"Flowers pink, peach flowers" ... so sang the never forgotten Lucio Battisti. And immediately come to mind throughout the spring and the awakening of nature in what is perhaps the most beautiful season. With the arrival of the first spring warmth is there to record that we are also coming to Easter, imminent. Sunday, April 4th it will be celebrated throughout the Catholic world the most important religious festival, in addition to Christmas.
In so many take advantage of a few days off to spend out of town, with friends or relatives. The choices range far destination. We propose you to go and make
Easter holidays in Siena, no doubt a winning idea. So much to see in the beautiful and ancient Tuscan city. Among other initiatives such as ...
Architects in Siena. Testimonies of the Municipal Library in the fifteenth and eighteenth century
If you are the first days of April in Siena, take the chance to go to the Municipal Library Intronati, where until the 12th of the month it staged an interesting exhibition that will allow you to take a fascinating journey through the Sienese architectural culture for centuries, fundamental its history, namely those ranging from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, including manuscripts, prints, drawings and engravings. The exhibition is free.
Cinema Portraits
Last days in Pienza for another doc event: "Portraits of cinema" that is a way to make a fitting tribute to the art of Carlantonio Longi, who was one of the most famous Italian film poster designers and illustrators in the years between 1945 and 1970. Until 11 April at Auditorium of St. Gregory will be exhibited seventy works by Longi, thirty years after his death. Between prints and drafts, who loves the cinemawill find a new way to enhance it, with faces that have shaped the history of cinema, from Totò to Magnani, from John Wayne in Sofia Loren.
The Dream of the Middle Ages
After months of exposure, also the exhibition "The dream of the Middle Ages" is closing its doors. May 2 is the last day of the museum complex of Santa Maria della Scala will be exposed to the twelve flags of the nineteenth century representing twelve of seventeen Contrade, all from the Museum Stibbert in Florence after a long and painstaking restoration work. An ideal appointment for reliving the myth of the Middle Ages in a land that boasts a unique historical prestige,
Perhaps no better way to greet the arrival of spring, it isn't?
Easter holidays in Siena will certainly in the drawer of your best memories, but there's not much time left to think ...
bed & breakfasts and Siena hotels record turnouts as always record, especially in this period. So .. hurry up and ... Happy Easter!