Pornanino

Pornanino & Castellina

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June 2nd 2006
The past 4 weeks of our trip has been spent living on an Olive Growing & oil making farm near Castellina in Chianti. The owners Franco & Lia Lombardi have been growing olives and making oil for the past 15 years. Prior to this time Franco was a engineer and project manager throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Since moving to Pornanino Franco has become passionate about olive oil. He con ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence

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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