Tuscany Villas, Italy

Tuscany is one of Italy's world famous regions. Tuscany, stunning landscapes from the mountains to the sea. Tuscany has beautiful towns with museums, cathedrals, historical buildings and the renowned Florence, Pisa, Siena and more. Tuscany is full of ancient Etruscan and Roman ruins.

Medieval Tuscany is still visible with small walled towns which are a testimony to the Middle Ages.

Appennino, mountain system runs the entire length of the Italian peninsula. It extends south c.840 mi (1,350 km) from the Cadibona Pass in Liguria, NW Italy, where the Apennines join with the Ligurian Alps, to the Strait of Messina and even the moutains of Sicily are a southwest continuation of the system. The Apennines are widest around 80 miles in the central section, which also contains the highest peaks, Mt. Corno (9,560 ft/2,914 m high) and Mt. Amaro (9,170 ft/2,795 m high). However, in general the peaks are much lower. The central and southern Apennines have mineral springs, crater lakes, fumaroles, and volcanoes (Vesuvius and Etna, are still active).

Florence spreads down the Arno Valley and onto the hills north and south of the city. The Piazza del Duomo is the site of the Duomo itself and the neighbouring Baptistry . This is the central area of Florence and has the best-preserved medieval sections. South of the duomo is Florence's outstanding sculpture gallery, the Bargello . The huge Piazza della Signoria at some 300m south of the duomo, is overlooked by the Palazzo Vecchio and the famous picture gallery of the Uffizi.

Livorno is 18km southwest of Pisa and Tuscany's third largest city. The remaining old parts of the city reveal a network of picturesque canals and hump-backed bridges with lively streetlife and top-quality seafood .

Lucca is 17km northeast of Pisa and is the lovely Tuscan provincial capitals, set within a Renaissance wall fronted by gardens and large bastions. The city lies at the heart of one of Italy's richest agricultural regions, and it has prospered since Roman times and was known for its silk trade.

Pisa is best known for the "Leaning Tower" which has to be seen. The toweris just a single part of Pisa's breathtaking Campo dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles), where the Duomo, Baptistry and Camposanto with a dazzling architectural ensemble.

These along with the churches and palazzi scatter around the historic centre and belong to Pisa's "Golden Age" which was from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries, when the city was one of the maritime powers of the Mediterranean.

Siena is easily walkable from the great central square of the Campo. The city is in thirds with each having a principal thoroughfare, leading out from the Campo. Bustling, shop-lined Via di Città in the Terzo di Città on the southwest; and elegant Banchi di Sopra in the Terzo di Camollia on the north.

Tuscany villas and holiday homes.

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