by VT | Nov 1, 2018 | Italy
I first noticed flowers with a tight mass of red petals one June in the garden of the Medici villa at Castello, north of Florence. They were on a large bush or small tree with masses of shiny dark green leaves and looked like the flowers in a paradise garden on a... by Valerie | May 24, 2014 | art, General interest, history, Italy, museums, people, travel
When I first started looking at Italian gardens, the monsters at Bomarzo were hidden in undergrowth and known only by word of mouth. They were difficult to find, neglected and lost in oblivion; visited only if you managed to find out where they were. The same could...
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