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Picture 1 : The Cathedral


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Picture 2: The arcades.


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Picture 3: Details from the Cathedral.

 

Modena

Modena (then Mutina) was proclaimed a Roman colony in 183 B.C. and has been since a lively city. Due to its strategic geographical position, in a flatland quite close to several amusing cities, such as Florence, Bologna, Milano, Parma, Venice, it is a good starting point for daytrips or longer stays.

The city itself has a sound historical tradition and heritage: its cup of tea is the 12-century Cathedral with its leaning tower Ghirlandina (UNESCO World Heritage); but there is more to see: the Estense Gallery, several churches, museums and buildings, the characteristic arcades.

In Modena you can stroll in the city centre, going shopping, visiting the beautiful food market, or you can go for a walk or some activity in the parks; you can have meals with friends enjoying the typical Emilia's cousine, such as lasagne, tagliatelle, gnocco fritto or tigelle, balsamic vinegar, and a glass of Lambrusco. Concerts, ballets and plays are regularly offered in the city's theatres (Storchi, delle Passioni, Michelangelo), the most ancient of which, Teatro Comunale, bears the name of Modena's most famous citizen Luciano Pavarotti.

For those who are in love with Ferrari cars and posh cars there is a lot to see in the so-called Motor Valley, as the Ferrari museum in Maranello.


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What to see

In Piazza Grande è situato il Duomo, il più pregevole monumento della città, capolavoro dell’architettura romanica europe dell' XI-XII secolo. Le tre absidi che lo compongono e la torre campanaria, nota col nome di Ghirlandina, costituiscono un insieme monumentale suggestivo.

Il Palazzo Comunale si affaccia sulla piazza Grande e accorpa gli edifici medioevali. Ospita, al suo interno, la Secchia rapita, sottratta dai modenesi ai bolognesi nella battaglia di Zappolino nel 1325.

La trecentesca chiesa di San Agostino, trasformata nel corso della seconda metà del Seicento. Conserva, al suo interno, una Deposizione dalla Croce di Antonio Begarelli e una Madonna col bambino di Tommaso da Modena.

Interessante è il Palazzo dei Musei, edificio di epoca settecentesca, che ospita la Galleria Estense, una fra le collezioni d'arte più ricche d’Europa, e la Biblioteca Estense, struttura di grande prestigio che conserva migliaia di preziosi testi.

Di rilievo è anche il Museo Lapidario Estense, fondato nel 1828 per volere del duca Alessandro IV d'Austria, nato per conservare il grande patrimonio archeologico classico della regione.

Da non perdere è Il Museo Civico di Storia e Arte Medievale e Moderna che raccoglie oggetti d’arte sacra. Non mancano oggetti antichi della vita quotidiana di un tempo come strumenti musicali, armi, medaglie e tessuti. Nella Galleria Campoli molto belli sono i dipinti.

 
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Picture 4: Lungarni


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Picture 5: The Cathedral

 

Pisa

Comune di Pisa

Official Tourism Website for Pisa Province


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Piazza dei Miracoli, with its world-famous Leaning Tower, is the hub of the prized artistic and architectural offerings. The Cathedral and the further along Baptistry

To round off the artistic delights of the square are the Museo delle Sinopie, housing the preliminary drawings of the frescoes of the Monumental Cemetery, and the Museo dell’Opera with its vast collection of sculptures, paintings and ancient relics.
The allure of the Lungarni has featured in works by such authors as Byron, Shelley, Montesquieu, Leopardi, Carducci, D’Annunzio and Foscolo.

The Renaissance-style Piazza dei Cavalieri and Palazzo dei Cavalieri (also called Palazzo della Carovana) with its majestic façade.

The street of Borgo Stretto once united two bridges that allowed passage on the waterways Auser (today Serchio), to the north of the city, and Arno to the south. This is where the Church of San Michele in Borgo is located, an example of the rich patrimony of Pisan churches

(Excerpts from http://www.pisaunicaterra.it)

 

 

 
Lecce

Picture 6: The Cathedral


Lecce

Picture 7: The Cathedral

 

Lecce

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Lecce is marked by its own Baroque style called Leccese in Italian, which can be found in all the monumental buildings of the city. The style is characterized by a particular richness and exuberance in its decorations which seem to want to hide the buildings rather than decorate them. The practical flair and conceptual creativity of Lecce’s master sculptors found an easy application thanks to the use of a particular material, pietra leccese, or poor man’s marble, a tuffaceous stone, particularly soft and easy to work but which hardens over time. According to tradition to protect the worked stones for atmospheric agents they were soaked in cow milk before being applied to buildings.
Lecce has an enormous architectural and artistic heritage, so much so that the city was also called the “Florence of the South” or “Pearl of the Salento”, visiting it means being surrounded by an open air museum, where pietra leccese is the common denominator of buildings, churches and fortifications. Of the city’s many churches, all very beautiful and of great artistic interest, the Basilica of Santa Croce is worth seeing. Its construction began in 1353 but was almost immediately stopped due to the death of its financer. It took more than two centuries resume the work which was finally completed in 1699. The Duomo stands in the older part of the city which together with the Bishop’s residence, Seminary and Bell Tower sit on the centrally located charming Piazza Duomo.

(Excerpts from http://www.viaggiareinpuglia.it/at/112/comune/285/en/Lecce-(Lecce))


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