cantieri d'arte
23/11/2008 / 11:11
›23/11/2008
A full day of experience, education and food, all centered on the olive, an essential ingredient to the food, culture and art of Tuscany.
The day’s events included:
- Olive Picking in the Family Olive Grove
- Olives from Harvest to Press--Lecture by local organic olive oil farmer and vintor Guido Gualandi
- Apertivo & Olive Oil tasting
- Buffet lunch of traditional Tuscan dishes
- Walking History of Palmerino--Lecture by family patriarch and art historian Alfio Parretti
- Medici’s Renaissance Villa and the Tuscan Countryside--Lecture by Kathryn Moore, PhD
- Olives in Art and Theological Symbolism : Lecture by Professor Claire Renkin, Viola Parretti, art historian, and Elena Pavani
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