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Val d'Orcia
Sign in to savevalley and cultural landscape in central Italy; a World Heritage site
Key facts
- Location
- Provinces of Siena and Grosseto , Tuscany , Italy
- Criteria
- Cultural: (iv), (vi)
- Reference
- 1026rev
- Inscription
- 2004 (28th Session )
- Area
- 61,188 ha (151,200 acres)
- Buffer zone
- 5,660 ha (14,000 acres)
- Website
- www .parcodellavaldorcia .com /en /
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Val d'Orcia or Valdorcia ( Italian: [valˈdortʃa]) is a region of Tuscany, Central Italy, which extends from the hills south of Siena to Monte Amiata, between the provinces of Siena and Grosseto. Its gentle, cultivated hills are occasionally broken by gullies and by towns and villages such as Pienza (rebuilt as an "ideal town" in the 15th century under the patronage of Pope Pius II), Radicofani (home to the notorious brigand-hero Ghino di Tacco) and Montalcino (the Brunello di Montalcino is counted among the most prestigious of Italian wines). Its landscape has been depicted in works of art from Renaissance painting to modern photography.
World Heritage
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Val d'Orcia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.