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Rolling green hills with olive trees and vineyards in the Tuscany countryside near Monteriggioni, Italy, with a cluster of buildings on a distant hilltop under a partly cloudy sky.
Tuscany, Italy: landscape
Tuscany, Italy
Marble quarry
Livorno
Maremma
Meloria: 18th-century tower
Side-by-side maps of central Italy showing the changing boundaries of the Papal States. The left map highlights the Papal States after the Treaty of Vienna in 1815 in green, showing their greatest extent. The right map shows the Papal States' reduced territory just before absorption into Italy, with orange marking areas annexed in 1860 and yellow showing the final area annexed in 1870, centered ar
The Ricasoli family's wine tradition and Chianti's landscape
Exploring Tuscany, Italy
A cultural journey through Florence
The environmental impact of Carrara's marble quarries
The lifestyle of Europe's ancient cowboys, the butteri
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