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Location:	Barberino Val d'Elsa (SP50)	by:	Giuseppe Marzulli
Area:	Italy	Date:	8 February 2022

Petrognano is a small cluster of houses along the road that leads from Certaldo to Barberino Val d'Elsa.
Despite being an agricultural village, what is striking is the architecture of the buildings, which is more of a medieval city. This is due to the fact that it was built with a small part of the building material of the destroyed city of Semifonte.

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On the left, the 1:8 Brunelleschi dome :-)

2022/02/14 13:41 , Hans-Jürgen Bayer

Right. It is a 1: 8 copy of Brunelleschi's dome of the Florence Cathedral, but compared to the original it is nothing beautiful :-)
From that chapel I took the view of Semifonte.

2022/02/14 17:31 , Giuseppe Marzulli

Ah, now I see the vinyard.

Wiki has an English and Italian article about Semifonte.
After the "Peace Treaty", the inhabitants had to demolish their own city and salt was plowed into the ground". Hefty times.

2022/02/14 17:56 , Hans-Jürgen Bayer

Beautiful. Inspires to go travelling again. Cheers, Martin

2022/02/15 20:15 , Martin Kraus

Really an idyllic spot with the mountains in the background !!!

Cheers, Hans-Jörg

2022/02/19 21:00 , Hans-Jörg Bäuerle

As a personal opinion, this is the Italy that I prefer :-)

2022/02/20 00:00 , Giuseppe Marzulli