Property sale volumes saw a greater drop in Italian provinces than in the provincial capitals, and in the North more than in the South. Florence and Venice were the two best performing cities. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.
Posts Tagged ‘Italy’
Global slowdown speeds up changes in Italian property market
Posted in property, tagged florence, italian property, italian property for sale, Italy, property, property for sale, property prices, venice on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Castle apartment in Bocchignano, Lazio
Posted in property, tagged bocchignano, castle, italian property, italian property for sale, Italy, lazio, property, property for sale on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Live the castle life in a splendidly renovated three-bedroom apartment in Bocchignano, Lazio. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.
Italian mountain properties see small price decline
Posted in property, tagged aosta valley, courmayeur, italian property, italian property for sale, Italy, property, property for sale, property prices on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Prices for Italian mountain properties went down by 0.1% in the first half of 2008, but some villages, such as Courmayeur, in the Aosta valley, bucked the trend with lively demand and an increase in values. Read more on Italymag.co.uk.
Italian property market holds up
Posted in property, tagged italian property, italian property for sale, italian property market report, Italy, property, property for sale, property prices on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Italian property market has slowed down, buyers have become choosier but the country’s artistic heritage, prudent mortgage policies and tight planning controls ensure it is weathering the credit storm better than many other developed economies. This article appeared in Country Life.
The three best places to view mosaic art in Ravenna
Posted in travel, tagged early Christian art, Italy, mosaics, ravenna on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The austere façade of many of Ravenna’s early Christian buildings hide the golden richness of exquisite mosaics. Three in particular—the Galla Placidia Mausoleum, the Arian Baptistery and the Church of San Vitale—house jaw-dropping artwork from the three greatest periods in the history of Ravenna: the Western Roman Empire, the Ostrogoth reign, and the Byzantine Exarchate. [...]
Three of the best Piedmontese cheeses
Posted in food, tagged cheese, food, Italian cheese, Italy on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Piedmont has some of the most mouth-watering cheeses in the world, and it is hard to decide which one is best. But these three—Robiola di Roccaverano, Raschera d’Alpeggio and Losa di Capra—are definitely worth trying.
