Church in Val d'Orcia

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Val d'Orcia1

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Church1

Val d'OrciaChurch

Abbey of Sant'Antimo

A twelfth-century abbey alone in a valley of olives below Montalcino, built in pale travertine that turns gold late in the day. Almost nothing around it, which is the point. Free, and if the hours align the monastic chant in the nave is worth arranging a day around.

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