Montepulciano hill top town

Tuscany

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September 16th 2007
Woke up this morning to a beautiful vista outside our window. The hills of Tuscany are very beautiful!!! Sant' Antonio is a beautiful and peaceful spot the views are spectacular no matter where you look. I did my yoga this morning out on the patio, watching the sun come up. How much better can it get? The pace is much different from Rome in that we have slowed down considerably. Nico, our ho ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more