Christmas events in Siena
Posted by admin in Archive, Events, Handicraft on 02. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
The Senese calendar is very rich in December: Christmas is coming and now it’s time to looking for presents and plan holidays, perhaps booking a travel to this nice Tuscan town. In occasion of festivity, Siena schedules during all the month special events, concerts, shows, guided tours and entertainment for all, so tourists and Senese people [...]
The traditional trades in Poggibonsi
Posted by admin in Archive, Handicraft on 12. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
When we visit ancient Medieval towns that keep an unaltered architectural style and a unique feeling like Siena, often we think about the lifestyle of the inhabitants during the centuries and how we could discover now those crafts that don’t exist any more. If you go to Poggibonsi next weekend, it will be possible to [...]
Top quality Senese products at Market in Piazza del Campo
Posted by admin in Archive, Events, Handicraft on 18. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Do you want to know how a medieval market was, an essential meeting point for commerce and relationship? In Siena, the next 4th and 5th of December, it will be possible to live the same atmosphere, just in Piazza del Campo, where was the weekly market in XIII century. Here will be “Il Mercato nel [...]
Handicrafts and Siena: The Art of Terracotta
Posted by admin in Archive, Handicraft on 16. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Siena, together with Orvieto and Faenza, is one of the most important areas in central Italy for the production of ceramics, especially the traditional brick-red terracotta made from the clay soils extracted from the surrounding hills. The first remains can be traced to the mid 1200′s but the most important development of this industry was [...]
Craftsmanship in Siena: the art of glass-making
Posted by admin in Archive, Handicraft on 19. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
The art of glass-making in Tuscany has been practiced since Etruscan time with a characteristic production of small ampulle for both domestic use and for worship. From the XIII century, Tuscany played an important role in glass-making both in Italy and in Europe. Glasses and bottles were frequently featured in paintings of that period and [...]
