In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . nt beggar and hegives half his time to a neighboring hamlet. It isstill peopled with primitive Tuscans, living the simplefree life of contadlnl and little shopkeepers, enjoyingtheir daily gossiping In street and piazza, their festaSunday afternoons and evenings In ca^e con giardino,and around the local band or choral club in the openplace by the church. They have their oxen fair InJune, and their harvest and vintage festivals in Julyand September as ever since the Virgilian days. To us Settignano has its added Interest of market
In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . nt beggar and hegives half his time to a neighboring hamlet. It isstill peopled with primitive Tuscans, living the simplefree life of contadlnl and little shopkeepers, enjoyingtheir daily gossiping In street and piazza, their festaSunday afternoons and evenings In ca^e con giardino,and around the local band or choral club in the openplace by the church. They have their oxen fair InJune, and their harvest and vintage festivals in Julyand September as ever since the Virgilian days. To us Settignano has its added Interest of market-place and post-office; we have our clothes cleanedand boots patched there; we share, through ourservants, its gossip and excitements; we contributeour share of centeslml to help bring back and bury 64 Our Village a soldier son of the village dead in far take language lessons from its school-teacher,and greet daily the polite hostler of the man with thecart and shining little black pony which we shouldlike dearly to own. We are padrone and padrona of. They have their oxen fair in June. a villa in Settignano, and as such are for the momentSettignanese and very glad of it. But unless you come to live In Settignano you willnot experience these delights, and as an earnest andpersevering tourist hot on the trail of pictures andfrescoes, of birthplaces and literary landmarks, youmay even not want them. The streets and shops andpeople of Settignano will then be of only passing in-terest. Sights and names will be wanted. Well, ourvillage has even something of these. First, Desiderio the sculptor. He is Settignanosmost famous son. The village cinematograph hall is Our Village 65 named for him! And so is the new piazza on theverge of the hill at the left of the end of the tram pleasing statue of Desiderio here is by VittorioCaradossi, and the inscription: A Desiderio nato sulcolle harmonioso, etc., by dAnnunzio. Theview of Florence from this piazza is one ofthe best t
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