Taken with my Canon Powershot SX40 IS]. 12th - 20th May. Liz, Hugh and I flew to Pisa and drove in a small to an AgriTurismo farmhouse called Poggiacolle near San Gimignano. Liz and I went there previously. Poggiacolle is a farm run by Stefano Bartholi and family. Beside San Gimignano itself we visited nearby Colle di Val d'Elsa, Volterra and San Galgano, Southwest of Siena |
Poggiacolle San Gimignano Montauto Colle val d'Elsa Volterra San Galgano and Montesiepi Birds and flowers
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| View of us at Poggiacolle [2012] with San Gimigano in background | |
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| To Poggiacolle | |
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| Our host, Stefano | |
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| Poggiacolle from San Gimignano | |
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| Poggiacolle from near Montauto | |
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| Poggiacolle. Our rooms were above door on the right. In the evenings we made the tower our home | |
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| Our shared kitchen; our rooms were throught the door on the left | |
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| Lunchtime; the spiral [helical!] staircase leads to the tower, our evening room | |
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| Looking down our stairs | |
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| Scrabble in the tower | |
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| More Scrabble | |
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| View from tower | |
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| San gimignano from tower | |
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| S.Gimignano from Poggiacolle farm | |
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| Hugh inspecting the vines | |
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Farm cats |
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| The farm | |
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| Pogggiacolle | |
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| Our poppies | |
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| At swim, one bird | |
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| Marcello in our breakfast kitchen | |
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| The road into San Gimignano | |
| TOP | Montauto |
| TOP | San Gimignano |
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| San Gimignano from Poggiacolle, showing off my 35X zoom | |
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| Before entry into main square | |
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| In the setting sun | |
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Exit from square, pedestrians only |
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| Hugh lecturing on Italian history and Liz paying attention | |
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| The cisterna in the square after dinner | |
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| The upper part of S. Gimignano with a Gormley man on tower in distance | |
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| Don't jump | |
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| Is this the promised Ferrari? | |
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| Small cathedral square | |
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| Boy on cisterna | |
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| Gormley is not shy | |
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| Market day | |
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| This little piggy went to market | |
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| So did this one | |
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| The square, site of action in Tea with Mussolini | |
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| Details | |
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| Madonna and child | |
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| Madonna | |
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| TOP | The nearby village of Montauto | |
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| Montauto from the olive grove at Poggiacolle | ||
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| Montauto at sunset | ||
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| Montauto from across the valley | ||
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| Monastery tower at Montauto | ||
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| Memorial to antifascits | ||
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| Close up | ||
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| TOP | View from Montauto | |
| TOP | Nearby town of Volterra |
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| View from road on outer wall | ||
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| Roman remains seen from wall | ||
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| Town hall from steps of cathedral | ||
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| Tourists | ||
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| Close up of townhall | ||
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| Inside cathedral | ||
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| Please buy me; OK OK | ||
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| TOP | Colle val d'Elsa; nearby town on way to Siena | |
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| Entrance gate to Colle val d'Elsa | ||
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| From the walls | ||
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| The main street in old city | ||
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| TOP | Inside the church | |
| TOP | The abbey of Saint Galgano with the Montesiepi hermitage, between the medieval villages of Chiusdino and Monticiano For mor information | |
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| The Abbey | ||
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inside abbey ruins | |
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| The abbey still provides shelter for those in need | ||
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| The rotunda at Montesiepi near San Galgano abbey | ||
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| Inside the rotunda | ||
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Roof of the rotunda |
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| Ceiling of the chapel | ||
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| Wall of the Chapel | ||
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| Arm of San Galgano [?] | ||
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| San Galgano plunging his sword into a rock to turn it into a cross | ||
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| TOP | Birds and flowers |
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| Turtle dove | |
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| Collared dove | |
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| Bee-eater | |
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| Blackbird | |
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| Jay | |
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| TOP | Hoopoe |
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