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Fontana del Prete, Gello (Lucca) - A house in Northern Tuscany for holiday rent.

FREE Games

These free games are a fun way to get to known the area in Northern Tuscany and the house or just to play ! To copy the free games you have the following options: You can see how the page will look using the Print Preview option on the File menu. Return to this page by selecting the Back button on your browser.

Your can copy and distribute these games freely provided you do not alter them in any way.

Wallpapers

  
You can make your computer background more interesting with these wallpapers; two are from photographs shown in this website (*). They are provided as zipped files.

Autumn view of Gello Size zipped 70 KB, Size unzipped 480 KB (*) Click here to preview
View from our garden Size zipped 224 KB, Size unzipped 476 KB (*) Click here to preview
View of Gello from the church Size zipped 121 KB, Size unzipped 492 KB Click here to preview
The Apuan Alps Size zipped 46 KB, Size unzipped 483 KB   Click here to preview

To set the view of your choice as wallpaper you will need to extract the .bmp file from the .zip file using a utility such as Winzip and enough disk space to store the .bmp file on your disk.
To download, right-click on the link and select 'Save Link As'. Choose the directory where you wish to save the file, then click OK.
To install in Windows 95, select START, Settings, Control Panel, Display, Background, then, under Wallpaper, browse your disk to get to the directory where you have saved the .bmp file, highlight the file to preview and click Apply to install. To exit,click OK.

View of Gello from the church

Model of the house

A model of the house in black and white to cut out, colour and glue together.
House Model thumbnail

You will need:
a black and white or colour printer,
scissors
and
glue.
The instructions are printed on the cut out page.

The Romanesque bell tower at Gello

Il Gioco dell' Oca a Gello

This game is based on a traditional Italian board game, the Gioco dell'Oca. The name comes from the fact that the die value is doubled when a payer land on a Goose ("Oca" in Italian). The game will take you around landmarks in Gello. Minimum 2 players, maximum as many as you want !
Boardgame thumbnail Instructions thumbnail
The Game BoardThe Instructions
You will need:
a colour printer (but also works in black and white)
counters for the desired number of players
and
2 dice.

COMING SOON

I am working on a calendar with views of the area and other tidbits. I am also considering a quiz.

If you have any ideas for other freebies, or games I can base on my house for rent let me know ! I am working as fast as my busy life allows, but my time is limited so I cannot tell you when the new games will be ready. Please bear with me.

The musical spot on this page is from Fanny Mendelsohn and is titled "Italien". Click on the music icon to listen.Click here for music
View of Gello from the church

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Introduction The House Virtual tour Northern Tuscany
Tuscany Links 3-D MODEL OF THE HOUSE AND GAMES Northern Tuscany Bulletin Prices, availability and booking form