Tour the 467-year old villa Michelangelo in Chianti, bought by the Renaissance master in 1549. Fifteen years before his death — and 37 years after he finished the frescos in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel — Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the greatest Italian Renaissance painters and sculptors, purchased a typical Tuscan stone villa in the hillside town of Castellina in … [Read more...]
Tuscan Dream Villa
Tour our home away from home, an 18th c Tuscan villa with a cooking fireplace. One of the most magical months of my life was spent in a villa we rented in a tiny town in Tuscany in 1991, More than any other house, this one influenced my idea of comfort and nurtured my love of simple furniture and old things. At the time, the house had been rebuilt and furnished by an Italian … [Read more...]