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Inside this issue: page

Travel diary 1

History and stories 1

One artist at a glance 2

Do you know Pietrasanta ? And win! 2

Whats on: agenda of the season 3

Weather forecast: look at the past 3

One monument, one site, one town 4

Your comments 11

Less money, more holidays 12

Who are we ? 12

I spent a month in

Pietrasanta in June of 2006 working in astudio with GinoLombard i . Theexperience was one of al i f e t i m e . F i v esculptures were createdd u r i n g m y a r tw o r k s h o p . E a c hsculpture was small incomparison to large

works of art which take

months or years to

complete. My learningexperience was grand in

scale working with Gino.

S i n c e r e c e i v i n gmy BFA from NorthTexas State University in1975, I have alwayswanted to go toPietrasanta to work withmarble. My majorprofessor, Don Schol,was instrumental in

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Travel diary When your dreams come true: carving atPietrasanta

History and storiesGiacomo Puccini and Torre del Lago

Giacomo Puccini (18581924) was an Italiancomposer whose operas,including La Bohme,Tosca, and MadamaButterfly, are among them o s t f r e q u e n t l yperformed in the world.Among his famous arias,we can list: "O MioBabbino Caro" fromGianni Schicchi, "Chegelida manina" from La

Bohme, and "NessunDorma" from Turandot.

Puccini was born atLucca, Tuscany, in afamily that for twocenturies had provided themusical directors of theCathedral of San Martino

in Lucca.

His father died whenPuccini was five, and themunicipality of Luccasupported the family

with a small pension andkept the position of cathedral organist openLago Puccini wroteimportant operas, suchas:

- Manon Lescaut (1893),his third opera, was hisfirst great success. Itlaunched his remarkable

relationship with thelibrettist GiuseppeG i a c o s a , w h ocollaborated with him onhis next three operas;

- La Bohme (1896) isconsidered one of hisbest works as well as oneof the most romanticoperas ever composed.

- Tosca (1900) wasarguably Puccini's firstforay into verismo , the

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Do you know the sculptor and name of this sculp-ture ?The first who emails usthe right answer will winone T-shirt (specify your size) by Hic manebimus

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Pietrasanta!

The first time I came toPietrasanta I fell in love. Theold city with the importantartisan tradition and thefriendly atmosphere gives mehappiness. After many yearsin different apartments in

Giampaolos house I feel athome when I walk from thetrain station through thevillage to Via del Paduletto12. I hope that one day I willbe able to have a place of myown there.

I come to Pietrasanta to work in marble in the studio of myfriend Marco Paoli. I am so

lucky to work with Marcoand that he is willing to sharehis great knowledge. This is agreat gift to me.

Working in the garden of hisstudio gives me peace in my

soul. There is no place in the worldthat I would rather be, and justknowing that I will come back again

next year gives me a warm feelinginside. This is truly where my heartis.

After work I love to ride my bikedown to Marina di Pietrasanta toColuccini club beach, where I rentmy sun chair. I take a bath and then

just sit in and read and enjoy thewarm sun. Back in the village Ioften go out for drinks with friendsin any of the nice cafs on thecathedral square. Often you can sitand look at fantastic sculptures thatare shown at the square.

One of my favourites for lunch ordinner is Bettys and if I really wantto treat myself Ill go to TheEnoteca. I enjoy walking to theamazing designer Paulo Milanisboutique and to look at his fantasticcreations is a must. This is art made

into something that you can wear.My daughter Carolina bought somedresses from him last year and she

just looks stunning in them.

Before I go back home in the

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One artist at a glance: Agneta Gynning

Do you know Pietrasanta ? (.and win !)

David wan last December and Walterwon last February.They got the T-shirts.You could be the next winner !

If you dont win, donot worry: you canbuy it on www.pietrasantaresort.com/shop.htm

We are we pleased to publishthe Agnetas comments abouther last stay in Pietrasanta.

Agneta at Pietrasanta

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Weather forecast ? Look at the past !

precipitations. In comparison withLondon and New York, Pietrasanta is

always warmer. In London, we have amean temperature that goes from 8.9 to

If we can consider

the averagecharacteristics of thelast years, October isa nice period inPietrasanta. Until theend of October theSummer Time(Daylight SavingTime) give us alightly afternoon,very useful fortourism.

At Pietrasanta, in October the averagetemperature is between 13.5 and 22.6degree C. Last year, we had 5 days of rain, with a total of 73 mm of

15.2 degree C, and

in New York theminimumtemperature is 9.6on average, andthe maximum is18.2. In NewYork and Londonthere are morerainy days than inPietrasanta, 11 and6 days,

respectively, evenif the total amount of rain is higher inPietrasanta.

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The most important event of the2008 in Pietrasanta:

Gina Lollobrigidas exhibition

I ta l ian movie icon GinaLollobrigida will be flashing herartistic talents in Pietrasanta. OnSaturday 20 September started anexhibition of

11 bronze sculptures, severalsmall marble sculptures and a lotof paintings by the actress wenton display last Saturday 20September in the 14th-centurySant'Agostino Church, now anexhibition space, as well asoutdoors in the central Piazza delDuomo. In the Piazza del Duomoare showed two big bronzesculptures (5 meters each one).

The collection is the result of overten years' work and it is inspiredby the 81-year-old star's cinemacareer.

Many of the sculptures areportraits of her most famousscreen characters.

The first example is Esmeralda, afive-meter-high bronze statue,

completed in 2002, hold pride of place in Piazza Del Duomo. Thisdepicts La Lollo as the gypsy

Esmeralda opposite AnthonyQuinn's Quasimodo in the 1957film The Hunchback of NotreDame.

The second example is amarble statue that recallsthe role that first won herinternational acclaim, theh e a d s t r o n g ' ' L aBersagliera'' in PaneAmore e Fantasia (1953).

The third marble piece is'LAmica', and it paystribute to Lollobrigida'sfriendship with MarilynMonroe while living inHollywood.

The exhibit also highlights theItalian's concern with the widerworld, with a piece entitled IlMondo per i Bambini (TheWorld for the Children), recallingher years of work with UNICEFand Doctors Without Borders.

This is not the first exhibit of sculpture by La Lollo, who is an

honorary citizen of Pietrasantawhere she has had an artist'sstudio for the last ten years.

A travelling collection of herwork wrapped up with anexhibition in Moscow's Pushkin

Museum in 2003.

But while her sculpting talentshave only come to public light in

recent decades, La Lollo has hada lifelong passion for art.

As a young woman, she set herheart on an artistic career,winning a valuable scholarship tostudy sculpture and painting at the

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Whats on: agenda of the Late Summer period

Weather Information History: October

Mean TemperatureCMean Total

Precipitation(mm)

Mean Number of Precipitation

Days

Daily Daily

Minimum Maximum

Pietrasanta 13,5 22,6 73 5

New York 9,6 18,2 73 6

London 8,9 15,2 57 11

source: http://www.worldweather.org and www.lamma.it

Lollos Esmeralda, at Piazza del Duomo

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Antro del Corchia

Camaior e hasRomanorigins :CampusMai or

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(www.parcapuane.it/corchia_new/index.htm).

Cardoso village was born in1407 from the union of 3villages, and today is famousbecause of its stone quarries(Cardoso stone) and its perfectlocation in order to hike on theApuan Alps: from there you canget to Colle Mezzana, Palagnanaand Monte Forato, following of tracks of various levels of difficulty.

The extraction and the workingof a the Cardoso stone datesback to the X century and ittakes on a great importance inthe local economy: the CardosoStone is an hard grey stone,mainly used to make doorframe,doorway, steps, kitchen tops,and so on. You can see theCardoso stone in all the best

villa renovations within theVersilia area. The Cardososchurch was built in the first half of the XVII Century in honourof Santa Maria Assunta, and it islocated in front of the beautiful1745 bell tower.

Cardoso experienced the terrificflood of the Versilia river, on 19June 1996, with several victims

among the population.Levigliani and Valle di Cansoliare two important hamlets thatdate back to the Etruscan time.The numerous Et ruscanarchaeological pieces as well asthe recen t ly d iscoverednecropolis of the Liguri-Apuaniage are witnesses of its ancientorigins. From Levigliani you canreach Mosceta Valley, MountCorchia (where you can visit itsgrotte, the so-called Antro)

and Mount Pania: these are amongthe most important sites of theApuan Alps.

Pontestazzemese is located at thepoint of confluence of the Canaledelle Mulina and the CanaleVersilia. In the background, youcan see the Forato Mount and thePania della Croce Mount, twoimportant sites of Apuan Alps.During summer, the fresh climate

turns thev i l l a g einto ano a s i sw h e r et o u r i s t sg l a d l ycome to.

Farnocchia allows you to admireamazing sceneries of the most

beautiful mounts of the ApuanAlps: Matanna, Procinto, Forato,Pania Secca, Pania della Croce,Corchia, located to the North andEast, while South, through a shortwalk, Monte Gabberi can bereached. From Monte Gabberi, it ispossible to watch the coast thatstretches between the gulf of LaSpezia and Livorno, and in case of nice weather, you can see untill theisle of Gorgona. At Farnocchia,there is a church dedicated to S.Michele Arcangelo, which originalstructure dates back to XI century.Inside this church, you will find apretty baptismal fountain, amonumental organ, the Altar of theRosary, with its amazing tiles inbas-relief representing the 15points of the Rosary and The LastSupper.

Sant'Anna is a small village that

Stazzema is a small town of theVersilia area, and it is the onelocated at the highest altitude

(443 meters above the sea), on topof the mountain Matanna.Stazzema is surrounded by theApuan Alps and is has only 600citizens. The local economy islimited to few commercial andtourist activities as well as somecraftsmen working a famousstone: the Cardoso stone.

The towns territory is delimitedby the Apuan Alps on the North-East, Camaiore and Pietrasanta onthe South-West, and Seravezza onthe West. Its about 16 km farfrom Pietrasanta, to which it isconnected by regular bus lines.

Stazzema is divided into severalhamlets: Cardoso, Levigliani,Arni, Terrinca, Pontestazzemese,F a r n o c c h i a , S a n t ' A n n a ,Pomezzana, Retignano, Pruno,Volegno, Ruosina, Palagnana,Mulina, Gallena, La Culla andCampagrina.

Near Stazzema there is the Antrodel Corchia, a grotto that wasborn millions of years ago. AtAntro del Corchia there is avisitor center where you can

follow a guide that takes you intothe cave.

The tour take two hours, its 1974meters long and it costs 12 europer person

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One monument, one site, one townA day trip to Stazzema: on the trails of the Spike Lees movie Miracle at St.Anna.

Antro del Corchia

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introducing me to this area of Italy. Who would have everknown that I would receive aMasters degree from theUniversity of Hawaii and a Ph.D.from the University of NorthTexas and still not have gone toPietrasanta, Italy for theexcitement of creating marblesculpture? I have kept a folder

since 1975 with informationabout sculpture classes inPietrasanta. During the yearsleading up to 2006, I haveworked as CEO, President andC o n s u l t a n t o f s e v e r a lcorporations and nonprofitorganizations. Art was my part

(from page 1)time job.

My Mother passed away in2005. I was in need of apersonal adventure to soften theblow of her death, which I hadtaken extremely hard. Whilegoing through my file cabinet Ifound the information on LynneStreeters sculpture classes inPietrasanta. I called for areservation for the June 2006class. Airline tickets werepurchased. I was in need of a

place to stay for themonth. The name andcontact information forMr. Giampaolo wasgiven to me. Everyonestated he had greatapartments to rent.S a d l y a l l o f h i s a p a r t m e n t swere booked. Withassistance from many

people, I was able tofind another place tostay.

Once I arrived and metmy three classmates,Sally Wernicoff, JohnHeine and Laurel Dixon-Nolan I learned theWernicoffs were stayingin the Palazzo Ferrettisapartments, owned byMr. Giampaolo. We allbecame great friends andon many occasions I metwith my classmates

for cocktails and dinner afterclass. My apartment was at thetop of a major hill with 100 plussteps to reach home. Theworkout was grueling since Imade this trip at least 3 or 4

times a day. The PalazzoFerrettis apartments were on

my way home and I would haveenjoyed staying in these

apartments rather than making thebig trek up the hill.

After my month in Pietrasantaworking with marble, I made thedecision to become a full timeartist. My work has grown indepth, expanded the possibilitiesof different media range andacquired an appreciation for thecreative gift that has been Godgiven. If you are an artist who hasnot experienced the historicalvalue associated with Italy and thearts, I recommend you giveyourself this adventure. Growthin your chosen art field will beamazing.

During my trip I found a warmwelcome to the area of Pietrasanta. I felt at home withmy art, the people and beauty of Tuscany. My trip encouraged meto become a full time artist. Withgreat joy I look forward to futuretrips to Pietrasanta. Next time Iwill definitely book at PalazzoFerretti.

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Dear Reader,

I would like to give you someadditional information aboutMaurine.

Maurine Howard is a full timeartist living in Kemah, Texas,USA. She devotes much of hertime to Philanthropy and art. Artmedia is varied with manydifferent talents in; photography,

jewelry, sculpture, mixed mediaand weaving.

Her education consist of a BFA in

Photography from North Texas(Continua a pagina 6)

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State University 1975, Masters inArt Education from the Universityof Hawaii 1977, Ph.D. inEducation Administration (Art)1988, Post Doctorate Philanthropy

Certifications from GordonCollege 1993 and IndianaUniversity 1995. Since her formaleducation, life long learningthrough continuing education hasbeen of great importance.

Maurine has been a businesswomen as well as an artenthusiast. The positions held inher career have been; President,Executive Director and Consultant

to several corporations andnonprofit organizations. From1972-1985 she was C.E.O. of EyeSee Images, Inc. an InternationalCommercial, Industrial and HighRisk Photography Studio. Thiscorporation grew into TaylorHoward International, Inc. aMarketing, Advertising andM a n a g e m e n t c o m p a n yspecializing in InternationalConsulting. Maurine was

President of this corporation from1985-2002. In 1993 sheestablished The Shady BrookFoundation in Taos, New Mexico.This was a resort and educationalfacility which contained hotel,r e s t au ran t , g a l l e ry, s t a f fapartments, main house, tennis

court, gift shop, store, post office,laundry, maintenance shop, hiking

trails and meeting center. ShadyBrook was a wonderful physicalplant for artist to come foraccredited and continuingeducation courses. The facilityhas been used by universities andorganizations world wide toeducate students.

During her years in Administrationshe was a consultant onnumerous nonprofit organizations,taking many of them fromconception to completion. A fewof these organizations are;Childrens Museum of Houston,the USS Houston Memorial in

Heritage Park Houston, MainlandMuseum, Galveston HistoricalFoundation and InternationalSpeaker at the WomensConference in Beijing. Maurine

has many honors and awards;Notable Women of Texas, NotableAmerican Women, Phi DeltaKappa Outstanding CollegeStudents of America, Whos WhoWomen in American Business,In te rna t iona l Di rec to ry o fD i s t i n g u i s h ed Lead e r s h i p ,Di rec to ry o f In te rna t iona lBiography, Alumni of the YearUniversity of North Texas, PrismAward for Photography, TravelingPhotography Exhibit DallasMuseum of Fine Art, PurchasePrize Award for PhotographyBeaumont Museum of Fine Arts,Beijing International TravelingPhotography Art Show, TopPerformance Award Ethan Allen,Sculpture in National Society ofArt Show, Mixed Media RockportArt Center and yearly publishedwork of her Mermaid Series.

Look at her works.Many thanks to Maurine for hertravel diary: please, send us yourtravel diary and we will share itwith the other members of ourCommunity.

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Pietrasanta at the beginning of XVIII Cent.

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realistic depiction of many facetsof real life including violence.

- Madama Butterfly (1904) wasinitially greeted with greathostility (mostly organized by hisrivals) but, after some reworking,became another of his mostsuccessful operas.

In 1910 Puccini completed LaFanciulla del West. The premireof La fanciulla del West took placeat the Metropolitan in New York City on Dec. 10, 1910, withArturo Toscanini conducting. It

was a great triumph, and with itPuccini reached the end of hismature period.

A l w a y s i n t e r e s t e d i nc o n t e m p o r a r y o p e r a t i ccompositions, Puccini studied theworks of Claude Debussy, RichardStrauss, Arnold Schoenberg, andIgor Stravinsky. From this studyemerged Il trittico (The Triptych ;

New York City, 1918), threestylistically individual one-actoperasthe melodramatic Iltabarro ( The Cloak ) , thesentimental Suor Angelica , and thecomic Gianni Schicchi . His lastopera, based on the fable of

Turandot as told in theplay Turandot by the18th-century Italiandramatist Carlo Gozzi, is

the only Italian opera inthe Impressionistic style.Puccini did not completeTurandot , unable to writea final grand duet on thetriumphant love betweenTurandot and Calaf.

Suffering from cancer of the throat (he was ahabitual Toscano cigarsmoker), Puccini beganto complain of chronicsore throats towards theend of 1923, he was

ordered to Brussels for surgery,and on November 29, 1924, hedied. News of his death reachedRome during a performance of Labohme . Th e o p e ra wasimmediately stopped, and theorchestra played Chopin's Funeral

Giacomo Puccini and the conductor Arturo

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At 20 minutes by car from Pietrasanta: the new theater at Lago di Massacciuccoli where the Puc-

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became sadly known for themassacre of 560 people committedby the Nazi troops on August 12th1944. The Charnel HouseMonument (Monumento Ossario)which gathers the remains of 560Martyrs raises itself on top of thePass di Cava (Colle di Cava).The sculpture of local stone work was built in 1948, a project of theArchitect Tito Salvatori, andaccommodates , above thecommon grave, a sculpture byVincenzo Gasperetti whichrepresents a young mother who istenderly hugging to her chest, in adeath embrace, her little girl thatwas killed. A Historical Museumhas been built at Sant'Anna as wellas a Park of Peace, where youcan see a modern bronze sculptureof Novello Finotti, which is atribute to those who lost their livessixty years ago.

The new movie by Spike Lee, Miracle at St.Anna , collets

information about this sad page of local history: in 1944, SS officerswere given orders to round uppartisans in the region, but mostmen were away fighting with theItalian resistance. So instead, the

SS soldiers embarked on a horrificmurder spree. They slaughteredhundreds of women and elderlyand 116 children, the youngest of which was just 20 days old. Theythrew grenades into crowds of

people, shot them and then set fireto their bodies. By the time theyleft the village, it had been burnedto the ground.

Miracle at St. Anna is directed bySpike Lee and written by JamesMcBride, based on McBride'snovel of the same name, and itwas mainly filmed in Italy.Principal photography started inTuscany on October 15, 2007. Theexterior scenes were filmed closeto Barga on the Serchio river, andin the villages of Colognora andSantAnna di Stazzema. Theproduction was then moved toCinecitt Studios and Piazza delPopolo in Rome. Scenes were alsoshot in New York City andNassau, Bahamas.

The political message of the

movie is about the use of black people during the II World War.Spike Lee wishes to honour thecontribution of black US soldiers

during World War II. He told tothe Italian newspaper LaRepubblica that before filmsdepicting the Vietnam war, black servicemen were "invisible", asvery rarely did Hollywood

represent the contribution made byb lack Am er ican so ld i e r s :according to Spike Lee, theybehaved like patriots, but theywere considered second-classcitizens. McBride's novel, which isbased on a true story, is about four"Buffalo Soldiers" from the USArmy's Negro 92nd Division, whoare trapped behind enemy lines inTuscany, when they tried to rescue

a local boy. A friendship developsbetween one of the men and thesix-year-old Italian orphan.

Lee said the film would tell bothsides of the story. "A lot of German soldiers were not facelessevil with no humanity, but simplymen fighting on the wrong side -they too were tired, hungry andwanted to go back home," he said.

Almost all the events unfold underthe shadow of the broodingTuscan mountains, and Lee spenteight weeks filming in

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many exact locations, includingthe Cinquale River, between Fortedei Marmi and Massa, where the

92nd fought a fierce battle withthe Germans' battle-hardened148th Brigade. The film is the firstthat Lee has shot outside the US,he was happy to have the chanceto pay homage to some greatItalian filmmakers. He has apassion for Italian neo-realistcinema and delights in the fact thatwhile Miracle at St Anna authorMcBride had no knowledge of this

field, the presence of a child in hisstory reflects one of the era's keymotifs. "It's funny - when James

and I first worked together hedidn't know anything about theItalian neo-realism films, wherehaving a child in the film is veryimportant. Just think of TheBicycle Thieves, Rome Open Cityand Pais. For me, this film is ahomage to Rossellini, De Sica,and those cats.

From an interview to the Daily

Telegraph: "It's a story about faith

and what exactly the miracle is,that's left up to individual people -there are several miracles in this

film, and I hope people can seethem. All I will say is that, havinglived on this earth for 57 years, Iknow that miracles happen." Headds: "After all, it was a miraclethat they let me make this film."

Go to watch the movie, and thengive your tribute to the Martyrs:follow this one day-off proposal atStazzema, next time you come

back to Pietrasanta.

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Academy of Fine Arts in Rome,before turning to acting.

In April 2000 she told Parademagazine that she ''studied paint-ing and sculpture at school andbecame an actress by mistake''.

In 1992 she represented Italy at

the Seville Expo with a sculptureentitled Living Together, showinga child on an eagle, intended to

represent harmony between hu-mankind and nature.

The French president, FrancoisMitterrand, complimented her onthe piece, later awarding her the

Legion of Honour for artisticmerit. GinaL o l l o b r i g i d awas born in1 9 2 7 i nSubiaco, a townnear Rome. Shefirst came to theattention of Italian film di-rectors as a

beauty queen,after comingthird in the1947 Miss Italycompetition.

Her Hollywoodbreakout filmwas the 1953John Houstonmovie Beat the

Devil although today she is stillbest known for the ''Pane,Amore...'' series

She rose to fame on the back of her prototype Latin beauty and hershort ''tossed salad'' hairstyle. Akind of curly lettuce was evennamed ''Lollo'' in her honour. Youcan ask for it at the street marketin Pietrasanta every Thursday

morning.In the 1970s she drifted away fromacting but became a highly suc-cessful photographer and photo-

journalist, once scooping an exclu-sive interview with Cuban leaderFidel Castro.

The exhibition runs in Pietrasantafrom September 20 until Novem-ber 16, after which it will tour the

US. During the exhibition, at theTheater of Pietrsanta, at DomeSquare, the most important moviesof Gila Lollobrigida are showed inthe evenings. At the Sala delle Ga-nasce exhibition space Gina Lollo-brigida showed a movie that shemade about her artistic biography.This movie gives the name to theentire exhibition: Vissi dArte (Ilived thanks to the Art).

Continued from p.8 Whats on: Lollos exhibition

Lollos bronze sculpture at Piazza del Duomo, onSunday 21 September, at 9:40 am

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evening I love just to walk around

in the streets and feel the energyor sit on the stairs to the oldcathedral and watch the kids play

football and dream about all thegreat artist who has been comingto Pietrasanta for centuries.

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Dear Reader,

I would like to give you someadditional information aboutAgnetas job.

Agneta is a full time artist living inLderup, Sweden. She worksmarble, bronze and glass. On theweb site www.agnetagynning.com you can see her last production:marble sculptures, such as thebeautiful In Motion, and bronzesculptures, such as Ballerina.She is great in producing jewelrytoo: look at her bronze neckless orthe silver bracelet. They arelovely.

When she carves marble, sheapplies her way of life: "It is achallenge for life. As an artist Itend to work quickly, but stone isgradually teaching me to change.It is important to bring out thestone's soul with a calm, carefulhand and pause frequently toobserve and listen to the stone'sown unique idiom."

I like very much Agnetas In

Motion marble sculpture: andyou, what do you like the most?

Many thanks to Agneta for hertravel diary: please, send us yourtravel diary too, and well share itwith the other members of ourCommunity.

Continued from p.3 Agneta Gynning

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Reading newspapers (Yan Kasudas La chiave del sogno)

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Your comments

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Dear Giampaolo,

Thank you for sending me thenewsletter and holiday greeting

card about Pietrasanta. Thenewsletter especially broughtback fond memories of the timemy wife and I visitedPietrasanta in 2002.

Im attaching a photo of me inPietrasanta to see if yourecognize where in PietrasantaIm standing. This photo is afavorite of my daughter, and

she says that someday shewants to visit and stand in thatsame place and have herpicture taken.

We are happy that youincluded us in the Communityof Pietrasanta lovers.

Thomas J.

Macomb, IllinoisUSA

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Dear Giampaolo,

Thank you for thenewsletter.

I r e a l l y e n j o y e dreading it.

The dollar is so lowthat we need all thehelp possible inge t t i ng a f f o r dab l eaccommodations.

Rey A.

USA

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Dear Giampaolo,

Very nice work - good job!

I stayed in your apartment lastyear - so beautiful! Hope to againin the future

Charna C.

USA

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Your holidaysuggestions!

Write here one of yoursuggestions for tourist,such as shopping at Fortedei Marmi; a day trip toViareggio, Lucca, Pisa,Florence; a day off on thePuccinis home lake or 5Terre.

Friends inNew York City, 2008

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Who are we ?

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This is a quarterly newsletter for foreign tourists and

international artists.

Its about Pietrasanta and its surroundings.

The newsletter is mainly made by you: your comments, your

experience, your true stories. We want to collect and publish

them on the newsletter.

Please, dont be shy, and email us your personal experience

about your stay and your holidays in Pietrasanta: write

about one beach or at the Versialiana forest, one trip on the

Apuan Alps, one friend you met there, and so on. Well

publish your comments on the next issue. This issue (Late

Summer) has been emailed to about 200 foreign tourists.

Please, send it to your friends: maybe they will become

Pietrasanta friends of our Community.

All the best

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- special offer from Ryanair:

from Pisa to London, Brux-elles, Birmingan, Dublin, Man-chester, Stockolm, Paris, Oslo,at 19.57 euro, taxes included,one way, not refundable(www.ryanair.com).

- Delta Airlines offer: fromNew to Pisa at 619 euro(return), taxes included(www.delta.com).

PA L A Z Z O F E R R E T T ISPECIAL OFFER

Palazzo Ferretti is pleased to offerone week in October or Novemberat 400 euros, all fees are includedexcept heating (0.5 euro per hour)and electricity (0.5 euro perKWH). This is a special offer forPietrasanta newsletter readersonly.

Book it now ! Only a few weeksavailable in late summer.

info@pietrasantaresort.com

Less money, more holidays

Palazzo Ferretti Via del Paduletto 10/12

55045 Pietrasanta

W W W. P I E T R A S A N TA R E S O RT. C O M

For bookings:Giampaolo Vitali

Phone +39 328 2259111email: info@pietrasantaresort.com

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