannori BUT we suggest you to take exit &lt;strong&gt;Lucca&lt;/strong&gt; and then the &lt;strong&gt;SP12&lt;/strong&gt; toward Borgo a Mozzano. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we arrived we left the car at the beginning of the village, went downtown by walk till the end of that where on the right side we found the Bridge &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobUhLw8lxI/AAAAAAAAAWA/gf-OABGk3H4/s1600-h/100_0417.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SoeZ9myuH8I/AAAAAAAAAWg/hj5BKQ2tmV8/s1600-h/100_0417.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370430364326961090" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SoeZ9myuH8I/AAAAAAAAAWg/hj5BKQ2tmV8/s320/100_0417.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;of the Maddalena, probably dating from the 14th century. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Re-christened by popular fantasy &lt;strong&gt;the Devil’s Bridge&lt;/strong&gt;, it spans the Serchio with four arches of different breadth and height. According to legend, it was the devil who complited its construction in exchange for the soul of the first person to cross it. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It worth a visit, believe me!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;In the village there is nothing special to see but the Bridge is really suggestive. We went over that, bought some snacks at the Bar near the Restaurant located at the bottom of the Bridge and sat down in the garden seats to admire the scenic view all around. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobVnhnof1I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/ueTwwOLA2mM/s1600-h/22_barga.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370214480702111570" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobVnhnof1I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/ueTwwOLA2mM/s320/22_barga.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Looking in the map for another place to visit nearby Borgo a Mozzano, Mauro saw that we were very close to &lt;strong&gt;Barga&lt;/strong&gt;, a village well known to the italians because a famous italian poet of the last century, &lt;strong&gt;Giovanni Pascoli&lt;/strong&gt;, was inspired by the sound of the clock tower of the cathedral bell in writing the poem &lt;strong&gt;'L'ora a Barga'&lt;/strong&gt; (the hour at Barga).&lt;br /&gt;To reach this village from Borgo a Mozzano we took again the SP12. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobVVZSdq3I/AAAAAAAAAWI/i9LNP9YxeVE/s1600-h/25_barga.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370214169228192626" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobVVZSdq3I/AAAAAAAAAWI/i9LNP9YxeVE/s320/25_barga.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It is a Medieval town clinging to a terrace on the left of the&lt;strong&gt; Serchio&lt;/strong&gt;. It is a picturesque labyrinth of narrow streets and lanes called 'carraie' (because they are like tiers) converging toward the broad grassy square of Ardingo, at the top of the village, on which rises the &lt;strong&gt;Duomo&lt;/strong&gt;, of late Medieval origin but continuously renovated over the centuries.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I liked very much this village. We walked all around, took some pictures and then stopped for dinner at a &lt;strong&gt;restaurant&lt;/strong&gt; located outside the walls and called &lt;strong&gt;'Il Ponte'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobWDLhd5kI/AAAAAAAAAWY/EA6QKX-iudM/s1600-h/ilaria_del_carretto.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370214955807008322" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobWDLhd5kI/AAAAAAAAAWY/EA6QKX-iudM/s320/ilaria_del_carretto.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I definitively suggest this trip to those who stay at Borgo Grondaie for more days and decide to visit Lucca and its countryside or also to those who stop in Lucca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lucca is a wonderful town, famous for its square-shaped ellipse, its walls and its churchs including that of San Martino where you can admire the &lt;strong&gt;sculpture&lt;/strong&gt; of &lt;strong&gt;Ilaria del Carretto&lt;/strong&gt; made by &lt;strong&gt;Jacopo della Quercia&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Amina&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1478626026903118288?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1478626026903118288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1478626026903118288' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1478626026903118288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1478626026903118288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/08/trip-nearby-lucca.html' title='Tuscany trips: Garfagnana'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SobRzlrPThI/AAAAAAAAAVw/8o4wLjWYQl4/s72-c/toscana_libro.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-718612092524794281</id><published>2009-07-29T13:14:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T19:47:55.435+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our guests'/><title type='text'>WONDERFUL PHOTOS</title><content type='html'>I would like to suggest everybody exp. who loves photos to visit this web site&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.howardsteinbergphotography.com/"&gt;http://www.howardsteinbergphotography.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had the pleasure...&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt; to know Mr. Steinberg during his holiday in Siena at Borgo Grondaie. You will stay brethless in front of his works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simply fantastic!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gaia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-718612092524794281?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/718612092524794281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=718612092524794281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/718612092524794281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/718612092524794281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/07/wonderful-photos.html' title='WONDERFUL PHOTOS'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1821182339344514522</id><published>2009-04-08T10:10:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T19:48:20.234+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our guests'/><title type='text'>Susan and Kathleen</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SdxjIbxytUI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eeSk2xIG3TY/s1600-h/susan1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322237856191788354" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SdxjIbxytUI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eeSk2xIG3TY/s200/susan1.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 134px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SdxgEygCqaI/AAAAAAAAAVY/Fly5NM7h6Jk/s1600-h/susan.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322234495036991906" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SdxgEygCqaI/AAAAAAAAAVY/Fly5NM7h6Jk/s200/susan.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 134px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Susan and Kathleen&lt;br /&gt;the new Thelma and Louise&lt;br /&gt;They arrive at the Borgo with thousands of questions about things to do but soon they got used to the Italian way of living. They spent their time...&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt; relaxing and enjoing wine.&lt;br /&gt;I cannot write here their experience with our masseur but when they told me I couldn't stop laughing.&lt;br /&gt;They spent two days at the &lt;a href="http://www.scuoladicucinadilella.net/"&gt;cooking school &lt;/a&gt;and I hope they menage to organize an Italian party at home.&lt;br /&gt;We love them becouse all day they had a new adventure to tell us and they had so much enthusiasm in eveything they do.&lt;br /&gt;Dear Thelma ans Louise hope to see you soon at the Borgo with all suitcases.... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1821182339344514522?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1821182339344514522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1821182339344514522' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1821182339344514522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1821182339344514522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/04/susan-and-kathleen.html' title='Susan and Kathleen'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SdxjIbxytUI/AAAAAAAAAVg/eeSk2xIG3TY/s72-c/susan1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-1261860746163750589</id><published>2009-03-10T20:56:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:47:36.116+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our guests'/><title type='text'>DEAR MIGUEL: WE MISS YOU</title><content type='html'>Going on with articles about our dear guests/friends Amina and I have decided that this is Mr. Ferrer turn. A Spanish (I know that he will become crazy as I ‘ve written Spanish and not Castigliano….but I don’t know how the English translation is…….) wonderful person that loves so much the Palio race to come every year to see on August the traditional Siena horse race.&lt;br /&gt;I can say THERE IS NO PALIO ON AUGUST IF FERRER IS NOT AT THE BORGO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I cannot say when... &lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;it was the first time he came. When Amina and I speak about him the sun comes out. He makes us laugh and his gentle cares to us are the good start of a long work day.&lt;br /&gt;I always says to Amina that she has to find a Castillian (now I have searched on internet the right translation) guy. She always laugh and says that I’m stupid. But my dear Miguel who do you think can stand Amina if not a Castillan man? A Saint???? Not on this life(Amina will kill me).&lt;br /&gt;I think that it’s about 3 years that Mr. Ferrer comes to Siena with his young and nice fiancée. She could seem a little shy at first sight but on 2008 we had the pleasure to have a dinner all together and she is fantastic….the perfect person for Miguel.&lt;br /&gt;Dear Miguel we wait for your reservation with impatience and if the crisis strikes you, too…. please come for free……you cannot wait to see you walking around with your TIN TIN t-shirt and above all we have lots of restaurants to discover together. There is nothing better to join a good meal with good friend&lt;br /&gt;WE MISS YOU&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Gaia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-1261860746163750589?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/1261860746163750589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=1261860746163750589' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1261860746163750589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/1261860746163750589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/2009/03/dear-miguel-we-miss-you.html' title='DEAR MIGUEL: WE MISS YOU'/><author><name>Borgo Grondaie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01658444415257222432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dbHtcHSazfk/SEmKcOH300I/AAAAAAAAAAw/J27XGimNUGY/S220/logo.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508464136389894235.post-2629522129857964348</id><published>2009-03-04T15:34:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T12:47:57.504+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our guests'/><title type='text'>THE PASTRCK</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;We want to begin a series of articles dedicated to special persons.&lt;br /&gt;We met them by chance, they came to Italy for their holiday and we were lucky that they chose Borgo Grondaie for their stop in Siena.&lt;br /&gt;Vickie and Ron are fantastic. We met them...&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt; the first time on summer 2006. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Very few time I found persons with a so strong joy of living. You feel immediately comfortable speaking with them as an old friend that you meet after years. They love Italy and they love Bocelli. I think that Vickie loves more Bocelli than Ron does……They combined their tour trough Italy with a Bocelli’s concert. One morning Vickie came to me asking for a place that I never heard in my life. At the beginning I thought they were searching for a winery as most are located all around the Chianti and Brunello area outside the main villages. At the end I discover that they were searching for the place where Bocelli was born. She began to tell me how they love Bocelli and how they love Italy, too. I looked at her and I was so envious. They both were so excited to discover all things that I had every day under my nose but for which I never paid too much attention. They were enthusiasts for everything and their joy recharged us for days.&lt;br /&gt;They left us with the promise to come back but US is not round the corner and I though that probably it would have passed years before seeing them again. But on 2007 they came back and I was pregnant. Vickie promised me gifts for my baby and as she always keep her world she sent me a big box with lots of gifts. We heard them for Christmas wishes and they are already planning to come back…..can’t wait to see them again.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;by Gaia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6508464136389894235-2629522129857964348?l=borgogrondaie.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://borgogrondaie.blogspot.com/feeds/2629522129857964348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6508464136389894235&amp;postID=2629522129857964348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2629522129857964348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6508464136389894235/posts/default/2629522129857964348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href
