Author: Rieu, Andre

Format: Enhanced

Release Date: 21-09-2004

Details: Along the northwestern coast of Italy lies the provence of Toscano, or Tuscany. Its beautiful main city is Firenze, or Florence, a major tourist destination, as is Pisa, famous for its Leaning Tower. Bordered on the north by the Alps, Tuscany, with its population of some 3,600,000, is considered the most beautiful of Italys provinces. The land has been sculpted, both by the elements and by the Tuscans themselves, in their desire to make the land produce as well as their love of beauty. In the countryside, one can see vineyards, olive gardens and dark green cypress trees covering the gently rolling hillsides, among the ancient farmhouses, castles and churches. The celebrated Chianti wine has been made in these hills for centuries. High on a hill, roughly fifty miles southeast of Florence, is Cortona, the timeless city near Lake Trasimano