Activities and Events

by Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello Publisher: Fondazione Ranieri di Sorbello The estate of the Marquis of Sorbello was a direct imperial stronghold that lasted about 400 hundreds years and managed to mantain its indipendence until 1819 when it was finally amalgamated into the Grand-Duchy of Tuscany. The originality of the building of Sorbello castle is due to the fact that…

Texts by: Franco Ivan Nucciarelli, Francesca Romana Cappelletti Publisher: Fondazione Ranieri di Sorbello What makes the Etruscan Well exceptional is both its truly remarkable size, since it reaches a depth of approximately 37 meters, and the type of construction and its roof. The structure of the well consists of a cylindrical shaft, starting at about 4 meters below the present-day…

by Janet Kinrade Dethick This book relates what happened in the Comune of Cortona during the latter part of the Second World War, between the Armistice of 8 September 1943 and the first days of July 1944. Recounted by the village priests, partisan Bruno Valli, writer and evacuee Renata Orengo (wife of Jewish author Giacomo Debenedetti), civilian Dr. Giancarlo Zenone,…

by Janet Kinrade Dethick This book relates what happened along one small section of the Trasimene Line, from Lake Chiusi to the western shores of Lake Trasimeno, using eyewitness accounts from Italian civilians, written accounts from local partisans, official war diaries from the battalions involved, regimental histories, books and articles written about the battle by both protagonists and journalists, the…

edited by Jonathan Aylen and Ruggero Ranieri Like railways in the 19th century and the internet in the 21st century, steel strip production was a technology that unlocked growth in a wide range of user industries during the 20th century. Invented in America in the 1920’s, the wide strip mill spread to Europe, allowing a wide range of modern manufacturing industries to…

edited by Marilena De Vecchi Ranieri and Valentina Costantini A guided tour to discover the most secret and hidden places on the shores of Lake Trasimeno, between past and present. For the first time are combined into a single volume only the original of the most illustrious foreign travelers of the 19th and 20th century which, with their pen, recounted the history,…

edited by Helen Rees Leahy The new catalog of the House Museum of Palazzo Sorbello presents the art collections of the Marchesi Ranieri Bourbon di Sorbello, outlining the various historical events of an important family of central Italy. Historians and art experts have given their contribution in order to achieve an interesting book, full of pictures of the rooms of…

edited by Fondazione Ranieri di Sorbello It is a cathalogue, illustrated, about the history of the family Bourbon di Sorebllo, the Library and the prints collection.

edited by Janet Kinrade Dethick Narration provided by the experiences of fighters and civilians of one of the most bloody battles in Italian war between German and Allies forces during the summer of 1944.

edited by Roger Absalom Around two hundred original documents (666 pages) with captions and footnotes. Furthermore, a valuable analytic index with more than 1000 words and bilingual abbreviations.