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Pinocchio Movie – Original 1940 Trailer

By at October 10, 2011 | 10:00 am | 0 Comment

Pinocchio

Pinocchio, a marionette, is a fictional character whose nose grows long each time he tells a lie.  He was carved from wood by Geppetto, a woodcarver who lived in a small Italian village.   First appearing in 1883 in The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, many adaptions of the story have since followed. Carlo Collodi is from the  historical village of

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Quality & Professional Photo Services for Travel, Tourism & Real Estate

By at January 18, 2011 | 11:51 am | 0 Comment

Holiday lets: In the Travel and Tourism business the product image is crucial. What we sell are images, dreams, desires. The customer-tourist is attracted first of all by the image of the place and therefore is what he buys. Only during the trip together with the whole complex of connected services is when he can verify it. For this reason, the investment in promoting

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Fire & Rescue Service in a helicopter around the Tuscan Hills

By at November 9, 2010 | 7:42 pm | 0 Comment

In Autumn time  its very common to see and smell the smoke bellowing out from fires lit up sporadically around the Tuscan hills that surround the medieval villages.  As part of preparing their olive groves ready for harvesting, locals set fire to piles of cut grass, weeds and branches as a convenient way of discarding them. So, as you can imagine when I first spotted

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Renault Megane Stunt in Tuscany’s Picturesque Medieval Village

By at October 5, 2010 | 12:50 pm | 3 Comments

Renault Megane rolls down a tuscan hill

In Hollywood, its expensive and timely to pull off this sort of stunt. However, here in this picturesque medieval village of Sorana, all this Renault Megane driver needed to do was park atop a Tuscan hill, leave the hand-break off, and turn in for the night. One can only imagine the driver's shock when awoke to an empty drive!  Thoughts of calling the police

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Lanciole Village – Rooftop Panoramic View

By at April 14, 2010 | 12:04 pm | 0 Comment

Lanciole Village, Pescia

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Villages of Tuscany

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Vellano Castle, Pescia, Pistoia

A video made up of images taken of various enchanting medieval villages around

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Villages of Tuscany

By at April 5, 2010 | 10:30 am | 0 Comment

Medieval villages of Tuscany

More picturesque images of quaint and breathtaking medieval villages of

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Vintage Postcards of Tuscany

By at April 5, 2010 | 9:47 am | 0 Comment

Vintage Postcard - Montecatini Terme, Pistoia, Tuscany

Vintage postcards from 1925 onwards. I got rather excited when I found these gems at a market in Cortona over a year ago, and have been eager to do something creative with them ever

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