| No traveller who visits the green and vibrant heartland of Tuscany and crosses the wooded hills that plunge steeply to the Orcia and Ombrone valleys can fail to be astonished by the splendours of the surrounding countryside. Beyond the heights of Montalcino, past the harsh, bare expanse of Valdorcia, the land suddenly drops away toward the unashamedly lush Maremma. Hardy and generous like the people who live there, this magnificent, proud terrain stretches out to the sea, beneath the dominant bulky shadow of Monte Amiata. |
A region where civilised and sophisticated societies have found wealth and inspiration since time immemorial; where today’s inhabitants have developed the skills to create a healthy economy without damaging the environment or their own quality of life; where wild creatures still live and breed in harmony with the countryside. Standing on the summit of a hill overlooking this enchanting scenery, surrounded by holly oaks, cypress trees, flourishing vineyards and olive groves, and bounded by ancient, mighty walls, is the little town of Sant’Angelo in Colle, |
where nothing disturbs the pervading air of quiet serenity.
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