RESTORING AN 18th CENTURY PALAZZO FILLED WITH FRESCOES, CHOPIN & THEATRE IN SIENA, ITALY

This episode I'm exploring the historic and magnificent Palazzo Sergardi in Siena, Tuscany. I speak with owner Lodovico about the classical music of Chopin, a theatre that may be lost forever, his parents' romantic love story during the second world war and the tedious and costly work of restoring an 18th century frescoed ballroom. You can find many more videos on my channel about how I learned Italian and moved to Italy. Making these episodes alone is very time consuming and expensive and if you would like to support my work, you can find my Patreon page here:
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[@charlesvanhorn1560]

Kylie, I love all your productions, but this one touched a nerve. The elderly must love your work as well as the young. I am 81 and a bit of a romantic so to see you wandering through that magnificent villa, I am feeling what you are feeling. You are a genius at storytelling. May God bless you.

[@KylieFlavell]

I’m so deeply pleased that it touched you. Thank you.

[@ValleyoftheGods1]

Now THAT’S a husband. Wow! Margarita was lucky to have met him, and he to have met her. What a beautiful story. I’m sure many of us can relate to the soldier’s despair and the joy he must have felt when he finally found what he longed for. If only we could all find partners/spouses like that! Marvelous video Kylie, as always ✨✨✨

[@KylieFlavell]

Wasn’t he incredible?!! I was completely captivated by his diary.

[@lodovicomarmoross3249]

Hi Kylie, first of all a public thanks for such an evocative testimony on Palazzo Sergardi Biringucci in Siena and on such an intimate part of my family's history ... I am thrilled that you have been able to grasp and transfer the deepest feelings of a man, mine father, who lived in the tragic moments that preceded and followed the battle of Montecassino .... On that occasion my father was decorated with the Cross for military valor ... Then followed the battle for Ancona and Bologna ... Shortly after he met my mother by chance and he was a great love; but he could no longer return to his homeland or to his land because Poland, with Yalta, was "ceded" to Stalin ... It was for him, as for all those Poles who fought for our freedom and were not liked by that regime, a great pain ... He left us too young, in 1969 .... I apologize for my English, but I have to use the Google translator ... Again, a huge thank you to you and to all those who share our emotions ...

[@michelleneuman579]

@@lodovicomarmoross3249 Your father sounds like an amazing man. You must be so proud! His diary was a plea to God to find the Love of his Life, your mama. Just beautiful!

[@mythoughts2221]

@@lodovicomarmoross3249 Your father was meant to remain in Siena after meeting your mother, his true love. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@tc7486]

No one but you could read a story in Italian with me having to read the translations and make me not want the story to end…so beautiful. ☺️❤️

[@luzeyden6527]

Thank you for showing us the hidden beautiful art, theatre of an Italian stories.

[@KylieFlavell]

Thank you ♥️

[@cathryneallen9257]

Oh my gosh, I am 3 minutes into this film and I am crying….the beauty is hurting my heart….yes, a million times yes, it is worth preserving……I despise modern architecture and sorrow that many people don’t appreciate classical beauty anymore….and I cried and cried as you read that journal….it certainly was relatable, I often feel that way….I am so glad he found happiness…..thank you for this film….you area gem Kylie ♥️♥️♥️

[@Pilot333]

Felt the same way too.... Glory to beauty, that is may never seize to exist!

[@kneadsensual7366]

This is breathtaking, and yes immediately reminded me of Roger Scruton's "Why Beauty Matters". Kylie you have done something close to a public service with this video.

[@KylieFlavell]

Thank you so much. 🙏🙏🙏

[@AndYourLittleDog]

I agree…I think we are all responding to our souls being nurtured every Friday. There’s so much chaos and ugliness in the world and Kylie is doling out the remedy.

[@mythoughts2221]

I believe that your video on the palazzo is going to be a huge financial benefit.

[@marilunavamu4560]

Oh god I got emotional from the very beginning. I went to Italy for the first time 2001 and then 2006 and all I can say is that every place I went to visit I could feel the energy of the time, I would get lost with the smells the sounds and the beauty of every stone, statues, ruins, one word I left my heart in Italy. I felt in love with Siena specially. What story!

[@jessicabey275]

Words can not describe how meaningful you are to the world Kylie ❤ you bring us so much beauty

[@beverlyschiffler9649]

I loved this vlog so much. The music, the frescos, the journal written by a wonderful man during WW2. Thank you Kylie.

[@lindaauthement7501]

Oh my goodness. That is beautiful. One can actually feel the writer's pain and suffering then the joy when he meets the love of his life. Thanks so much for sharing part of the diary with us.

[@lisazochert3465]

Your reaction to the overwhelming beauty, history, and surroundings- almost speechless- is how I feel each time I visit Italy and have the joy of experiencing it again and again. It is this awe and admiration that makes me want to live there; even if only part of the time. It provides drama, excitement, appreciation, and a true sense of the wonder that makes living in the moment exhilarating. Thank you for sharing another beautiful story.

[@gabrielazamora6202]

The older gentleman at the beginning! 😍 wow

[@antonellopalazzolo]

The older gentleman, even if it is not evident, is the younger one...but I love you anyway:))... Antonello Palazzolo

[@gabrielazamora6202]

@@antonellopalazzolo forgive me, meant as a warm remark. I would like to say properly how beautiful you and your wife are and what a way to play the piano😊

[@r.m.4653]

What a beautiful space for a fine arts school. Imagine the inspiration.A community for actors, painters, artists, chefs, weavers, sculptors, woodworkers, all working together and teaching others. Selling their works and bringing others in to see it all.

[@duplessishouse]

Beautiful! My family is from Italy, from Venice. I'm living in South Africa now and cannot wait to move back to Italy permanently. I came to Italy for a month when I was very young. Watching your videos now, I think they have awoken something in me to return 'home' to Italy. Things are so crazy In South Africa these days, that I feel like that soldier, a yearning for a simple life filled with love and beauty. Thank you

[@chimbo1010]

Complimenti cara Kylie...ma quanto e bella L'Italia...Siena.. Gli Italiani.Amo L'Arte Italiano e' VIVA L'AMORE!!!!!!da Buenos Aires Argentina

[@kendv4299]

Kylie your films are always amazing, beautiful, sensitive, creative. basically works of art. To do these films weekly is beyond belief. This one about the palazzo is the story of Italy. The country is full of works of art and architecture in need of some tender loving care. I often wonder how Italy created so many artists. All the arts are glorified there. Music, Dance, Painting Architecture, Sculpture, Poetry and Theatre. You too have found your place to be. Thank you for sharing your love of the country.

[@miastupid7911]

I was so sad when the video ended. All my aesthetics were humming with delight and serenity. You are gifted. So many nostalgic references and full of people with integrity. Thank you for putting our minds and hearts to rest.

[@KylieFlavell]

Thank you 😘😘😘😘

[@miastupid7911]

@@KylieFlavell So happy we all found you Kylie.

[@michellemeyer1214]

I can't even imagine living near all of this incredibly gorgeous history. The Italians, actually most of Europe are superior at keeping records and keeping their paintings, frescos, any building of importance that wasn't destroyed during the many wars. It's magical and thank you for sharing this with all of us. Bye and congratulations on your recent nuptials. You truly look beautiful inside and out. Ciao and have a fabulous weekends!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TANI999ful]

All I can say is thank you, thank you, thank you my dear Kylie! You are unique 💗✨

[@brendadillon7783]

Kylie is there any way the public can help support the Palazzo reconstruction? Have they published the diary for others to read and admire.. Keep up the great work…😘

[@Buen-Provecho]

I had the same thought about the diary. If there’s a way to support the reconstruction through the purchase of a book, that would be fantastic!

[@TheBluebellMoon2]

Yes!!!!!!!!!! Would love to read a copy of the diary. Kylie do let us know how to buy a copy please. 💓

[@pilar3625]

I concur with this and support it. Do let us know beautiful @Kylie

[@icarus4189]

Would love to read the diary too!! And to help to preserve that amazing place ✨

[@DevraGrosselle]

So lovely, Kazimietz and Margarita are surely smiling from the other side, fascinated to see someone interested today in their love story and sharing it with the world.🤗

[@cb.650]

Beautiful! The passages you read are so lovely and poetic...brought me to tears....thanks for sharing.

[@dadamahe]

I was mesmerized!! Beautiful, absolutely beautiful!! Thank you soooooo much for sharing the journal entry. My heart was listening waiting for every word to fall on me. I was in tears; tears of joy! Thank you! Thank you!! What a beautiful surprise! Made my day!

[@lindalagarce8996]

So beautiful! Our small town has rejuvenated our theater in town by having multiply types of plays periodically throughout the country bringing interest and life back into it. It has been a way of bringing life back to our downtown area. Praying they can do the same, it is so beautiful.

[@kathleenroberts7972]

Ohmy those frescos! That music! That story! So romantic! Makes me love my Italian ancestry all the more. Love to you to dearest kylie!

[@Dawn-bl8ze]

12:35 my eyes literally started watering…. This episode is so intimate and poetic and magical… all of your others are too but this one is just a journey into this dreamy Palazzo filled with art and history and the enchanting attributes we do not see today in gray cold buildings and that fact truly evokes sadness in me. And the reading of his diary….. Crying. Truly crying. I’m so deeply touched Thank you always Kylie…. 🤍🤍

[@AndYourLittleDog]

There’s a film by the late Sir Roger Scruton called Why Beauty Matters that I think you’d enjoy. It’s on KZbin if you are interested. This was a lovely video. Thank you for bringing a little beauty to my Friday evening.

[@KylieFlavell]

YES! I absolutely love that documentary! I remember watching it when I first moved to Rome and feeling that it justified all the struggle to get to Italy! ♥️♥️ Thank you for watching!

[@jeanbb3283]

Hi 👋 adore Kylie’s work. Do you possibly have a link to this documentary? I’ve searched KZbin but coming up with unlikely options. Thanks

[@mobillove007]

Kylie. I love your productions! 🙏🏾

[@rhiahnfitz]

as always, so beautiful Kylie! If that diary is being sold, please put a link somewhere! id love to buy a copy and help support the family! xx

[@reneehaug1467]

Yes Kylie, I would buy a copy too! Maybe you could offer a translation to English?

[@jeffkennedy1888]

I agree. Count me in for a copy. All in Italian would be fine.

[@Alfablue227]

I would certainly buy it even in Italian, which so close to my mother tongue-Portuguese.

[@miastupid7911]

Me too.

[@markbennett6367]

That was beautiful Kylie, in so many ways.... And what an incredible palazzo....!

[@seeingyouontube]

Thank you for the dual languages as it helps me to grow my Italian. Have you ever heard of Eric Newby? Love and War in the Apennines and A Small Place in Italy are memorable and beautifully done memoirs of his life as a prisoner of war and later setting up a home in Italia. You will love his writing.

[@jeffkennedy1888]

Eric Newby is one of my favorite authors. He also wrote A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, BTW. The diary that you so beautifully read echos Newby’s Love and War in the Appenines. I just love your voice when you read or speak Italian. Such beautiful enunciation, emotion, compassion. I could listen to you speak for hours. Thank you for your artistry & passion!! ❤️😍🙏

[@ttephi3667]

Thank you Susan, I will look the author and his work up.

[@angelolazeroms5900]

I honestly really wouldn’t know where to even start, thanking you for making this. It’s so great that there are people out there that are sharing the same views upon cultural heritage. For me personally it is not a matter of ‘if’, but rather a ‘when’, I will be leaving for Italy. Thank you so much for what you are doing, it makes me focus on my dream: living in Italy and somehow contribute to the preservation of all this precious history and architecture.

[@dianegriffith3006]

Oh, I hope this theatre does come back to life. Thank you Kylie-ah, so beautiful and pulls at my heart ❤️ 🧑‍🎨👨🏻‍🎨❤️

[@blondiej994]

That was so incredibly beautiful. I became so entranced in the book that I found myself back in Italy. Lovely words. Lovely mémoire.❤️

[@agnieszkakowalska6352]

many thanks from Warsaw, Poland ❤️

[@MrMobieleauto]

I love Siena. It is my favourite city in the world and my dream is to live there one day and become part of a contrada. It makes me sad though that it wil probably never happen. Even more now because of this video, because it it is like you said; Siena is a very old town with very old traditions so it is difficult to become a part of a neighbourhood as a foreigner.

[@fundacjadlamigrantow]

I am so deeply touched by this! I am Polish myself. Our history is so complicated, so sad sometimes. This story is the best example that you should never loose hope no matter how hard the situation is. Happiness can be just around the corner

[@michaelgarlickmovies]

Once again Kylie, a worthy addition to your amazing body of work. Restorations are difficult because as the job progresses, it gets bigger and more expensive as new problems are uncovered. You bring us worlds we need to understand, from Iran to this restoration project. My father fought in Italy in WW2. He was in the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt and Italy. He fought at Monte Cassino driving ammunition trucks. Sitting on tons of ammunition in a truck on a battlefield was a dangerous pursuit. He also kept a diary and it is probably our family's most treasured item. Your short films touch our souls, thank You Kylie.

[@jagodajago2022]

I'm from Poland and this story truly touched me! The family of my husband has a pretty long intergenerational migration story. They ended up in Australia many years ago but he wanted to know more of his origins, left to travel around Europe years ago and met me. We fell in love and together moved back to Australia. I could never imagine I would find my happiness in someone from another part of the world but here I'm living in Perth and loving every second of it. Thank you for sharing your Italian story. I used to visit Italy every so often when I lived in Poland and as an artist, I truly miss it. All the best to you and Guido!

[@zina6653]

What a beautiful story of the love between them…and how his emotional ups and downs during his time as a soldier can sound like a young person of today. Beautiful video Kylie🤗🌸

[@itsmewende]

We would guess, the words from a soldiers diary of wanting to love and be loved would ever be more beautiful the Siena, Tuscany. Well they sure were, and you are so right those words could have been written a minute ago and fit straight into today. Thanks for sharing everything.!

[@barbaraszmyt7258]

Overwhelmingly beautiful! ❤

[@user-fd1qb7ml2j]

Oh my goodness! This was just breathtaking, sad, delicious, and much more. You brought me right back to when I visited Italy!!!! I remember some of the buildings having such beautiful I was overwhelmed. The history of the relationships of these wonderful peoples life times! Such joy, and sadness, but it was exhilarating hearing it all. Great job Kylie! 🙏👍♥️🙋‍♀️

[@astronorthwet636]

One of my favorites you have done thus far! Love the romance and history you bring out. Not enough people appreciate the past or understand the world as it was, both good and bad. Bravo Kylie!

[@johnnewhouse1235]

Carissimi Kylie e Guido. Grazie, grazie per questo film, questa belissima storia. Grazie a Lodovico per questo invito, la sua accoglienza tanto gentile. Questa storia, il palazzo sono pieni di momenti di vite vissute con passione, é una storia che ci parla: ci racconta la nostra umanità condivisa. Di fare la conoscenza di queste persone che fanno parte del film è squisito, un momento di tenerezza, della sensibilità. Cordiali saluti da Bruxelles

[@sprezzatura8755]

You bring so much joy to so many. Brunello Cucinelli restored an Italian village complete with a theater that will provide a venue for artistic expression for decades to come. Maybe the Palazzo Theater can be repurposed in a similar fashion? I share your concerns that young people may not even care about the extraordinary Italian and European art and culture of centuries past. Who can blame the Italians in Florence and Tuscany for being very private? Of course they want to preserve their culture and the outside world contains so much to avoid.

[@paulfreitag7772]

Thanks for sharing their beautiful love story. It brought a tear to my eye, but happiness in the end.

[@annpierce9250]

Kylie, what an absolutely beautiful job! You have outdone yourself with this one. Beauty in nature, beauty in art (sight), music, and somehow you found the beauty of a noble man, and a true love match. I am going to rewatch in a grove so I can also have the beauty of smell and this is everything. My three year old daughter came to me watching and asked why I was crying as you read the diary of the sort of man I have longed for and not found, and I told her it was beauty that was moving me thus, but also a little pity for myself. At least until my blonde haired brown eyed little on took the hem of her dress and wiped my tears gently away. I realized then that I am loved greatly, and I love greatly. Bless you SO SO much Kylie for having a kind and beautiful heart and soul and such an eye for beauty and a desire to share it through cinema! Hugs and so much love!

[@happycamper4328]

Oh my goodness, how beautiful, I am in tears. Thank you Kylie.

[@kamyfashion5304]

That was really touching and beautifull to watch aspecially for me in Krakow (Poland). War makes us all equal, just humans.

[@everleigh245]

Thank you Kylie for this beautiful representation of Art, beauty, and love....

[@dyhia1311]

Been waiting all day for this! Thanks Kylie ❤️

[@danusia3000]

In the midst of the beauty of the Palazzo and the lovely people there, I burst into tears because my dad too took a very similar journey through then Persia, Iraq and Palestine as a polish army cadet. It was tuberculosis instead of malaria and Liverpool and not Siena where he finishd his war journey, meeting my mum at a Polish officer's dance in London.... I wish he had left a diary, but I imagine his feelings to have been similar to the ones you read... He was that kind of a man. In later life I asked him about his experiences in that time but sadly Alzheimer's caused his language faculties to deteriorate n the early stages. Listening and watching your beautiful video today, I felt like this might have been my dad answering my questions xxxx

[@NyreeAlana]

Che meraviglioso! This whole video touched me deeply, but especially the diary of the Polish soldier! Thank you so much for sharing this with us! ❤ I do love hearing you speak Italian, as you have such a clear voice. I do still need to read the subtitles so I don't miss details, my Italian is still too rudimentary, but I can't wait for the day that I don't have to read them 🤞😊

[@gerimacen5511]

Your videos resonate with my ialian tuscany soul (my mom). I love everthing you do. You are a woderful artist. The things you share through your own art are priceless. So glad i found your podcast. Im a nurse in the US and i watch these to put love and joy in my heart. I may have family in Tuscany. My mom was a geraldini from Toscana. She would have loved you. Precious is your gift to us all. TY.

[@susanevanko7898]

Ah, so beautiful and soothing. Thank you for bringing the beauty of the palazzo, the wonderful music and that love story (!) to all of us. So very needed in this frenzied, polarized current world. Just what I needed today. xo

[@janejeffery2615]

Incredible love story and the theatre is stunning 🤩 This episode is full of history and insights to the whole country of Italy 🇮🇹 You present a simple but comprehensive guide to this country and its people and the love ❤️ Blessings to you

[@robinr1714]

Buongiorno, Kylie. When your video first started, I thought I had clicked on the wrong one--it was such a stark contrast to what we usually see on your channel. Intellectually, we know that we now live in a world almost devoid of elegance--almost everything is so cold and artless. So, it is important to try to preserve beauty as much as it is possible.

[@nadeemazam3628]

Your asthetic approach is really adorable. Marriage has tuned you. Thanks for letting us know such a beautiful art.

[@annedon776]

Kylie the colors in those Frescoes are SPECTACULAR! It’s like they are brought back to life. I do hope they can preserve everything! We need the past to help us with the future, especially now. Thank you for another beautiful vlog. Just so wonderful to see that people still care enough to preserve history ❤️.

[@SofiaJLyons]

your videos have touched a nerve for so many. Not just for those of us who are hopeless romantics or in love with Italy. It's because you slow life down for us in a world lived on our computers & focus on real LOVE & beauty all around you. Blessings to you & your fabulous Italian husband. Hope to meet you someday when we get to come film in Italy! xoxo

[@adreaminfocus]

Just so moving. Longing for someone to live for. To have a purpose outside of oneself. I’m so happy that he met Marga. And I love the Italian frescoes, I love classical music and I have faith that these classics will live on. Take music for example. Bach Chopin Mozart Percell Puccini…. These composers will outlive anybody who performs them. They will always live on because people like you and I care for them. Glorious❤

[@denasutera]

Your passion is contagious. Thank you Kylie

[@FM-yk1yr]

Holy Cannoli! To be honest, I almost gave up on this video until you started reading the diary. I sympathize so much with the writer. So many bouts of uncertainty and despair. Then, miraculously, the sun comes out. His happy ending brought tears to my eyes. And…perhaps hope for me. Such goodness in today’s post. You are so divine, Kylie. 🙏🏾 thank you!

[@tommcfadden5232]

The diary of the soldier……”To thy own self be true.”

[@nana9318]

Inebriate piece of Heaven I now crave to see in person! THANK YOU,KYLIE ! Suddenly I don't feel so lonely knowing there is someone that sees and cherishes similar values, perspective of beauty and wonders. It's an immense shift from 21th century's reality that strucks me right in the heart ! 🔥❤️

[@MarilialGomes]

Kylie I love your videos and the messages you share with them, they give me so much hope about the world and when all the things seems grey around me I see the beauty you share through the lens and by that moment I am surrounded by a incredible feeling of love, enthusiasm and dreams about my life. As a teenager I hope one day to experience a great love story just as yours and those good men. God protect you and your family my dearest Kylie ❤️

[@anitajones6617]

Beautifully presented and so touching this lovely man's thoughts with happy ending. Thank you Kylie.

[@raflincharlotte7333]

I love how your videos lead to various emotions and make me question my own life in a very positive way. Your work is remarquable, and I have never taken the time to thank you for all the beautiful moments I live in front of your videos, so thank you with all my heart. I live in France and have been quite a few times to Italy, visiting family or even during my studies, and I have never seen the country in such a delicate way. It definitely makes me want to go back. I wish you the best and hope you will always keep true to yourself, because you are a truly generous person to be loved.

[@KimC-vk5qp]

Beautiful! I'm thrilled people are keeping these treasures alive for us.

[@marjorykephart4700]

I agree with you Kylie and Guido. Love Italy because of the fabuous artisans and painters then and now. Let's face it: Italy had the best artists has the best food, crystal, lace, fabrics, fashion, architecture, furniture and jewelry. And the richest history and sceneries. The people of Italy know how to live life. It breaks my heat to see so many beautiful buildings and palazzos empty with no one to give them the care and love they deserve. And, the Italian people not being able to live their lives as they have for centuries. Thank you, Kylie and Guido for showing us so much beauty. I love classical music which accentuated the beauty of the palazzo.. The owners were gracious and fascinating people. Your vlog was brilliant. Informative and breathtaingly beautiful. Many thanks

[@lindab.8936]

Beautiful love stories have emerged from your visit to this historic home.😍💕 Several uncles of mine went to that war & I'm told they came home prematurely aged & shell-shocked. War takes its toll on everyone involved & the repercussions live on for decades. Your video was saddening but beautiful & uplifting too..the human spirit is always eased by love. Always. Thanks Kylie for sharing these stories. 🙋💟

[@kristiecox7350]

Wow, what a great story. I love stuff like this.

[@Marykguise]

Exquisite!! All of it! Thank you 💗

[@wmomente]

This theater must be cherished and saved !!! What beauty

[@kanamichelle7404]

Beautifully done! I almost cried as the young man spoke of his loneliness and sorrow. I am so glad he had a happily ever after! I wish all of those ancient treasures could be preserved in Europe, because they are magical to me, and that I am not too old to one day visit them.

[@anaarciniegadedios1958]

Wow!!! Stunningly beautiful! And what beautiful love stories! It made me think of mio zio Publio Cavallini and my tia Eva de Dios. They met in Italy. Mio zio was an artist and painted a few church ceilings in Italy and then in America. Thank you for taking us along on this beautiful adventure. Bendiciones.

[@SandraTuscany]

Wow!! Beautiful! Beautiful! I love classical music & to enter to a beautiful theater like that! Just wow…I have no words. You have created such a beautiful piece. I believe classical music is so romantic. It moves the heart. The diary was just a glimpse of what they went through. Imagine, he felt hopeless yet God had a purpose. Sometimes it’s difficult to see what is ahead of us. However, if you keep pushing & hanging on even if it’s by a thread, there is always a bright light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you Kylie for your beautiful heart🥰

[@sharonprykop-keenon4412]

Kylie ;;; I can SO RELATE to the father ... I am 70 and STILL waiting for that special someone to appear in my life ... I had been married for 35 years and had 3 children - one is in his 30ies and two in their 40ies ... while I love my children very much, I never was passionately in love with their father. He was a rebound relationship as my first true love had been killed in an automobile accident. So here I am at 70 years STILL HOPING for the right one to come! Until the day I die ... Amen!

[@aliahspirituality]

Kylie, your work has elevated!

[@2Sugarbears]

The Polish officer's love story was so touching. He wrote like a dream. I could only wish to emulate both his heart as well as his talent.

[@Alfablue227]

Kylie thank you my dear. This was an absolutely brilliant piece of cinematography. The palazzo, the beauty of it, the challenges in maintaining it, the story and feelings behind it, the incredible Siena, and then, there was the family, Guido and you - simply beautiful and priceless. Receive my xoxo fm beautiful 🇵🇹.

[@coeniedevilliers8792]

Sienna takes your breath away. Thankful that I have been there.Thank you, Kylie . You remind me of deep values and extroadinary beauty so hard to see, but still existing , in this world tiday.

[@meinh956]

This film gave me that beautiful nostalgic romantic feeling that I only get from a very good period film. Romance doesn't happen like it used to, and to hear of it in someone's own words is so incredibly special. BTW I am 32 and LOVE all classically beautiful things. I've had a love for historic things since I was a child and I will never get tired of seeing and hearing things from the past.

[@00morel]

what an amazing story... so deeply feelings in a man´s heart... tears! Thanks to read us his diary.

[@isabellarose8204]

I have only seen two of your videos, but I have to say this is one of the most amazing channels I have ever had the privilege of stumbling upon. Your films capture what I find so beautiful about Europe -- the mélange of cultures and languages, the beautiful art and architecture, the sense of history and of other lives long past. I wish you all the best

[@jacquelinethornton2505]

Wow what an amazing way to end your beautiful film this little book would make a fantastic movie in the right hands...ie yours Kylie 🎬❤

[@KylieFlavell]

🥰🥰🥰

[@IntentionalWellness_Michelle]

A love story, a palazzo, and one of my favorite cities! Sigh…thank you for whisking me away today!!!!

[@iwonapiwowarska]

Dear Kylie! Thank Yoy very much for this film ... especially because of the polish acent - I' m Polish and polish history was very difficult,there were so many similiar difficult love stories during the war..When I will visit Siena one more time I' will visit this beautiful Palazzo❤❤Bacioni💋

[@sara5750]

This is a beautiful video! I am in awe of the frescoes. I would love to just stare at them up close for hours. And the music is perfectly suited to this. The diary is poignant and fascinating to feel the heart of this young man.

[@theyogadoctor2530]

Wow, goodness, beauty and truth all in one video! Thank you Kylie! 🙏❤️🙏

[@janalavtizar4426]

So relatable, as you said. And how beautifully you built the whole story full of richness, wonder and depth.

[@vallisiviero9389]

Ciao kylie, abbiamo, in Italia delle opere meravigliose, che non ci rendiamo avvolte conto , grazie a te e Guido per farci conoscere, l'arte, come se fossi li con voi , che belle storie, Grazie ❤❤❤👍💋

[@KaterinaFerrara]

This reminds us how important it is to share the beauty of art with our children. We were just in Venice two weeks ago and we took our 18 and 19 year old to be academia with a very specialguide named Lucia. They never imagined they would love it so much. They said they learned so much. The art of our blessed Catholic Church reigns for me. Our Blessed Mother, the Sacra Conversazione con i Santi. Precious!

[@margaretcapuana6956]

Kylie, you are an amazing film maker. I love the way your films transport me to another place and time. Imagine if you could turn this story into a movie and use some of the proceeds to help restore that beautiful palazzo.

[@mariamdeblanco8215]

Everything that you do is magical! You have a gift. Thank you.

[@albacastellani2293]

Hai un talento straordinario. Da laureata in Storia dell'Arte ti dico che mi hai emozionata quasi fino alle lacrime. Il tuo canale è poesia!

[@nadia6562]

I cried like a baby when you read that diary, so incredibly moving. I'm 26 right now, hope to be with someone I'm deeply in love with someday..hopefully soon

[@lisagarrett6966]

I can think of no one better then you, Kylie to document such beauty and to give it even more depth by reading the diary., I have chills.

[@NatiHerron]

a beautiful look at Sienna, brought me back so many memmories xx

[@robertn-77]

What a beautiful video, its so reassuring others have the same love for traditionalism and seeing that palazzo being restored is wonderful. So many parallels to the story of Lodovico's father, there is a girl on the other side of the world and I wish I could see her.