da wheeleran | Dic 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Polveriera Guzman in Orbetello was a massive powder magazine built in 1692 for the Spanish viceroy of the State of the Presidi to store explosives. Now an archeological museum and art gallery, it was also used by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 to supply his troops...
da wheeleran | Dic 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
The remarkable fortress of Radicofani north east of Capalbio on the road to Siena is one of the most beautiful in all of Italy. Standing on a rocky cliff overlooking the town and two valleys, it defended and controlled the Via Francigena road which shuttled pilgrims...
da wheeleran | Dic 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Casa Terra is a unique rustic Tuscan apartment, full of artwork, paintings, prints, little antiques, pottery, and bronze objects. It opens onto a wide open patio underneath grape vines which looks out over our private garden and down over the nature reserve towards...
da wheeleran | Dic 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
The ancient Etruscan city of Blera south east of Capalbio is built on a narrow spur of tuft rock between two lush gorges dense with vegetation, elms, poplars, willows, ferns, caves, small waterfalls, and a series of old Roman locks that direct the flow of the Biedano...
da wheeleran | Nov 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
A wooded path through the forest of the Macchiatonda Nature Reserve, which covers 244 hectares of land between the coast and the highway below Capalbio. It’s a WWF wildlife area of wetland groves, natural meadows, and organically managed fields that preserve the...
da wheeleran | Nov 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
The castle on the hill overlooking the tiny village of Montemassi north of Grosetto, built by the Aldobrandeschi family around 1000 AD and almost constantly besieged by Siena, who could not, ever, control the rebellious locals, who refused to be ruled by anyone until...
