WORDS BY JAMES BENTLEY AND
PHOTOGRAPHS BY HUGH PALMER
The final section takes us to the southern parts of
Toscana such as: Cetona, Radicofani, Sovana, Arcidosso, Abbadia San Salvatore,
Saturnia, Pitigliano, Montemerano, Magliano in Toscana, Populonia and
Ansedonia.
We learn that Pienza was once called "the Pearl of
the Renaissance" because of its high concentration of palaces and churches
in such a small village.
The sumptuous book takes us to Monterchi, where Piero
della Fracesca's gorgeous Madonna del Porto once decorated the tiny cemetery
chapel.
The author and photographer transport the reader to San
Gimignano, where the medieval towers have ruled over the town's square and
streets for centuries.
THAMES HUDSON BOOKS -- $26.95
TUSCANY BOOK REVIEW CONTINUES
TOMORROW -- SEPTEMBER 26
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