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Bargellini Piero
- Address: Palazzo Bargellini Via delle Pinzochere 3 50122 Firenze Tel. +39 055 241724
- Visiting Hours: su prenotazione
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Palazzo Bargellini - Firenze
...The XVI century Palazzo Da Cepparello (later called “dei Da Verrazzano” and in the XIX century “dei Casamorata”), close in style to the type of buildings done by Giuliano da Sangallo and by Baccio d'Agnolo, was purchased in 1946 by the writer -
Barrett Elizabeth e Browning Robert
- Address: Piazza San Felice 8 50123 Firenze Tel. +39 347 6968528
- Visiting Hours: April through November, Monday – Wednesday – Friday, 3:00 – 6:00 pm
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Casa Guidi - Florence
...The marriage of Robert Browning to Elizabeth Barrett was carried out secretly in 1846, because of her father’s strong objections. The Brownings reached Florence when Elizabeth had already reached fame as a poetess, while her husband, who was several years -
Boccaccio Giovanni
- Address: via Boccaccio 18 50052 Certaldo (FI) Tel. +39 0571 664208
- Visiting Hours: Summer period (from April 1st to October 31st): - open every day 10.00 / 13.00 - 14.30 / 19.00; Winter period (from 1st November to 31st March): - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10.00 / 13.00 - 14.30 / 16.30 - Saturday, Sunday 10.00 / 13.00 - 14.30 / 17.30 - Closed on Tuesday
- Website: Casa Boccaccio
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Certaldo (Firenze)
...Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 – 1375), along with Dante and Petrarch, is considered the initiator of the Italian Literature. His works are many, the most important being The Decameron, a frame narrative of 100 novellas. Its taste for adventure and -
Carducci Giosuè (Castagneto Carducci)
- Address: Via Giosuè Carducci, 59, 57022 Castagneto Carducci LI 320/7690079
- Visiting Hours:
January-February-November-December: Saturday and Sunday from 10.00 to 13.00 and from 15.00 to 18.00
March-April-October: Every day from 10.00 to 13.00 and from 15.00 to 18.00; closed on Mondays
May-September: Every day from 10.00 to 13.00 and from 16.00 to 19.00; closed on Mondays
June-July-August: Every day from 10am to 1.30pm and from 4pm to 8pm. No midweek closures
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(Castagneto Carducci - Livorno)
...The Carducci House in Castagneto was to host the famous Nobel prize poet in two different times. The first one in 1848 when his family, fleeing from Bolgheri, lived in this house for about a year and a half. Giosue’s father was a doctor and also a revolutionary man, being a fervid republican
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Carducci Giosuè (Santa Maria a Monte)
- Address: Casa Carducci Via Carducci 29 - 56020 S.Maria a Monte (PI) tel. +39 0587 261632
- Visiting Hours: Monday closed Tuesday 3pm - 6pm Wednesday 10 am - 1pm Thursday 3pm - 6pm Friday 10am - 1pm Saturday 10am - 1pm Saturday afternoon and Sunday by reservation
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Santa Maria a Monte (Pisa)
...Giosue’ Carducci (Valdicastello 1835 – Bologna 1907) was one of the most famous and admired poets of the Italian Ottocento. He actively participated in the cultural life of his times as critic, scholar, and professor. Carducci was awarded the -
Carducci Giosuè (Valdicastello)
- Address: Via Valdicastello Loc. Valdicastello Carducci 55045 Pietrasanta (LU) tel. +39 0584 795500
- Visiting Hours: Tuesdays 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Saturdays and Sundays 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Summer hours Tues.-Sun. 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Free entrance | Not accessible
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Casa natale - Valdicastello Pietrasante (Lucca)
...Giosue Carducci, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1906, was born in Valdicastello of Pietrasanta on July 27th, 1835. His father, after having worked in -
Datini Francesco
Palazzo Datini (Prato)
...The Palazzo takes its name from Francesco di Marco Datini, a merchant of Prato that lived in the late XIV and early XV century. On August 16, 1410 Francesco di Marco Datini died in the house in Prato without leaving heirs, leaving all of his possessions -
Firenzuola Agnolo
- Address: Piazza Agnolo Firenzuola 1 59021 VAIANO (PO) Tel. +39 0574 989022
- Visiting Hours:
Saturday 4:00 – 7:00 pm;
Sunday 10:00– 12:00 am and 4:00 – 7:00 pm;
all other days upon booking by telephone with the museum curator, +39 328 6938733 - Website:
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Badia di S. Salvatore - Vaiano (Prato)
...Agnolo Firenzuola was born in Florence in 1493, earned his degree in Perugia and then entered into the Vallombrosian Order. He was often in Rome and befriended some of the major men of letters of that period, among which Pietro -
Maraini Fosco (Molazzana LU)
- Address: Maraini’s House Museum at Pasquìgliora - 55020 Molazzana (Lucca)
- Website: Comune Molazzana
- Contact: Segreteria comunale
Maraini’s House Museum at Pasquìgliora (Molazzana, Lucca)
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Montanelli Indro
- Address: Fondazione Montanelli Bassi Via San Giorgio 2 C.P. n.190 50054 Fucecchio (FI) Tel e fax +39 0571-22627
- Visiting Hours: During the summer: July: Library: open to the public on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the morning, from 09.00am till 1.00pm Indro Montanelli's Rooms: open on Saturdays and Sundays from 3.00pm until 7.00pm August: The Library and Indro Montanelli's Rooms will be closed. Opening will be available upon request by contacting 3281289087 From September onwards: Library and Indro Montanelli's Rooms will be open to the public on Tuesadys, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 3.00pm until 7.00pm
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Palazzo della Volta - Fucecchio (Firenze)
...The Montanelli Bassi Foundation was constituted by will of Indro Montanelli in 1987. It is located in Fucecchio, in the ancient Palazzo della Volta, in the place where Montanelli’s ancestors lived in medieval times. They were part of the -
Pascoli Giovanni (Castelvecchio Pascoli)
- Address: via Caprona 6 55020 Castelvecchio Pascoli (LU) Tel e fax 0583 766147 / Tel e fax 0583 724759 (ufficio musei Comune di Barga), Tel 0583 724743 (urp)
- Visiting Hours: 1 Ottobre - 31 Marzo: martedì 14.00 - 17.15, da mercoledì a domenica 09.30-13.00 / 14.30-17.15 1 Aprile - 30 Settembre: martedì ore 15.30 - 18.45, da mercoledì a domenica 10.30-13.00 / 15.00-18.45
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Musei Serchio
Comune Barga
Provincia Lucca - Contact: biblioteca
Castelvecchio Pascoli (Lucca)
...Giovanni Pascoli (San Mauro di romagna, 31/12/1855 – Bologna, 06/04/1912) was one of the leading poets of the italian decadent, and one of the most representative figures of the Italian literature in late 1800 and early 1900.
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Sassetti Filippo
- Address: Villa del Mulinaccio Via Masso all'Anguilla 59021 Vaiano (PO) Tel. +39 0574 942476
- Visiting Hours: Except for events and exhibits, it is open Saturday upon booking: tel. +39 0574/942428 (City Offices) or +39 0574/942476 (Vaiano Tourist Office).
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Villa del Mulinaccio - Vaiano (Prato)
...The Villa del Mulinaccio, home dedicated to the memory of Filippo Sassetti, was recently purchased in its principle nucleus by the City of Vaiano, which immediately began to enhance its value from an historic and architectural
