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Walking through the Tuscan countryside  
   

Walking through the Tuscan countryside

On the way to Bagno Vignoni from San Quirico D'Orcia
Discovering Central Tuscany

May 26th 2011
Spent 4 days exploring and discovering the delights of Central Tuscany and the rolling countryside and hilltop towns basking in the sunshine are a delight to behold. The first stop was MONTERIGGIONI which is a beautifully preserved medieval hilltop town totally surroundeded by high stone walls with 14 heavily fortified towers. We were based in SAN QUIRICO D'ORCIA , another hilltop town an ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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