JUBILEE SUDDENLY: Holy Year for the world
The magical atmosphere of festivals, in Italy will begin with an extraordinary event “Holy Year” that will bring us all a special Christmas, made of faith, history and holiness.
Luciana Cilemmi Giachi will guide you to discover this special Christmas in Italy.
JUBILEE: Rome and the magnificence of the eternal city
I love talking about Pope Francis, his strength in talking about important issues, of its proximity to the people, that make him a friend “next door” rather than a head of the Catholic Church.
JUBILEE: Pope Francis and His greatness for humanity
His fight against inequality, which characterized His life, His strength and His faith without limits, His closeness to the people living on the margins of society, recognized him as the Pope of the people of the humanitarian people.
JUBILEE 2015: Cathedral of St. Peter, the splendor of Michelangelo
JUBILEE 2015: Pope Francis leaves the Sistine Chapel after being elected Pope
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Bishop of Rome, Pope of the Catholic Church and Head of State of Vatican City, will open on December 8, 2015 until November 20th 2016, the Jubilee; also elected Holy Year. During the Holy Year, who come to Rome and cross the HOLY DOOR of ST PETER, will receive the PLENARY INDULGENCE or erase all the sins committed and the penalties. FORGIVENESS IS OPEN TO ALL
JUBILEE 2015: HOLY DOOR pending its opening on December 8, 2015
With the opening of HOLY DOOR, door that is opened only during the Jubilee, it remaining closed and walled up to the rest of the year, began the ritual that symbolically expresses the idea that during the Jubilee, the faithful offer is an “extraordinary journey” toward salvation.
JUBILEE 2015: Vatican City beautiful at sunset
JUBILEE 2015: Castel Sant’Angelo and the statue of the Archangel Gabriel, who protects
In the history of the Church, Rome has attracted pilgrims from around the world.
It will be so again for this extraordinary event, when Pope Francis, from 8 December 2015 until the day November 20, 2016, will open the HOLY DOOR of the Vatican Basilica and will launch the Holy Year Extraordinary Mercy.
In an environment ready to welcome the Holy Year, the details and the wine are the main ingredients to give best wishes to all the people who will respect the ritual of the Jubilee and visit Italy in this EXTRAORDINARY YEAR.
BARTOLOMEO Super Tuscan: Wine pleasing to Pope Francis
Author
Luciana Cilemmi
Luciana Cilemmi, deals with Magazine, Style Director and Co-founder of Tenuta Torciano winery and Tenute Giachi wines and the innovative Viviarium Restaurant of Bottega Torciano- Tenuta Torciano & Winery is part of an international reality that is born in Italy by an initiative of Pierluigi Giachi and Luciana Cilemmi, who have worked for years in the Italian wine market , expanding throughout in the United States, managed and controlled by the american company ' Bellavini winery. Luciana Cilemmi was born in San Gimignano to a family of artists specialised in the restoration of medieval buildings. Having completed her technical studies, she now pursues the interests passed on to her by her family, like her passion for artistic objects, in particular works of art created in Tuscany between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. But she reserves her keenest enthusiasm for the historic works completed in San Gimignano between 1100 and 1300. Alongside her love of medieval history, she is fascinated in wines produced from Tuscan vineyards, which, together with saffron and wool, were the most sought-after goods traded by the wealthy noble families of San Gimignano already in medieval times. Luciana Cilemmi left San Gimignano at the age of 21 and embarked on a pilgrimage in search of knowledge and to discover the new winemaking skills and products that were then developing both in Italy and in France. In the meantime she added to her knowledge of wine by attending specialised courses and becoming a master of wine. On returning to Siena, she discovered a wonderful area near Murlo where she fell in love with the tiny, unspoilt village of Montepescini. She bought the estate of Montepescini where, based on the experience she had acquired over the years, she found a particular lie of the land, special climatic conditions and an altitude suited to the creation of great wines. With enormous enthusiasm, doggedness and considerable effort, a reclamation programme was started to renew the terrain which was then used to plant 30 hectares of specialised vines. Sangiovese is the dominant vine, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Years of experimentation and the introduction of new winemaking techniques eventually led to the creation of Luciana di Memmi’s prestigious wines. Some years ago, Luciana Cilemmi succeeded in realising her dream of a lifetime: to return to her home town, San Gimignano. She was destined to buy the historic palace with the medieval tower, which had been owned by the prestigious Useppi family from 1200 to 1927 and had then passed to the noble and historic Chigi family of Siena. The Useppi were a powerful Sienese family who owned several castles. This beautiful medieval building has an elegant and distinctive façade full of Sienese and Pisan architectural influences. If you find yourself in San Gimignano, make sure you visit the Chigi Tower and Palace. Luciana Cilemmi holds regular events in the rooms of the medieval tower, such as the presentation of wines, both from her vineyards and elsewhere, attended by international journalists, experts from the sector and critics. She also organises exhibitions of works of art and paintings, and press conferences on the subject of "Wine in San Gimignano during medieval times”. Visiting the home of Luciana Cilemmi is like re-living an aspect of the past that will not return except through the imagination of those who have believed and continue to believe in this story.
