the.com/tuscany
a region that turned hillsides, olive oil, and vowels into a global luxury brand.
means a region in central italy famous for renaissance art, rolling vineyard hills, and food so good it colonized suburban kitchen decor everywhere.
from named for the etruscans, the civilization that ran the place before rome swallowed everyone; the name survived even after the people mostly didn't.
capital cityflorence, where the renaissance basically clocked in
wine famechianti and brunello di montalcino, both from here
unesco siteseight, including pisa's famously stubborn tower