Volterra, Italy October 2003
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Cappuccini and an espresso prepared by "Il re del Cappuccino" (The King of Cappuccino) Umberto Galligani of Monsummano Terme, Tuscany.
On this rainy, foggy day we toured the medieval hill town of Volterra, center of alabaster work.
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  The Museo Storico dell'Alabastro (Historic Alabaster
Museum) is housed in a restored 12th century convent in Volterra's Piazza XX
Settembre.
It houses over 300 beautiful alabaster objects. |
Many pieces in the collection feature wonderful grotesque masques, including the intricately carved vases with dragons entwined in the filligree tops.
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More alabaster sculpture from the museum collection:
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Some of the musical instruments of Georgio Pecchioni.
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The previous week we visited several Florence and
several Tuscan hill towns. |
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