"We've got a lot going on here in the village right now," Niles Mayor George D. Alpogianis said Monday. "We're in what we've deemed a sort of 'Renaissance Era' -- a lot of building going on ...

Not far from Florence, the Tuscan hills harbour a village full of light and memories ... s ceaseless engagement with the knowledge of his era. Further up the hill, the viewpoint of Piazza Guido ...