Byways in southern Tuscany . -VSI; ^W3W^?^-^-^^-. Magliano. Church of the Annunziata CHAPTER V Magliano—Pereta—Scansano—Roccalbegna Roc-CHETTE Di Fazio—Compagnatico—Paganico AGLIANO is a little aristocrat amonghill towns. As you approach it fromthe sea the circle of its mellow goldenwalls rests like a crown upon theeminence it covers. Green banks lieabout it full of tangled vines and flow-ering bushes, and not far from thegate a twisted olive droops to shelter alittle shrine. At certain points highup in the walls small, rectangular openings pierce thesurface like windows peering from a c
Byways in southern Tuscany . -VSI; ^W3W^?^-^-^^-. Magliano. Church of the Annunziata CHAPTER V Magliano—Pereta—Scansano—Roccalbegna Roc-CHETTE Di Fazio—Compagnatico—Paganico AGLIANO is a little aristocrat amonghill towns. As you approach it fromthe sea the circle of its mellow goldenwalls rests like a crown upon theeminence it covers. Green banks lieabout it full of tangled vines and flow-ering bushes, and not far from thegate a twisted olive droops to shelter alittle shrine. At certain points highup in the walls small, rectangular openings pierce thesurface like windows peering from a cliff, but the bannersthat float from these casements are the product of humblelaundry work. At the top no Guelf or Ghibelline battle-ments meet the eye, but instead a finish of archetti verygraceful and decorative. 65
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