Hill Towns of Italy

<p><strong>Hill Towns of Italy</strong> first published in 1963 is a close look at a number of Italy's picturesque hill towns and villages. More than just a travel guide author Lucy Notestein discusses each region's art architecture history culture cuisine and more. Indexed and illustrated throughout by pen-and-ink sketches. </p><p><em>From the Preface: </em>The essence of travel is discovery. It is a personal adventure in curiosity. This book is but an introduction to Italian hill towns. There are hundreds of other hill towns worth exploring and it is my hope that the reader of this book will be inspired to set out for himself to see what is on many a hilltop and on the other side in the Pistoian Alps for instance or to the east of Florence by Poppi in much of the Marches in the Abruzzi in Latium in Calabria Apulia and Sicily. Italy is inexhaustible. There are ancient peoples with whom to get acquainted personages of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance painting sculpture architecture regional customs and always views.</p>