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Il Castello di Romena

I’ve always loved this brooding shot …

We’d driven north out of Arezzo as far as Stia, which we were dying to see because it was the location for a most delightful Italian movie called “Il Ciclone” (The Cyclone), and we’d even thought of staying there, but for the lack of appealing accommodation.

From Stia (yes, pretty but no, not gobsmacking) we drove up to see a castle that turned out to be the ruined Porciano – the stuff of dreams: I’ll post some shots of it, one day. An...