Panorama Sorano

Sorano The country and its territory: an open-air museum

A unique and fairly unknown territory defined by tradition, culture, good food and great wine. Once you arrive, you’ll never want to leave...

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Castello di PoppiPhoto by: M. Agati

Poppi POPPI 1904

...and two eccentric ‘expats’

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Inf XIV, Divina Commedia, Dante, Gustave Dorè

Tresana Dante at Giovagallo Castle

The supreme poet’s visit to the castle in Tresana, a guest of Alagia and Moroello, who are mentioned in the Divine Comedy

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merloPhoto by: Lorenzo Jacopo

Casciana Terme Lari The elegance of the blackbird

Matilda of Tuscany and the surprising discovery of some healing waters

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Giambologna, Fata Morgana

Bagno a Ripoli The legend of the Fata Morgana

A German wayfarer comes across Giambologna’s evocative Nymphaeum during his Grand Tour, where he happens upon a curious situation

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Pianosa, Napoleonic marina

Campo nell'Elba Pertini in Pianosa

The President-Partisan, Fascist prison guards, an unexpected pardon and a letter to a mother

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