Sitting in the peaceful loggia drinking our customary evening glass of rich red Montefalco wine high above the Nera valley, the lights below coat the plain and sides of the distant hills. This pattern retells the history of the region from medieval times. The fertile farmland of the valley provided the wealth so coveted by the neighbouring city states of Sienna, Florence and Perugia.
Centuries before it was the Goths, who came to rampage, pillage and destroy. This drove the inhabitants further up the hillsides building their walled towns for sanctuary. So the bathtub ring rose ever higher.
In more recent times it has been the tourists who come to immerse themselves in the artistic, architectural and culinary waters and to wash away their modern day stress with a glass of Montefalco wine.
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