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Inside this issue: page
Travel diary 1
History and stories 1
An artist at a glance 2
Do you know Pietrasanta ? And win! 2
Weather forecast: look at the past 3
Whats on at Pietrasanta 3
One day trip4
Your comments 11
Surfing the net 11
Less money, more holidays 12
Carving marble is just a hobby for
me. I like to extract from the white
stone what I feel inside: an object,
an idea, a new design, a model
for the future.
Every year, I use to spend 3
weeks in Pietrasanta, and every
year I come back proudly home
with a new marble sculpture.
In May 2009 I rented an
apartment at Palazzo Ferretti and
I met interesting people there. I
remember Lois, Ray, Giampaolo
and other fellows with I talked a
lot in the evenings about Art,
M a rb l e a n d T o u r i s m i n
Pietrasanta.
During the day, I worked hard at
the Kyles Studio, a friend of mine
that rents out room and carving
tools.
Every time the atmosphere and
the people in Pietrasanta left a
deep and lasting positive
impression to me.
The restaurants, the galleries, the
(Continues to page 5)
Travel diary.Sculpting at Pietrasanta
by Hank Hauser, Switzerland
History and stories: Michelangelo at Pietrasanta
WhatsonatPietrasantaa
ndits
surroundings
Quaterly newletter
Fall issue, November 2009
Michelangelo di
Lodovico Buonarroti
Simoni - born on March
6, 1475 near Arezzo,
Tuscany, died on
February 18, 1564 in
Rome is the most
important artist of the
Renaissance along with
Leonardo da Vinci.
Michelangelo's output in
every field during hislong life was
prodigious: he created
many masterpieces as a
sculptor (David, Mos,
Piet, etc.), as a painter
(the frescos of
Cappella Sistina), as an
architect (the Saint
Peter Church).
Here we focus on the
links between
Michelangelo and the
town of Pietrasanta,
where Michelangelo
spent about thirteen
months of his life. We
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Do you know the name ofthe sculpture and its loca-
tion (the name of the
square) ?
The first who emails us
the right answerwill win a
Hic manebimus optime
T-shirt.
(specify your size).
... I am here in Piet rasanta , to
take advanta ge of the
c enturies-long experienc e of the
loc a l bronze foundries.
I was elected to join the
Royal British Society of
Sculptors in 2006 through
a bursary competition and
s u b s e q u e n t a w a r d ,
enabling younger and
emergent artists to access
t h e e x p e r i e n c e o f
community.
Last year, when I sent my
application for the Brian
M e r c e r B r o n z e
Scholarship, I could realize
how Pietrasanta is nice and
how I feel good living in this
small town.
In October 2008 I was
selected by a panel of 5 to
take up the award that is
generously funded by theBrian Mercer Charitable
Foundation.
Today, I am here in
Pietrasanta, to take
advantage of the centuries-
long experience of the local
bronze foundries.
The nature of the award
was to enable a sculptor
w i t h p r o f e s s i o n a l
exper ience, but not
necessarily any experience
of working with bronze, to
experiment for three solid
months with the processesand limits of bronze in a
foundry. The charity have
established a yearly award
at Foundation SEM for
marble which has run for
several years, and this was
the first time they developed
an award specifically to
cover a per iod o f
scholarship of bronze
techniques and processes.
I had never worked in
bronze before, so the experience
is a steep learning curve for me.
I am learning a lot and very
quickly, mainly because the
artisans at Fonderia Mariani are
so hospitable and kind in the
sharing of their knowledge with
me, despite the frequent language
barriers. I try to talk Italian too,
even if it is very difficult.
(Continues to page 9)
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An artist at a glance: Samantha Donnelly, Manchester, UK
Do you know Pietrasanta ? (.and win !)
Liquirice, by Samantha Donnelly,
2008
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Weather forecast ? Look at the past !
Seasons weather at Pietrasanta is
warmer than in London and New
York.
In December the average
temperature is between 44 and 59
degree F at Pietrasanta. On average,
we have 7 days of strong rain, with
a total of 93 mm of precipitation.
You can get the weather forecasts
few days before your arriving at
Pietrasanta. In any case, if you
want to know something moreabout weather, you can consider
the characteristics of the weather of
the last years.
We can say that the Holiday
In London, they have a mean
temperature that goes from 38 to
47 degree F, and in New York the
minimum temperature is 43 onaverage and the maximum is 87. In
New York and London there are
more rainy days than in Pietrasanta,
9 and 13 days, respectively.
Whats on at Pietrasanta
6 Dec and 3 Jan: antique-brocante
open market, Dome square,
Pietrasanta
6, 21, 22, 23, 24 Dec: artisan open
market, Dome square, Pietrasanta
Sunday 20 Dec: Christmas songs
at the Cathedral, Pietrasanta
Untill 10 Jan: Armando
Marroccos exhibition at
SantAgostino, Pietrasanta
Dec: Christmas tree and nativity
scene at Dome square, Pietrasanta
31 Dec: New Years Eve at Dome
Square. Songs, dancing, panettone
and spumante for everybody,
Pietrasanta
7 Jan: Winter sales at local shops
Whats on at Pietrasanta
surroundings
21 Dec: Living nativity scene,
Serravezza
26 Dec: Santo Stefano Fair and
old Nativity statues (XVII
century) at Vallecchia; at 9 pm,
concert at the Pieve of Santo
Stefano
Holidays seasons: Nativity scene
at Antro del Corchia grotto, 2000meters of walking through
stalactites and stalagmites
6 Jan: Epiphany party at Marina di
Pietrasanta: gifts and cookies for
kids
Holiday Seasons Tips
Pietrasanta downtown is adorned
by Christmas lights and candles,
and by a huge Christmas tree inthe Cathedral square. On the left
of the Cathedral, at the base of the
Tower, there is a traditional
nativity scene, made by the
students of the local school of arts
(Istituto Stagio Stagi).
New Years Eve in the main
square is terrific: music and
dancing all night long, eating
panettone and drinking spumanteat free for all the citizens; local
people cheering each others. All
downtown celebrates the New
Years Eve in this open-air party.
You will be bothered or fascinated
by the so-called petardi, that are
noise bangers and firecrackers that
kids (and their dads) use to shoot
during the New Years Eve. As a
matter of fact, every evening fromChristmas to Epiphany is
celebrated by many shoots of
f irecrackers , bangers and
fireworks.
December
Mean Temperature C Mean Temperature F
Mean
Total Precipita-
tion (mm)
Mean
Number of
Precipitation Days
Daily Daily Daily Daily
Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum
Pietrasanta 6,6 15,0 43,9 59,0 93,0 7,3
London 3.4 8,2 38,1 46,8 57 13.2
New York -0.8 5.9 30.6 42.6 86.9 8.7
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Whats on: December and Christmas holidays
New years eve in Piazza
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Germans! Yes, Germans. It
seems that we happened to visit
Colonnata on the one weekend a
year that their sister city inGermany sponsors a trip to come
and share in some cultural
exchange.
In the main Piazza, a placard
offers an explanation of the
history of Colonnata.
No visit to Colonnata is complete
without sampling their famous
Lardo. So we, of course, dined
for lunch at Venanzios, a
restaurant on the piazza. It is the
best restaurant in Colonnata, and
maybe the only one
www.ristorantevenanzio.com),
and it was really great.
A common appetizer in
Colonnata: Sliced lardo on the
left, some kind of prosciutto on
the right. Actually, they were both
VERY good. But, my arteriesthanked me for NOT eating all the
lard.
Now the surprise. This is the
other view of the Piazza.
Different than the last one yes?
Again, note, there is NO snow in
these shots. What you are seeing
is in reality a marble mountain!
Of course, all of this region of
Italy owes a debt of gratitude to
the many, many men who have
carved these large blocks of
marble from the
mountaintops. So,
Colonnata celebrates
these brave men with
the Monument to
Cavatore (the person
who extracts marble
from the quarry). This
monument to all those
who lost their lives inextraction of the(Continues to page 10)
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One day trip: Colonnata, by Joe Chiarella
An excursion to Colonnata, Italy
(September 2009)
Colonnata is a small town formedin the first century before Christ!
It was essentially a colony for
convicted criminals who were
then forced to work in the marble
quarries. So, it is VERY
old. Today, the population is
around 700 residents and the town
is known mostly (are you ready...)
for their special formula for
making LARD! Yes, I said Lard:
pig fat. Their Lardo cakes arevacuum packed and encrusted with
all kinds of herbs and other secret
ingredients and processes, and is
very much sought after. Lardo is
aged some months into a marble
box, the same marble used by
Michelangelo, before the final
process. I took a great many
photos, too many to show here, but
Ill share a few along with some
brief explanations in the hope that
you can get a feel for this town
(1800ft / 550m elevation) that sits
nestled between great marble
mountains. In ALL the photos you
will see below that appear white
capped that is marble NOT
snow. There is zero snow this time
of year of course.
This was a hoot and an unexpected
surprise. We arrived at the main
town piazza (ok, the ONLYPiazza) to discover a busy
celebration that involves
Colonnata is known mostly for
making lard. Before the final
process, lard is aged some
months into a marble box, the
same type of marble used by
Michelangelo 500 years ago
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Continued from p.1 Hank Housers Travel Diary
Collodi is the Hanks apartment at Palazzo Ferretti,
Pietrasanta downtown
small kids playing on the
Piazza, the curly violinist in
front of the church, the dogs
playing, not to forget the too
many pigeons that files all
around the main square.
Pietrasanta downtown is a
very special place, and I
suggest do not miss the
opportunity to visit it.
Touring some of the marble
studios of course is a special
attraction. You can see
different talents, ideas,
techniques and meet
gifted people (the so
called artigiani and
those who never will
reach the level of an
artigiano. )
One day, on the
o u t s k i r t s t o w a rd s
Querceta, I watched a
computerized machine that
was drilling into a block of
marble to form a life-size
sculpture. It was impressive
how precise it worked, day and
night, in order to replay and to
enlarge a model.
Another day, I met some high
pressure water jets
doing jigsaw puzzles out
of marble in all colours.
In that studio, I met a
very old man and his
son, both very pleasant
people, who can make a
sculpture base for you
in no time, and for a
very reasonable cost, in
any colour you like.
Next to the studio there is a
superb tool store, where youget all the different kind of
tools you could image, some
friendly advice and a rebate if
you pay cash.
Over the years I have put
together a manual with dos
and donts on marblesculpting, good for beginners.
Are you interested in? Send
me an e- mail and I will share
it with you.
The daily work and the
inspirations from galleries,
studios, and exhibitions of
course make you hungry.
(Continues to page 6)
.Pietrasanta downtown is a
very special place, and I
suggest do not miss the
opportunity to visit it.
Computerized machine carving a block ofmarble
Hanks sculpture
Collodi is the Hanks best favorite apartment at
Palazzo Ferretti
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Continued from p.5 Hank Housers Travel DiaryHere there are some
recommendations for special
places to go for a good meal. I
had great time in all these
restaurants:
* Lo Studio (in the courtyardbehind the Botero warrior):
very special ambiance, good
food and reasonable prices;
* Il Vaticano: the best pizza I
had (and I had many in my
long life), also good pasta
*Il Gatto Nero: good ambiance
and good food
* Non Solo Vino : good steak
* La Dogana (5 minutes by car
outside Pietrasanta direction
L u c c a ) : a v e r y
special and excellent
food choice.
Hank Hauser
for further info send me a
email [email protected]
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Thank you Hank for your
travel diary !!!
Please, send us your travel
diary too, and well share itwith the other members of our
Community.
.Pietrasanta downtown is a
very special place, and I
suggest do not miss the
opportunity to visit it.
Look at the picture: it is the sculpture I
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impressive book it is not
enough to shed light on this
period of the Michelangelos
life.
I would like to give you some
stylized facts, i.e. information
that are undoubted true.
First of all, it is true that
Michelangelo spent about
twelve or thirteen months in
Pietrasanta, between 1518 and
1519. He lived in a house in
the Cathedral Square, andtoday you can watch on its
faade a white Carrara marble
Continued from p.1 History and Stories: Michelangelo
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talk about Michelangelo as a
sculptor, and not about the other
qualities of his artistic genius
(for additional information, readthe page on
www.wikipedia.com).
Michelangelo at Pietrasanta
There are different and opposed
information about how long
time Michelangelo spent in
Pietrasanta, why he lived there,
and the results that he got from
his staying at Pietrasanta.
Main information comes from
the best historical resourceabout Michelangelo, i.e. the
biography that Vasari wrote
about him, even if this
inscription in memory of this
important event. Nowadays, the
house is a bar - the Michelangelo
bar - and when you drink an
espresso at the outdoor table, you
should dream about the
Michelangelo life in the XVI
century.
Secondly, we know exactly about
the aim of the Michelangelos
stay at Pietrasanta: he was
charged by Pope Leo X to build
the facade of the Saint Lorenzo
church in Florence. Vasari wrote
there was a public call for thatfaade and that the
Michelangelos application won.
Other historians discovered that
Michelangelo got the commission
two years before, in November
1516, but he got a written
contract only in 1518. The Pope
Leo X did not send him to
Carrara (as
Michelangelo
did few yearsbefore) but to
Pietrasanta
because the
Pope preferred
to use the
quarries under
the Florence
dominion, and
he didnt want
to buy the
marble from the
Duke of
Carrara. This
decision created
much trouble and work for
Michelangelo and it was really a
waste of time: on one hand,
Michelangelo wanted to use the
best white marble in the world,
the Statuario one, on the other
hand, a wonderful vein of whitestatuario was found on the Monte
Altissimo, at 900 meters above
see level. (Continues to page 8)
Michelangelo apartment at Palazzo Ferretti, Pietrasanta
downtown.
Michelangelos Pietas (1499).
Carrara marble.
Michelangelos David (1504).
Carrara marble.
Bar Michelangelo, Duomo Square,
Pietrasanta downtown
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It was a hard location to exploit:
no quarries, no roads, no
infrastructures to move the block
to the seaside!
Michelangelo ordered a new road
up to the Monte Altissimo, and he
spent few months waiting for its
construction.
Thirdly, there is a widespread
belief that the results of the
Michelangelos visit were not a
good business for him: in March
1520 Pope Leo X inexplicably
cancelled the contract about the
Saint Lorenzo faade. In order to
reduce the damages for the
Divino artist, Pope Leo X gave
to Michelangelo the Medici
Chapel project. The
mausoleum of the
Medici family tombs
was built in the SaintLorenzo church in
Florence, too.
Michelangelo realized it
in the 1520s but he
didnt use the marble
from Monte Altissimo
for it, as the road and the
quarry on the Altissimo
were not finished yet.
This very special white
marble was used only 50 years
later, when Cosimo I de Medici
completed the road designed by
Michelangelo, and exploited
the so-called Michelangelo
quarries on the Altissimo
mountain.
Finally, we can say that the
town of Pietrasanta received
great benefit from the visit of
Michelangelo in 1518-1519.The town was known because
of her attitude to the marble
art: there were some good
artisan even before 1518, and
historians say that
Michelangelo agreed to stay at
Pietrasanta also because of the
skills of the local artisans:
Pietrasanta was an artistic town
and Michelangelo could use the
local artisans and studios to
realize his project. Michelangeloknew Pietrasanta very well even
before 1518, as in 1514 he spent
few month at Carrara, extracting
the marble block for his best
sculpture, the David, a colossal
statue portraying David as a
symbol of Florentine freedom, to
be placed in the Piazza della
Signoria, in front of the Palazzo
Vecchio.
Of course, the marble studios in
Pietrasanta boosted after the visit
of Michelangelo, as the artist was
so famous that his stay in
Pietrasanta was attractive for other
artists, artisans, and
businessmen of that age. Thanks
to Michelangelo, Pietrasanta wasrecognized as the capital of
marble art in Italy, and the town
has been taking this award until
nowadays.
Today, at Pietrasanta there are a
lot of foreign artists that continue
the Michelangelo art, and that give
to the town the same benefit that
Michelangelo gave six centuries
ago. Viceversa, the town gives tothe foreign artists many benefits
too, maybe they are the same of
the Michelangelo age!
Continued from p.7 History and Stories : Michelangelo
Commemorative marble inscription at the facade of bar
Michelangelo
Michelangelo and Donatello at Pietrasanta downtown
Michelangelo quarries are just on the top of the
Altissimo mountain
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Continued from p.2 An artist at a glance: Samantha
Page 9
The artisans work with me to
ensure I can bring the complex
forms of my art into reality,
including developing structures
to help hold the forms in place
whilst I am working on them.
In Pietrasanta I live downtown,
at Palazzo Ferretti.
I enjoy staying at Barsanti
Apartment as it is a quiet
place that is fantastic to
concentrate on ideas and has
a large living / dining area
which is perfect to write and to
make collage and drawings in
the evenings. I found my
location great, not too far from
the Piazza and still able to walk
to the sea in just over half an
hour.I found the experience to be a
positive one and I greatly enjoy
my new friendships here in
Pietrasanta, which have been
many, as the community is so
friendly. I really hope to return
to Pietrasanta at some point in
the future to make larger scale
works in bronze.
Samantha Donnelly's biography
Samantha Donnelly's practice is
realized through a combination of
sculpture, drawing, collage and
lens-based practice. Samantha
originally trained in Time-Basedpractice in Sheffield Hallam,
graduating in 2000. Her time
t h e r e s a w h e r d e v e l o p
photographic and film projects
concerned with interpreting
Psychoanalytic Theory, Feminism
and ideas of Deconstruction.
After some years of exhibiting,
travelling and working in London,
in both
g a l l e r yeducation
a n d
p r o j e c t s
w i t h i n
a r c h i t e c t u r a l
p r a c t i c e s , s h e
completed her MFA
at The University ofNewcastle gaining
distinctions in theory
and practice.
B a s e d i n
M a n c h e s t e r ,
England, for the last
4 years Samantha
has shown work and
par t ic ipa ted in
projects throughoutthe UK, Europe and America.
Her work is held in private
collections both in the UK and
America. Most recently she
showed as part of Perhaps
Nothing Perhaps Something at
Leeds Metropolitan University
Gallery alongside Cornelia Parker
and Rachel Whiteread. She has
been involved with several
International residencies andexchanges one of which was
SWAP / VAIHTO with 18 artists
from Helsinki and the UK,
exploring methodologies of
collaboration and process. Prior
to this she has participated in
Triangle Workshop 2006, with a
group of 30 International artists in
New York City. She is showing
as part ofVolta 5, Basel later this
year and is currently developingwork for two solo shows for 2009;
the first to show the work made in
Pietrasanta at the Royal British
Society of Sculptors in London
that opens late July and runs into
August; the second at Ceri Hand
Gallery in Liverpool.
When she is not working as an
artist she works on a freelance
basis tutoring and lecturing.(Continues to page 10)
Ebony, by Samantha Donnelly, 2007
The Barsanti apartment at Palazzo Ferretti has been used by Samantha
during her stage at Pietrasanta
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Continued from p.4 One day trip to Colonnata, by Joe Chiarella
marble from the quarries is located just outside the main entrance to the Church in the town. Show below is
the entrance to the Piazza and the face of the church adjoining the Monument.
There are a LOT of other photos I took of the town set against the backdrop of the marble in the
mountains. However, I think the one below does a wonderful job of showing thedramatic scenery.
While there may be drama surrounding the town - in the town - it is "warm" and
cozy feeling.
What else is there to say but A house built on Marble now sustained on
Lardo!
Once again, I am struck by the sheer history and
AGE and DRAMATIC BEAUTY of this place. But I hasten to add the
realities. This is a VERY hard place to get to. A 1.5 car width wide
switchback road to get up or down is both hair-raising and, well, sometimes
simply impossible. And, finally, as one of the locals says This was a town
built on anarchists so normal rules (legal, economic, etc.) dont reallyapply here.
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Thanks to Joe for his travel diary. All the pictures of Colonnata are on our web site,
www.pietrasantaresort.com, at the tourist resource section. Look at them, and you will get the wish to visit
Colonnata you, too.
Continued from p.9 An artist at a glance: Samantha
Recent positions have included visiting lectureships at The University of
Newcastle, The University of Teeside and Huddersfield University.
Samantha currently sits on the Board of Directors at Yorkshire
ArtSpace, Sheffield - the largest maintained studios under one roof for
artists and craftspeople in the North of England.
More information on:
www.axisweb.org/artist/samanthadonnelly
www.rbs.org.uk
www.artspace.org.uk/
Prima, bronze in process, by Samantha
Donnelly, 2009
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Your comments
Dear Giampaolo,
Thank you for the latest
Pietrasanta newsletter, which I
have enjoyed. I hope you are well
and I look forward to returning to
Pietrasanta.
Best wishes, John (York, UK)
Your newspaper is wonderful.
Thank you for all of the work it
takes to produce it. It keeps us in
touch with our summer destination
(again we hope).
Tewis (Key West, Florida, USA)
Please, dont hesitate to email us
your comments and critics about
this newsletter. What would you
like to read about ?
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In 2007 Burke Paterson made a one-year trip all around the world. He made 30000 miles, andstop for a while at Pietrasanta.
We read on his blog:
If you think of Carrara as the region's gritty working town, then Pietrasanta is the neighbouringpicture-perfect tourist town. Similar to what Edinburgh is to Glasgow, or what Niagara-on-the-Lake is to St. Catharines. Whereas Carrara has plenty of marble quarries and workshops, butfew hotels, and no tourists maps; Pietrasanta has loads of hotels, lots of pretty retail shops, andis home to some internationally renowned sculptors - attracted by the high quality of the thelocal stone and craftsmen, not to mention the allure of living in a place that Michelangelo helpedmake famous.
More information on:
http://www.burkepaterson.com/bmad/index.html
Surfing the net: Pietrasanta
Christmas ball of Museo dei Bozzetti, Pietrasanta downtown
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email: [email protected]
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This is a quarterly newsletter for foreign tourists
and artists.
Its about Pietrasanta and its surroundings. The
newsletter is mainly written by you: your comments,
your experience, your true stories. We want to
collect and publish them on the newsletter, and to
share your experience within the Palazzo Ferretti
Community.
Please, do not hesitate to email us your personal
experience about your stay and your holidays in
Pietrasanta: write about one day off, one trip to
Lucca or Florence, one friend you met there. Well
publish it on the next issue.
This issue has been emailed to about 250 foreign
tourists and artists Please, send it to your friends:
maybe they will become Pietrasanta lovers, too.
All the best
Giampaolo Vitali (Palazzo Ferretti)
Your garden in downtown
Less money, more holidays
LOW-COST SECTION
Holiday seasons at Pietrasanta.
Special offer from Ryanair: from London toPisa (27 December) and return (5 January),
at 100 GBP, taxes included !!!!
(www.ryanair.com).
Delta Airlines offer: from New York to Pisa
(28 December) and return (9 January), at
575 euro, taxes included !!!!!
(www.opodo.com)
PALAZZO FERRETTI
SPECIAL OFFER
Palazzo Ferretti is pleased to offer one
week rental (from 7th January to 28thFebruary) at 400 euros, all fees and WIFI
internet access are included (except heating
and electricity). This special offer is only
for Pietrasanta Newsletter readers (and
their friends).
Bookings at: