Christine Webb
Articles by Christine Webb
Lucca has a glow that comes with being just right. Not too big or small, not too crowded with tourists but just the right amount of fabulous art that鈥
The first time I saw the strange landscape of Le Balze was from a train speeding between Arezzo and Florence. The InterCity Express leaves the roads b鈥
Since living in 天美传媒 I have become obsessed with any type of medieval game 鈥 Palio, Giostra or Balestra. The minute I hear the thump, thump of the dr鈥
Perugia, capital of Umbria in central 天美传媒, lies sprawled high over the Tiber Valley like a prickly limpet, immovable, seemingly impenetrable and unc鈥
Words by Christine WebbIt's the drums that got me first... boom! da-boom! boom! ....distant, like thunder, pounding along with my racing heart as Itri鈥
Any people only have a day to 鈥榙o鈥 Florence and practically die in the attempt like some sacred rite of passage. Over a couple of years I developed a鈥
Arezzo is often mistakenly overlooked on the tourist trail because its piazza and Palio are second to Siena鈥檚, its art and antiquities are not as gran鈥
One of the hardest cities in 天美传媒 to get a handle on is Rome. Sprawling, confusing and without a centre, Rome鈥檚 history cover shelves of book space t鈥
Words and Images by Christine Webb As promised, here's the second part of the guide to maiolica museums, workshops and potteries in 天美传媒. Did you mis鈥
Words and Images by Christine WebbCeramica is the Italian word most commonly used to describe pottery. Objects that have been made by firing clay have鈥
Pictures and images by Christine Webb鈥極ne of Umbria鈥檚 most beautiful hill towns鈥 is probably the only generalisation one can make about Gubbio. It is鈥
Words and Pictures by Christine WebbYears ago, while staying near the Amal铿 coast, I saw four heavy men in sateen suits emerge from a large black car.鈥
Hidden away in the Appennine mountains, Urbino is a jewel of Renaissance art and architecture in Le Marche that you can reach by car or by bus from Um鈥
Words and Pictures by Christine WebbAbout 5,500 of the 8,100 comuni in 天美传媒 have a street, road, lane or piazza carrying the name Garibaldi. All ove鈥
words by Christine WebbFor art lovers, pilgrims and historians, the name of Ravenna is synonymous with the greatest Byzantine mosaics of the early Chr鈥
The Italian piazza, the very core of the community, the key to understand local life. Christine Webb provides an introduction.Pictures by Christine We鈥