Byways in southern Tuscany . &^2 5^3U*£ .:.<-^,., .i-i (»--^;;,;i(-(;t;.;?-„;;;; ?hM San Antimo96. San Antimo. BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY Hardly a city of the high hills looks so seated in theclouds as Montalcino; there is a magnificence in the wayit lies against the sky that is scarcely equalled by anyother. Its profile is in sight long before the climb to itbegins, and the very look of it explains the struggle ofthose who wished to control it. To ascend the height it crowns, you pass between tallpoplars, cypresses, and ancient olives till, sweeping roundto the south, you enter it as you s
Byways in southern Tuscany . &^2 5^3U*£ .:.<-^,., .i-i (»--^;;,;i(-(;t;.;?-„;;;; ?hM San Antimo96. San Antimo. BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY Hardly a city of the high hills looks so seated in theclouds as Montalcino; there is a magnificence in the wayit lies against the sky that is scarcely equalled by anyother. Its profile is in sight long before the climb to itbegins, and the very look of it explains the struggle ofthose who wished to control it. To ascend the height it crowns, you pass between tallpoplars, cypresses, and ancient olives till, sweeping roundto the south, you enter it as you should, directly under thewalls of its fortress. From this summit it looks into threevalleys, those of the Orcia, the Ombrone, and the Asso,and so commands one of the most beautiful and wide-spreading of all Tuscan prospects. Innumerable hills,vales, and streams are mapped below it and white ribbon-like roads wind among them, while above all lies MonteAmiata, which with its long, gracious slopes mantled withchestnuts broods above southern Tuscany. The principal street of Montalcino follows the cre
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