Byways in southern Tuscany . Sorano. BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY coat of arms of great size, while below, upon the left, thecrowded mass of its dwellings lies in the dip of a saddlewhich at its opposite extremity terminates in the upwardsweep of a ridge of rock, shaped like a mighty wave turnedto stone at the moment of breaking. The hand of man has leveled the crest of this titanicwave and made of it an airy piazza approached by anarrow staircase, but I suspect little frequented, for theinhabitants evidently prefer the sociability of the streetsbelow, where the houses stand shoulder to shoulder
Byways in southern Tuscany . Sorano. BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY coat of arms of great size, while below, upon the left, thecrowded mass of its dwellings lies in the dip of a saddlewhich at its opposite extremity terminates in the upwardsweep of a ridge of rock, shaped like a mighty wave turnedto stone at the moment of breaking. The hand of man has leveled the crest of this titanicwave and made of it an airy piazza approached by anarrow staircase, but I suspect little frequented, for theinhabitants evidently prefer the sociability of the streetsbelow, where the houses stand shoulder to shoulder crowdedupon the edge of a precipice that at this point overhangs adeep ravine. At the bottom of this ravine flows theRiver Lente which lower in its course helps to isolatePitigliano and here washes the boundaries of Sorano onthree sides while from its opposite bank rises another seriesof cliffs that are perforated with curious openings, Etrus-can columbaria, now literally the abode of doves who nestthere and enliven the anc
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