Présentation de l'éditeur
Pistoja as one of the most interesting little cities in Tuscany, because of its charming situation, its long and varied history, its people a hardy, vivacious and well-favoured race; as the birthplace of many illustrious men, patriots, jurists and churchmen, scholars, poets, and artists; and finally because of its valuable monuments of art. Tuscan art, declares one enthusiast, can be studied at its roots in Pistoja; and certainly in the development of architecture and sculpture, she has played a great role, and these arts as they existed in Tuscany before the times of Niccolo Pisano, can probably be better studied in Pistoja than anywhere else. It is in this region also that the purest Tuscan, the nearest approach to the Tuscan of Boccaccio sday, is spoken and sung by the Pistojese shepherd and mountaineer.
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