Traditional Houses of Rural ItalyAn inspiring tour of the vernacular architecture of six regions |
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adorned Alps ancient Apennines arcaded arches architecture balconies barn beneath Bologna brick builders built canals carved casa colonica Casentino CASTELLO ESTENSE characteristic Chianti cobbled colour contadini cornice country villa countryside decoration door doorway dovecot dwellings eaves edge Emilia-Romagna Emilian façade farmhouse farming Ferrara fifteenth century flat floor Florence FOLLINA frescoed Genoa hayloft hill towns houses inhabitants Italian Italy Italy's Lake Lake Como land landowner landscape LEFT Liguria lintels living loggia Lombardy Lombardy's marble medieval MENAGGIO Mesola Middle Ages mountain neighbouring nowadays olive ornament ORTA SAN GIULIO painted palaces pantiles pattern peasant Pienza plain porticoes Portofino protective quoins region Renaissance RIGHT Roman roof rooms rough rural buildings simple slate slopes stone storeys street stucco style summer terraces terracotta terracotta pantiles tiles tower towerhouse towns and villages traditional trompe l'oeil Tuscany Umbria undercrofts valley vaulted Venetian Veneto Venice Via Aemilia wall surface window surrounds wooden