Portinari

... of Copacabana. Two hours west we arrived in Itercuraca on the Emerald Coast with a recommendation of the "Hotel Pierre" from the Portinari reception girl. It turned out after a 20min boat ride to island Ihla de Itercuruca that the hotel is a dated ...

... and Two Angels, Incoronation of the Virgin), Andrea del Verrocchio (The Baptism of Christ), Hugo van der Goes (The Portinari Triptych), Piero di Cosimo (Perseus Freeing Andromeda), Albrecht Dürer (The Adoration of the Magi), Parmigianino (The Madonna of ...

... the two extremes of wealth that nestles between the gherkin peaks dominating the mainand and the bay. Our hotel, the Portinari (10 floors each by a different Brazilian designer) sat off 4km-long Copacabana Beach, lined with volleyball courts and football ...

... why these tourists insist on being out in the afternoon sun. A pass by Sant'Eustorgio reveals that we are too late even to see the Portinari Chapel, so we give up and head to a sort of semi-open looking place on a barge in one of the canals. We must ...

... get more pasta.  Yummy again. Sunday morning we spent at the Uffizi looking at paintings.  We studied, the Portinari Altarpiece, Botticelli, and several other altarpieces.  We had the rest of the afternoon free.  We were still craving ...

... lado de Orsanmichele, após uma visita à Igreja de Santa Margherita dei Cerchi, onde dizem estar o túmulo de Beatrice Portinari, a amada de Dante. É só mais uma lenda florentina, claro. Não há qualquer prova de que aquela seja a ...

... seen sculptures, so it was a change of pace to see paintings, especially masterpieces.  We saw, in brief, the Portinari altarpiece, pretty much every thing by Botticelli including the Birth of Venus and La Primavera, Lippi's Madonna with Child and ...

Bom dia = Good day = Guten Tag = Buenos dias So now you know the first word in Brazilian. Since yesterday I am in Rio not far away from the famous Copacobana beach which I can see leaning out of my hotel window. Unfortunately, today ...