"An epilogue that marks the history of the young Foligno club because we started - says mister Manni - with the goal of salvation, achieved well in advance at the halfway point and now we are even here playing the play-offs. An unthinkable goal, thanks to the entire team that I have the obligation to thank. Now this epilogue of the season awaits us that we want to honor until we are in the game" ACF FOLIGNO (4-3-3): Tognetti; Santarelli, Grea, Schiaroli, Grassi (12' st Mancini); Panaioli, Ceccuzzi, Settimi (39' st Mattia); Khribech, Di Cato (42' st Maselli), Calderini (32' st Ferrara). Bench: Petrini, M. Cesaretti, G. Nuti, Casali, Zichella. Coach Manni. POGGIBONSI (4-4-2): Baracco; Cecconi, Martucci, Borri (5' pt Poggesi), D'Amato (24' st Pisco); Valori, Marcucci (39' st Boganini), Mazzolli, Bellini; Bigica (24' st Massai), Salvadori (19' st Vitiello). Bench: Pacini, Belli, El Dib, Mignani. Coach Baiano. Referee: From Andria of Nocera Inferiore.Network: 30' st. Khribech.Footnotes: Spectators approximately 200, Corners: 11-3. To return to yesterday's comparison, as mentioned, at the start in turn with Salvadori, Bigica and Bellini created difficulty in the rearguard of theAcf Foligno, a department that promptly manages to stop the forwards of 'Ciccio' Baiano's men. Poggibonsi tries to react but the result does not change. A defeat arrives that is not pleasant but also does not damage the cause of the Giallorossi with salvation in the bag for over a week now. For a Poggibonsi that could have this physiognomy at the start of the match today: Pacini, Cecconi, El Dib, Mazzolli, Borri, Martucci, Boganini, Mignani, Bellini, Bigica, Belli. Other possible entries during the recovery. Of course not only for a sort of May catwalk, but also with a view to the future for what will be the phases of setting up the squad for 2025-2026. not that I was ever actually threatened by tusks in Tuscany The greatest hazards to my well-being were gluttony and stupidity and there was no one to blame for those except me a week in a wine-country villa and a day in Florence finally found a place where the Smart car makes sense I met a just-retired Chrysler worker from Allen Park named Ed Mendrysa who was wearing a Tigers cap and wanted to know if I spoke English a stylish woman in jeans and heels took note of my wife's Michigan Cheerleading shirt as they crossed paths and said as we looked at a map near the cathedral and its mesmerizing Duomo the same shirt caught the eye of a young man who said he had attended a political science seminar in Ann Arbor last summer even if you don't see a lot of Smarts on them as you get close French-made Daimler AG micro-compact that not even Roger Penske where driving is performance art and parking is absurd they fit right in — typically two to a space or 2 ½ if one of them backs in perpendicular to the curb Some of them had ribbons attached for easy identification — sort of like suitcases The last time I'd been in Rome was 29 years ago especially if you blame all of the enormous "X Factor" billboards on Great Britain where the show originated It seemed odd to see Subway shops in the ancestral home of pepperoni and mortadella I was more inclined to drop by the Scholars Lounge Irish Pub: don't we all become more learned after three or four pints of Guinness Roman graffiti is mostly poorly scrawled names so maybe we're the ones who are doing it wrong If you're headed that way, make sure to buy tickets online for major tours like the Colosseum and the Vatican unless you're fond of extremely long lines if you want bobbleheads of the Pope or Michaelangelo's David though we did see a shop called David Leather Factory Outlet scenic historic towns and the fact that 24 hours a day you can see people standing in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa pretending to hold it up while their friends snap their pictures that I slid my VISA card into the wrong slot in a parking-pass dispenser and it disappeared without a burp which has become my favorite name to blurt out loud for no reason was a breezy 20-minute drive from the villa we shared with two old friends and four new ones That was just outside a walled city called San Gimignano where one gelato shop in the main square claimed to be the best in the world and another claimed to be the world champion enough to contemplate moving to Tuscany and opening a gelato shop of my own and I'll hang a sign out front that just says Tuscany’s Renaissance artists depicted every nuance of Chianti Classico’s landscape – the subtle changes in light and shade across its vineyards They would be stunned that Chianti Classico bottles are so randomly ordered on contemporary wine merchants’ shelves Chianti Classico wine labels cannot display the name of their towns of origin Imagine Leonardo da Vinci asking Michaelangelo if he had painted a particular Tuscan townscape and Michaelangelo replying: ‘Yeah But regrettably the law forbids me from telling you exactly which town it was.’ There are nine towns in the Chianti Classico area and in 2015 wine-growers in one of those towns – Panzano – challenged the status quo by adding the name ‘Panzano’ to the front label of their wines leading to discussions at the consorzio level In anticipation of all Chianti Classico producers being able to mention their commune on the bottle label in the not too distant future The town of Poggibonsi on the western edge of Chianti Classico is easily ignored It is an architecturally anonymous midpoint on the rail or motorway journey between the renaissance jewels of Florence and Siena and is home to the merest sliver (0.5%) of Chianti Classico vineyards But its few vines sit on a ridge of usefully stony clay producing satisfyingly proportioned Chianti Classico that benefits from a little time in oak It is worth looking out also for Fattoria di Cinciano A well-managed organic estate that uses seaweed sprays to keep its Sangiovese vines strong Click to see the full article on Decanter Premium>> No part of this publication may be reproduced distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Decanter Only Official Media Partners (see About us) of DecanterChina.com may republish part of the content from the site without prior permission under strict Terms & Conditions. 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Find your Spanish style with Campo Viejo Winemakers’ Blend Limited Edition Boa Mistura An invitation to explore a unique collection of estates, wines and stories Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Why you can trust SCMP{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1020x680/public/d8/images/methode/2019/12/04/e9e65638-fc81-11e9-acf9-cafedce87d15_image_hires_140614.jpg?itok=dA3BMa3D&v=1575439590"}Peta TomlinsonPublished: 2:05pm 4 Dec 2019Whereas once many Hong Kong Island residents might have rarely crossed the harbour the New Territories is now the strategic place to be Expanded MTR lines offer convenient access to Central and the Kowloon East CBD2 but today’s executives are just as likely to commute often across the border – as well as to northern and western areas of the New Territories – to put them within easy reach makes these areas more accessible not just to all parts of Hong Kong but also to mainland cities such as Shenzhen “With projects including the Shenzhen Bay Bridge the Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link (under construction) and the Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point (BCP) the location is strategically transformed,” he says according to the Hong Kong Property Review 2019 most new housing supply – and the variety of units available – is forecast to come from the New Territories Another advantage is quality of living space both inside and surrounding new developments “These locales are less dense comparatively so buyers have more choice in lower-density homes,” Chung says Here's what Venice looked like in the 1300s Venice was once home to some of the world's greatest artists — Michelangelo But the oldest known city view of Venice wasn't sketched by any of them The pen-made drawing is part of a manuscript written by Niccolò da Poggibonsi an Italian pilgrim and Franciscan friar who traveled to and from Jerusalem in an adventurous journey from 1346 to 1350 Niccolò passed through Venice during his pilgrimage and was so inspired by the city's boats churches and buildings that he scribbled them down and put the drawing in his manuscript Related: Photos: Renaissance World Map Sports Magical Creatures This roughly 670-year-old drawing was recently discovered by Sandra Toffolo, a postdoctoral researcher of history at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Toffolo's specialty is Venice during the Renaissance She came across the drawing in May 2019 at the Florence National Central Library while researching her monograph (an in-depth scholarly paper) titled "Describing the City Describing the State," which will be published later this year.  Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox Niccolò described Venice in his manuscript which he likely made after he returned to Italy in 1350 She also noticed a smattering of pinpricks on the original manuscript indicating that the sketch was widely circulated publishers used to make pinpricks in the paper and then sift powder through the holes transferring the outline of the image to a new page "The presence of these pinpricks is a strong indication that this city view was copied," Toffolo said. "Indeed, there are several images in manuscripts and early printed books that are clearly based on the image in the manuscript in Florence." Originally published on Live Science Her work has appeared in The New York Times She has won multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association for her reporting at a weekly newspaper near Seattle Laura holds a bachelor's degree in English literature and psychology from Washington University in St Louis and a master's degree in science writing from NYU Scientific consensus shows race is a human invention May's full 'Flower Moon' will be a micromoon Now the series moves to Bernino in Poggibonsi where the second act will take place on Wednesday 7. For coach Franceschini's team it will be a do-or-die game since the first round will be played as a best of 3 games. Today the picture of the first round matches is completed. At 16 pm at the Palaperucatti the Adviser Asciano by coach Totaro against the Roosters San Giovanni Valdarno. At 18pm instead the game will be played Grosseto-Valbisenzio while at 21pm in Monteroni the simus of coach Rossi, orphaned by the expert Lenardon, faces Montespertoli. On the last day of the regular phase of Regional Division 1 la Paolo Nesi Upholstery Poggibonsi conquers the playoffs thanks to the success on the parquet of the Synergy Valdarno. Franceschini's Giallorossi win 58-72 (Del Cucina 12, Ceccatelli 5, Giorgi 6, Mucci 10, Borgianni 15, Ravenni 1, Testi 3, Figus 3, Maestrini, Juliatto 17) and close the regular season in eighth place. In the playoffs, the Valdelsa team will face the number one seed Virtus Certaldo. Inconsequential victory of the Adviser Asciano for the purposes of the ranking. The Crete team, already certain of second place, beats Jokers Woodshed 77-72 after an overtime (Losigo R, Losigo L 4, Monnecchi 8, Gazzei 5, Becatti 9, Falcai 13, Falchi L, Chierchini 13, Falchi R 13, Casini 7, Lorenzoni 5, Rosati). The team from Crete will face the Roosters San Giovanni Valdarno. POGGIBONSI (4-3-2-1): Pacini; El Dib (69' D'Amato), Martucci, Borri, Cecconi; Bellini. Subs: Baracco, Pisco, Fermi, Fremura. Coach: Baiano. FOLLONICA GAVORRANO (5-3-2): Antonini; Gianneschi (82' Scartabelli), Matteucci, Brunetti, Scattoni, Zona (82' Konday); Bramante, Lo Sicco (68' Marino), Pignat; Arrighini, Giustarini. Subs: Romano, Morelli, Masini, Souare, Tatti, Cret. Coach: Callai. POGGIBONSI: Pacini, Cecconi, Mazzolli, Martucci, Belli (33' st Salvadori), Bigica (33' st Massai), Bellini, Boganini (41' st Marcucci), Valori (28' st Mignani), El Dib (20' st D'Amato), Borri. Subs: Baracco, Pisco, Fermi, Fremura. Coach Baiano. FOLLONICA GAVORRANOSubs: Romano, Morelli, Masini, Souare, Tatti, Cret. Coach Callai. POGGIBONSI (4-2-3-1): Pacini; Cecconi, Borri, Fremura, Palazzesi (46' Seri); Marcucci, Bigica (74' Mazzolli); Bellini. Subs: Baracco, Martucci, Pisco, Lepri. Coach M. Beoni (Calderini disqualified). MONTEVARCHI (4-2-3-1): Conti; Vecchi, Ficini, Franco, Martinelli (78' Bontempi); Saltalamacchia, Sesti, Ciofi; Galastri (52' Tommasini), Orlandi (91' Papini); Priore (88' Casagni). Subs: Testoni, Bigazzi, Farini, Artini, Borgia. Coach Rigucci. Goals: 6' Orlandi, 74' Cecconi, 76' Boganini, 80' Tommasini. Notes: Yellow cards: Bellini, Franco, Vecchi, Saltalamacchia, Orlandi. Mignani sent off in the 93rd minute. "The meeting with the coach Stefano Calderini and with the sporting director Jacopo Galbiati – continues the new Giallorossi player – proved decisive for my entry into Poggibonsi. A suitable environment for obtaining good results, in a tournament which presents more than one top tier realities, clubs that boast a history at the highest levels". It is a Poggibonsi oriented towards which objectives? "We aim first of all to calmly reach the quota to keep our place in the category. Anything more? It will depend on how the season develops." A 'nomination', that of the 2005 class of Siena in the context of the choices to be made by Poggibonsi regarding the Under. Sign in Join now, it's FREE! the region of Tuscany is one of Italy’s top vacation destinations Each of the ten regions of Tuscany has its own unique personality Tuscany is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance with many influential artists and scientists including Leonardo da Vinci Travelers in rural Tuscany have various lodging options often set amid beautiful vineyards or olive groves Roads are narrow and two-lane most of the way as they curve their way through the countryside The best time to visit is during the spring and fall when the temperatures are comfortable and the crowds are not horrendously large Our travel group of six rented a rustic villa in September in the rolling hills of an off-the-beaten-path hamlet called Lucolena Lucolena was named for the ancient castle built there in 1059 located halfway between Florence and Siena is one of the most beautiful parts of Tuscany interspersed with fields of grain and wooded areas Stately cypress trees line the laneways of the wineries which abound in the region The Chianti zone is Tuscany's largest classified wine region and produces some eight million cases each year performs better when it receives direct sunlight which is a benefit of the many hillside vineyards in Tuscany and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano wines are primarily made with Sangiovese grapes whereas the Vernaccia grape is the basis of the white Vernaccia di San Gimignano Tuscany is also known for a dessert wine called Vin Santo made from a variety of the region's grapes a new class of wines known in the trade as "Super Tuscans" emerged based on a Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot which were not native to the region These wines are considered of high quality Here’s a short and incomplete list of must-see places during your tour of Tuscany: excellent museums like Uffizi Gallery and Galleria dell’Accademia the beautiful Duomo Santa Maria Del Fiore cathedral It is famous for its fan-shaped town centre one of Italy’s most recognizable landmarks The medieval walled town of San Gimignano is famous for its 14 towers Cortona became well-known after the release of the book and movie Under the Tuscan Sun Montepulciano is yet another walled city in Tuscany A ristorante is a more formal place to eat with a menu offering multiple courses: antipasti (starter) and offer traditional home-cooked-style dishes the osteria has been the Italian equivalent of an affordable corner pub If you are in the mood for fine cuisine and have a thick wallet (remember that you are paying in Euros worth about a third more than Canadian dollars) here are some Tuscan suggestions Dinner on the patio of Michelin star restaurant Osteria de Passignano located in Gaiole at the Ricasoli Castle and Winery located in the hilltop hamlet of Poggibonsi is named after the year in which the village was founded the cuisine did not ascend to the same level on the occasion we visited Dinner on the terrace at Osteria del Borro a Michelin star restaurant in the thousand year old village of Valdarno in Arrezo region Arnolfo Restaurant in Colle di Val d’Elsa a few miles from San Gimignano and Monteriggioni The service and attention to detail are outstanding and every bite tells you it’s (possibly) worth the stratospheric prices Assistant Editor"}],"headline":"My father never spoke about the war an exquisitely restored 10th-century castle in the wooded hills of Umbria Flames dance in front of the old stone walls a fire blazes in a room full of cut flowers and as you take your seat in the restaurant solemn faces gaze out of oil portraits bathed in the glow of 1930s-inspired part of a range named after the Sienese town where the galvanic plating takes place and conceived by Count Benedikt Bolza in 2012 By this point the count’s parents had bought the 1,500-hectare estate on which they had previously owned a holiday home and"},"children":[]},{"name":"paywall","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":" embarked on selling and restoring the other 49 farmhouses the count returned to Reschio to help them setting up home in the then castle ruins with his Tuscan wife but in 2011 he moved into interiors and furniture as well “The owner of the house I was doing said he’d like to have some beautiful things made and he gave me carte blanche,” he explains because I was able to design pieces for that specific interior.” He came up with three lamps (including the beautiful Claw table lamp with double silk rectangular shade) a converted tobacco factory turned creative hub where Reschio’s 30-strong design team works among the eclectic antiques of the “Dealership” all bought by the count and Donna Nencia from the Parma Antique Fair or online and offered for sale The hotel features a similar whimsical mix with pieces from the BB for Reschio collection — now 31 furniture items 12 lamps and 10 accessories — providing a unifying thread The count’s design pieces also populate some of the 30 restored private houses which 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the chairs at Reschio’s glamorous Bar Centrale and the periwinkle taffeta cushions for the Etruscan window seat Then there are stonemasons who do all the marble a Panicale-based embroiderer who hand-embellishes Reschio’s cotton sheets and two women in Florence who create the pleated lampshades for the velvet Poggibonsi lamps and she met the count at Reschio when she painted the walls of one of the early houses She also did the frescoes in the family chapel as well as adding the purple flowers to the portrait of the curious gentleman who greets hotel guests when they arrive for dinner as well as singing in the Reschio choir and overseeing a programme of workshops from embroidery to Florentine paper marbling and dyeing fabrics with natural plants — “household habits” The Alchemist’s Garden that she created provides some of these plants while others find their way into infusions in the Bathhouse and salads in the restaurants The grounds of one of these double as an exhibition space for 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Benedikt Bolza with his wife NenciaLisa JohnsonTuesday December 26 2023 The TimesEverywhere you go at the Hotel Castello di Reschio brass-plated table lamps with faux vellum shades Castello di ReschioPHILIP VILEThe lamps are all Baby Poggibonsi and embarked on selling and restoring the other 49 farmhouses The bootroom at Castello di ReschioPHILIP VILEInitially the count focused on restoration the Modernist lamp table and the Etruscan window seat.” The BB for Reschio collection was born Foraging on the estateThe count is telling me this at the tabaccaia either through Artemest and 1st Dibs or directly through BB for Reschio a converted tobacco factory turned creative hubPHILIP VILEWhile the influences behind the pieces vary “It’s very normal in Italy to have something made from scratch.” A Poggibonsi velvet table lampPHILIP VILEChief among Reschio’s collaborators are the self-taught blacksmiths Gianluca and Luca in decadent belle époque hues from burnt orange to green A BB for Reschio writing deskPHILIPVILEDonna Nencia is an artisan herself: she and her twin sister studied decorative painting at the Van Der Kelen school in Brussels BB for Reschio Bar chairsPHILIP VILEToday Donna Nencia is in charge of everything to do with colour and graphic design which last summer raised €41,000 for the Alsama Project A BB for Reschio dressing tablePHILIP VILE“My concept is that Reschio should be beautiful behind the scenes as well as on stage,” says Donna Nencia One suspects that even that is beautifully constructed.n Lisa Johnson was a guest of the Hotel Castello di Reschio. Made-to-order BB for Reschio lighting costs from €1,750 and furniture from €2,270. B&B suites at the hotel start at €870; private house from €26,400 a week, reschio.com The oldest known drawing where the city of Venice is depicted has been discovered in Florence.The author of the important find is Sandra Toffolo a young Italian-Dutch art historian who works as a researcher at theUniversity of Saint Andrews in Scotland The image of Venice is part of a manuscript containing the travel account of Niccolò da Poggibonsi a pilgrim who traveled to Jerusalem between 1346 and 1350 while the discovery of the image dates back to May 2019 when Sandra Toffolo was at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence where she conducted her research on the representation of Venice in the Renaissance: the results of the study have only been released in the last few hours the scholar spent months working to do due diligence on her discovery.Niccolò da Poggibonsi’s manuscript was probably compiled upon his return to Italy in 1350 Toffolo believes that this illustration is the oldest known view of Venice: less recent is only the map by Fra’ Paolino But there were no known views from the same period On the drawing by Niccolò da Poggibonsi there are several marks left with pins and needles, revealing the fact that the image experienced a certain diffusion: in fact, it is thought that the drawing was transferred to other media using the dusting technique “The presence of the needle marks is a strong indication that this view was copied,” suggests Sandra Toffolo there are many images in manuscripts and even in some ancient printed volumes that are clearly based on the image of the Florence manuscript.” “has important consequences for our knowledge of the depiction of Venice exerted a great fascination on its contemporaries.” Sandra Toffolo is a Dutch art historian of Italian descent whose research focuses on the history of Italian art in the Renaissance with particular reference to Venice and the territories of the former Republic of Venice She received her bachelor’s degree in art history from the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands in 2007 and has also studied at the University for Foreigners in Perugia he received his doctorate in history from the European University Institute in Fiesole Pictured below is an image of Venice (manuscript BNCF II.IV.101 Opening today at Cardi Gallery in Milan is the exhibition Mimmo Paladino 2021.The Dormienti were made in terracotta in the late 1990s when Mimmo Paladino first exhibited them in Poggibonsi (1998) as part of the Arte all’Arte exhibition In 2000 they were cast in bronze for the permanent installation at the Fonte delle Fate in Poggibonsi Other terracotta Dormienti and Coccodrilli were made for the major exhibition in the underground spaces of the Roundhouse in London (1999) in dialogue with a sound system specially designed by British musician The Sleepers were also shown in Milan in 2011 in an exhibition at the Royal Palace and then again later at the Archaeological Museum specially designed for the first exhibition in Milan He arranges thirty-two sculptures according to a new conceptual construction reshaping the tone of the installation with solemnity the Sleepers are accompanied by Brian Eno’s musical compositions with the intention of freeing them from the heaviness of sleep or the evanescence of dream restoring to them a vital breath and a serene concreteness “Recurring in Paladino is the idea of assembling forms as if they were modules,” declares Demetrio Paparoni author of the volume accompanying the exhibition “It should not be forgotten that the artist has on several occasions manifested the aptitude for creating works conceived as a collection of fragments archived in his visual imagination It is this aptitude that has led him to make works together with Sol Le Witt artists who have always worked with a different concept of module and repetition.” In addition to the bodies of I Dormienti is also on display in the exhibition the large unpublished work Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down consisting of one hundred drawings made during 2020 is emblematic of the artist’s way of conceiving the work a puzzle in which fragments converge into a monumental unicum images that populate the artist’s world in search of a natural balance between intimism and collective memory For info: www.cardigallery.com Gambelli – who was known as Bicchierino (or ‘Little Glass’) – was celebrated as one of Italy’s greatest connoisseurs of Sangiovese He was born in 1925 in Poggibonsi in Siena which was then one of the largest wineries in the region At Enopolio his tasting skills came to the notice of its director who took him on as his assistant in the company’s laboratory where Gambelli started a lifelong study of Sangiovese In a career spanning nearly 70 vintages Gambelli’s most renowned consultancies were with the Brunello di Montalcino of Soldera and Chianti Classico of Montevertine but his importance was as an unwavering proponent of the use of the Sangiovese grape as a monovarietal at a time when Tuscan wineries were busily experimenting with blending Sangiovese with international grapes featured in Decanter’s 2008 list of Italy’s 50 Greatest Wines who published a biography of Gambelli in 2007 (pictured) described him as ‘the last Sangiovese butterfly [that] for the past sixty-five years has been creating wines that make you feel lighter’ Macchi quoted Gianfranco Soldera of Soldera in Montalcino saying that ‘Giulio tastes what others do not Tributes have been pouring in on social media with Italian wine lovers the world overlamenting his passing ‘Gambelli‘s legacy is a strong belief in Sangiovese – as one of Italy’s undisputed great grape varieties’ one tweet said while others referred to him as’ Sangiovese’s most important protagonist’ Most simply paid tribute to a man they described as ‘il grande maestro del Sangiovese.’ Articolo disponibile anche in: Inglese Il successo ottenuto da “Poldo” fa venire in mente il proverbio su Maometto e la montagna perché è abituale che i suoi clienti invertendo le dinamiche della vendita ambulante si muovano appositamente alla ricerca del suo chiosco per potersi gustare i panini le piadine e i prodotti di friggitoria che ne contraddistinguono il marchio La paninoteca street food è nata nel 2002 dall’idea di due giovani imprenditori castellinesi Dopo i primi 5 anni di tappa fissa di fronte al Palazzetto dello Sport a Colle di Val d’Elsa durante i quali “Poldo” ha fidelizzato la rete della propria clientela costituita in particolare da giovani nelle uscite serali e notturne dal 2007 il servizio è stato esteso alla fascia oraria del pranzo allo scopo di interessare anche il target dei lavoratori fuori sede la paninoteca ha progressivamente rinnovato e ampliato l’offerta: nel 2011 la sua struttura mobile a Colle di Val d’Elsa si è trasformata in chiosco permanente mentre nel 2013 ha inaugurato in largo Usilia a Poggibonsi il suo primo locale al chiuso “Da Poldo a Poggibonsi” è così diventata la prima hamburgeria del gruppo con struttura idonea alla preparazione di cibi glutin free: un’apposita cucina separata evita la contaminazione degli ingredienti e il personale è formato anche per la somministrazione di panini e piadine senza glutine per celiaci A oggi la dotazione di personale conta 12 elementi tra dipendenti e i tre attuali soci Per il 2017 è inoltre in programma l’apertura di un punto vendita a Siena La qualità dei panini passa da un’ampia scelta di pani verdure e condimenti e si accompagna alla bontà degli altri prodotti come il pollo fritto le patatine e le olive ascolane: un’offerta variegata per i gusti più disparati Negli anni “Poldo” è diventato un punto di riferimento non solo per gli amanti dello street food e dei golosi che desiderano un buon panino caldo a ogni ora del giorno e a notte fonda ma anche un centro di aggregazione e di compagnia Le recensioni dei clienti nella pagina Facebook della paninoteca sono l’esempio più tangibile del rapporto di fiducia e simpatia con il personale dello staff sempre disponibile a personalizzare la propria offerta su richiesta Chi fosse interessato ad attivare forme di collaborazione imprenditoriali può cogliere l’occasione di aprire un proprio punto vendita con il progetto “Apri il tuo Poldo”: per informazioni contattare Stefano Gabriele o Andrea tramite i canali social e web il webmagazine del territorio del Chianti Classico WeChianti è un webmagazine quotidiano edito dalla società editrice chiantigiana ComuniChianti S.r.l., che edita anche i quotidiani on line Il Gazzettino del Chianti e delle colline Fiorentine e SportChianti storie dai comuni del territorio storico del Gallo Nero raccontate da giornalisti che vivono e lavorano nel Chianti (Registro Operatori della Comunicazione) n° 22870 – Registrazione Tribunale di Firenze n° 6058 del 6 luglio 2017 – Copyright 2012 © ComuniChianti s.r.l capitale sociale Euro 4.000 interamente versato – Codice fiscale/P.Iva 06295380486 iscrizione al Registro Imprese 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The oldest ever illustration of Venice has been discovered Made by a traveling friar in the 14th century it’s finally been brought to light in the 21st century Dr Sandra Toffolo noticed the Renaissance era depiction whilst examining an original manuscript by Niccolò da Poggibonsi titled Libro d’Oltramare (translation: Book of Outremer/Overseas) The holy man and pilgrim wrote this historic guidebook in pen after he’d completed an epic 4 year journey round Jerusalem In its own unique way it brings this much-loved location to life The friar who followed his artistic urge was no slouch He also produced drawings of Cairo’s buildings and even elephants he also drew sacred sites such as Solomon’s Temple and the Dome of the Rock According to Smithsonian.com he “took great care with his travelogue taking measurements of landmarks in the Holy Land by counting paces or comparing them to the length of his arm he recorded these observations in his tablets.” His aim was to capture the sights as accurately as possible and he asked God and the Saints for help in doing so Committing what he saw to tablets made of gesso This has been sitting in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence where Dr Toffolo observed the illustration last May A press release from Dr Toffolo’s stamping ground of the University of St Andrews states she realised that the city view of Venice predates all previously known views of the city excluding maps and portolan charts.” Portolan charts are ancient nautical charts She goes on to say the analysis has “great consequences for our knowledge of depictions of Venice since it shows that the city of Venice already from a very early period held a great fascination for contemporaries.” The Libro d’Oltramare was previously pored over by Kathryn Blair Moore who published her findings in 2013’s Renaissance Quarterly Though Dr Toffolo is the first to highlight the Venice illustration Moore noted the manuscript’s importance in terms of authorship “Although this printed book quickly became the most popular Holy Land guidebook in Renaissance Italy,” Moore wrote “modern scholars have shown little interest in its historical significance” Factors driving this view included “its anonymity” and “persistent confusion about its sources” Niccolò da Poggibonsi’s credit as author has only been a recent development Over the centuries his work was reproduced over 60 times under different titles under a German translation during the 15th century it became the experiences of a certain Gabriel Muffel – the “son of a Nuremburg patrician” writes Smithsonian Not that the friar was happy to let his contribution slip into history He managed to spell out his identity through the first letters of the guidebook’s chapters His writings were repeatedly re-issued using a pinprick-based technique where “powder was sifted through the pinpricks onto another surface thereby transferring the outlines of the image.” (St Andrews) As da Poggibonsi’s name lives on in perpetuity Whereas previous travel accounts would employ classic Latin descriptions this witness to the world handled the task somewhat differently with a first person style Related Article: Little Island in Venice is Considered to be World’s Most Haunted Location “The genre of Holy Land pilgrimage accounts before the adoption of the vernacular in the fourteenth century was characterized by the repeated copying of previous Latin-language texts,” wrote Moore “which often resulted in accretive works of unknown or uncertain authorship.” Thanks to the friar’s skill and clarity of purpose there is now no confusion as to his identity as author/artist of this remarkable find Sites he contributes to include The Vintage News His short fiction has been published as part of the Iris Wildthyme range from Obverse Books linkedin.com/in/steve-palace-91399144/?originalSubdomain=uk Join 1000s of subscribers and receive the best Vintage News in your mailbox for FREE