Saturday 19 August 2017

Anghiari II, and Laterina for dinner

Thursday 29 June 2017 - Two of our party left this morning, then we went back to Anghiari - because it was a first visit for some, and there's always more shopping to be done. It's a pretty village.

Not sure who this dude is.

But here's some interesting history, "The most important period in the history of the town is associated with the Battle of Anghiari which was fought in 1440 between the Visconti armies from Milan and those of Florence which were allied with the Pope. Machiavelli spoke about the battle in his Historiae fiorentinae and Leonardo da Vinci executed a huge and short-lived fresco of it in Florence".

After a wee zzz, swim, and repairing shoes, we went to our local village, Laterina, for dinner.

Legend has it that whosoever removes the sword from the rock, gets to own the village (or something like that). This turkey did not succeed.


Riccardo and Rita run Caffe Michelangelo there and made friends with our group as many had morning coffees there.

This was a wonderful local meal with friendly hosts and genuine village atmosphere. I've written in my notebook, "This was just magic".