Articles by Christine Webb

Mon, 03/02/2015 - 04:15
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…
Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:00
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…
Fri, 08/09/2013 - 07:00
Since living in Italy I have become obsessed with any type of medieval game – Palio, Giostra or Balestra. The minute I hear the thump, thump of the dr…
Mon, 11/12/2012 - 05:00
Perugia, capital of Umbria in central Italy, lies sprawled high over the Tiber Valley like a prickly limpet, immovable, seemingly impenetrable and unc…
Wed, 11/10/2010 - 06:39
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…
Wed, 08/11/2010 - 12:20
Any people only have a day to ‘do’ Florence and practically die in the attempt like some sacred rite of passage. Over a couple of years I developed a…
Wed, 07/14/2010 - 05:00
Arezzo is often mistakenly overlooked on the tourist trail because its piazza and Palio are second to Siena’s, its art and antiquities are not as gran…
Thu, 06/10/2010 - 19:43
One of the hardest cities in Italy to get a handle on is Rome. Sprawling, confusing and without a centre, Rome’s history cover shelves of book space t…
Fri, 03/19/2010 - 12:50
Words and Images by Christine Webb As promised, here's the second part of the guide to maiolica museums, workshops and potteries in Italy. Did you mis…
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 05:02
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…
Mon, 09/21/2009 - 09:58
Pictures and images by Christine Webb‘One of Umbria’s most beautiful hill towns’ is probably the only generalisation one can make about Gubbio. It is…
Thu, 08/27/2009 - 06:15
Words and Pictures by Christine WebbYears ago, while staying near the Amalfi coast, I saw four heavy men in sateen suits emerge from a large black car.…
Tue, 05/12/2009 - 05:06
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…
Mon, 04/20/2009 - 10:28
Words and Pictures by Christine WebbAbout 5,500 of the 8,100 comuni in Italy have a street, road, lane or piazza carrying the name Garibaldi. All ove…
Wed, 02/25/2009 - 05:41
words by Christine WebbFor art lovers, pilgrims and historians, the name of Ravenna is synonymous with the greatest Byzantine mosaics of the early Chr…
Fri, 05/23/2008 - 13:20
The Italian piazza, the very core of the community, the key to understand local life. Christine Webb provides an introduction.Pictures by Christine We…