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Medieval Adventure in Italy - Plein Air Workshop Medieval Village of Ceriana, Italian Riviera
Medieval Village of Ceriana, Italy	San Remo - Italian Riviera

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2008

Plein Air Painting
* EASTER MEDIEVAL TRADITION
** SOUTH of FRANCE Excursion

Jim Salchak NWS, WW
Watercolor
All Medium Welcomed

Session 1: March 15 - 22, 2008 *
Session 2: March 22 - 29, 2008 **

€525 per Session

Plein Air Painting Elaine Hahn AWS, NWS
Oil
All Medium Welcomed Session 1: May 18 - 24, 2008 €525 per Session

Plein Air Painting
* Optional: TRADITIONAL WINE MAKING All Medium Session 1: Sept 14 - 20, 2008
Session 2: Sept 21 - 27, 2008 *
Session 3: Sept 28 - Oct 4, 2008 * €525 per Session

2009

Plein Air Painting
* EASTER MEDIEVAL TRADITION Frank LaLumia
AWS, NWS, PAPA, OPA
Watercolor
All Medium Welcomed Session 1: April 4 - 11, 2009 *
Session 2: April 11 - 18, 2009
Session 3: April 18 - 25, 2009 €575 per Session

Plein Air Painting
* Optional: TRADITIONAL WINE MAKING All Medium Session 1: Sept 13 - 19, 2009
Session 2: Sept 20 - 26, 2009 *
Session 3: Sept 27 - Oct 3, 2009 * €575 per Session

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MEDIEVAL VILLIAGE OF CERIANA
Italian Riviera and 30-min to France
Nestling in the hills of the Italian Riviera is the ancient town of CERIANA, its people and architecture shaped by history and tradition. Like many of the oldest towns of this region, it was built in the hills in order to protect the inhabitants from pirates and Saracens who ravaged the Mediterranean Coast during the Middle Ages. Over the centuries, the town grew to become a cluster of stone buildings huddled around the ancient Chiesa di Sant’Andrea, a church said to be built on the site of a Roman temple. It is believed that the original nucleus, the “Castrum Coelianae”, was founded by a Roman Family, the Celii. The most important monument of CERIANA is the Chiesa di Santo Spirito, a large Romanesque church built in the 12th Century located in the foothills of Ceriana along the river.

Surrounding the Medieval Village of Ceriana is a natural environment than can only be found in the Mediterranean Alps. The countryside is dotted with picturesque vineyards and olive groves. Wild boar and foxes roam the extensive forests of chestnut trees and oaks. Daisies and everlasting sweetpeas grow wild in fields that over the centuries have been reclaimed from the hillsides and laid out in thin terraces supported by ancient dry stone walls.
This charming Medieval Village will be our base during our workshop. The House-Hostel is a building located in the Historic Center of this Village. The house was built around the 13th Century and the labyrinthine interior features stone vaults and walls.

Walking Distance to EVERYTHING!
The House-Hostel is located in the Historical Center of CERIANA, and is walking distance to restaurants (2), fruit & vegetable shops, coffee shops, bars, an ice cream parlour, post office, bank, markets, local bakery, and the bus stop that will take you down to San Remo and to other surrounding villages. The village is a labyrinth of hundreds of narrow cobblestone paths and stairs that often emerge unexpectedly in another part of town, rewarding the adventurer with spectacular vistas over the valley. A small river along the base of the town features rows of abandoned olive mills, the canals channelling river water to their millstones still visible.

CERIANA is situated in the Italian Riviera hills, only 15-minutes inland from San Remo Beachs, famed for its resorts & Casino, and only 30-min to France. San Remo dates back to the Middle Ages. The modern part of San Remo was built in the nineteenth & twentieth centuries to receive the peaceful “Invaders”, the aristocratic and wealthy globetrotters of the world’s ‘high society’, who in a few years turned this fishing village into an elegant tourist center of world fame. Today the city’s most famous building is the Casino, built in 1905. This part of the Italian Riviera is also well known for its beautiful flowers. You can see hundreds of greenhouses along the hills filled with prestigious flowers such as roses, orchids and carnations.

Medieval Village of Ceriana, Towns along Italian Riviera
and Medieval Seaside Village of Menton, FRANCE

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MEDIEVAL VILLIAGE OF CERIANA Italian Riviera and 30-min to France Nestling in the hills of the Italian Riviera is the ancient town of CERIANA, its people and architecture shaped by history and tradition. Like many of the oldest towns of this region, it was built in the hills in order to protect the inhabitants from pirates and Saracens who ravaged the Mediterranean Coast during the Middle Ages. Over the centuries, the town grew to become a cluster of stone buildings huddled around the ancient Chiesa di Sant’Andrea, a church said to be built on the site of a Roman temple. It is believed that the original nucleus, the “Castrum Coelianae”, was founded by a Roman Family, the Celii. The most important monument of CERIANA is the Chiesa di Santo Spirito, a large Romanesque church built in the 12th Century located in the foothills of Ceriana along the river.
	Surrounding the Medieval Village of Ceriana is a natural environment than can only be found in the Mediterranean Alps. The countryside is dotted with picturesque vineyards and olive groves. Wild boar and foxes roam the extensive forests of chestnut trees and oaks. Daisies and everlasting sweetpeas grow wild in fields that over the centuries have been reclaimed from the hillsides and laid out in thin terraces supported by ancient dry stone walls. This charming Medieval Village will be our base during our workshop. The House-Hostel is a building located in the Historic Center of this Village. The house was built around the 13th Century and the labyrinthine interior features stone vaults and walls.
Walking Distance to EVERYTHING! The House-Hostel is located in the Historical Center of CERIANA, and is walking distance to restaurants (2), fruit & vegetable shops, coffee shops, bars, an ice cream parlour, post office, bank, markets, local bakery, and the bus stop that will take you down to San Remo and to other surrounding villages. The village is a labyrinth of hundreds of narrow cobblestone paths and stairs that often emerge unexpectedly in another part of town, rewarding the adventurer with spectacular vistas over the valley. A small river along the base of the town features rows of abandoned olive mills, the canals channelling river water to their millstones still visible.
	CERIANA is situated in the Italian Riviera hills, only 15-minutes inland from San Remo Beachs, famed for its resorts & Casino, and only 30-min to France. San Remo dates back to the Middle Ages. The modern part of San Remo was built in the nineteenth & twentieth centuries to receive the peaceful “Invaders”, the aristocratic and wealthy globetrotters of the world’s ‘high society’, who in a few years turned this fishing village into an elegant tourist center of world fame. Today the city’s most famous building is the Casino, built in 1905. This part of the Italian Riviera is also well known for its beautiful flowers. You can see hundreds of greenhouses along the hills filled with prestigious flowers such as roses, orchids and carnations.