by Cortona Mia | Dec 17, 2019 | Blog in English |
Franco Franceschi University of Siena Abstract An ancient Etruscan settlement located in the Valdichiana, along the border between Tuscany and Umbria, Cortona has attracted renewed interest over the last two decades among historians of the Middle Ages...
by Cortona Mia | Sep 18, 2019 | Blog in English |
“An interesting post blog from a former expat, photographer, dog mom and pizza connoisseur. While living in Italy, I started Petite Suitcase to inspire travelers through sharing destination guides and travel tips.” As impossible as it is to choose, Cortona...
by Cortona Mia | Dec 4, 2016 | Blog in English |
The Italian town of Cortona, 70 miles south east of Florence, is a standard-issue slice of Tuscan loveliness, with hilltop location, picturesquely crumbling palazzi and alfresco antipasti, not to mention the Britons in Boden scanning estate agents’ windows. What’s...
by Cortona Mia | May 20, 2015 | Blog in English |
European travel: A grand tour of Italy From “Herald Sun” Magazine Beyond olive groves and vineyards, tall pines stretch graciously across the plains. Swallows swirl over red-tiled rooftops, church towers vie with cypresses as focal points, and broad fields merge into...
by Cortona Mia | Feb 28, 2013 | Blog in English |
The hill town of Cortona rises above the Val di Chiana, its white marble and stonework reflecting the sun like some great beacon. This Etruscan town’s origins actually predate recorded history, but its storied existence has long been a focus of commerce, pilgrimage,...
by Cortona Mia | Jun 25, 2010 | Blog in English |
IT was love at first sight. Henry James was 26 when he crossed the border from Switzerland and made his way, on foot, down into Italy — “warm & living & palpable,” as he wrote ecstatically to his sister on Aug. 31, 1869. The romance kindled that day lasted...
