This family-run place has been in existence since 1995, started from an idea of Lodi Pieraccini.
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There are eight fragrances that make Bramasole a company of absolute quality and one of a kind: Dark & Sweet, Vetyvain, Tuberose Temptation, Venus Rose, Jasmine Bride, Dionysus Fig, Eternal Cedar and Alchemical Spice.
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ART 5 wooden doors and windows meet the highest standards in their field, designed to perfection and made using innovative technologies: «The world of doors and windows – says company vice president Stefano – has evolved a lot and uses technologies that were unthinkable until recently. The materials must be aesthetically pleasing and at the same time perform their function very well: we are always careful to minimize their impact, letting a lot of light and therefore the view of the landscape through».
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To get to the «Land of the Wigeons» you have to go up a hill, pass a little church, turn left, bear slightly left again and there’s the restaurant. It has a marvellously panoramic and truly enviable position. Inside we are welcomed by Maria Pia and Marcello, a couple who share both their work and their lives, she’s from Milan and he’s from Lecce. Together they had the idea of transforming a tavern into a modern, clean and welcoming restaurant, where Maria Pia’s cuisine blends perfectly with the artistic decor and the surrounding landscape.
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In reality the story started with Grandmother Meri, in 1949. She had a shop in Piancastagnaio. Natalia is the third generation but she arrived here after a long period of training in a school and salon in Florence. From dream to reality.
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oday, finally, this stereotype can be said to have changed radically. More and more people, in fact, understand that in times of difficulty an expert and professional consultation is necessary. People who want to implement a change aimed at improvement or who want to be listened to in order to learn how to better manage their emotions and external situations now visit a psychologist.
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The scientific community agrees that all pathologies and disfunctions that undermine our well-being originate from a chronic inflammatory state and/or from a lack of ‘tissue’ oxygen. Poor nutrition, stress, lack of exercise, poor breathing, habitual use of prescription medicines, are all factors that contribute to activating the processes of chronic silent inflammation and, at the same time, cause a reduced supply of oxygen to the tissues
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BY SIMONE BANDINI This story has its roots, it should be said, in the last century, when Amedeo’s grandparents, farmers, bought a farm in the Val d’Orcia, a place which has been chosen as a Unesco World Heritage Site for the splendour of its landscape and the perfect balance there between nature and human activity. […]
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BY SIMONE BANDINI San Conino oil is soft, delightful in appearance and intense in taste. Like a graceful girl whose precocious myth spreads across the grassy slopes of the Val d’Orcia where the sweet song of the ‘two- tailed siren’ rings out – as in the brand symbol Alessio Panarese selected, a perfect koinè of […]
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DI JORI DIEGO CHERUBINI “Tradition is not the cult of the ashes but the custody of the fire” is an admirable phrase of Gustav Mahler, and the more time passes the more it finds meaning and resonance. And the fire in Abbadia San Salvatore has been guarded for millennia during the Fiaccole [Torches]. A festival […]
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A farm and vineyard with a long history and excellent wines. Added to by the presence of a boutique-style agriturismo and a new generation restaurant, headed by Chef Jacopo Monni. We meet the owner, Amedeo Cencioni, who shows ValleyLife, and ideally its readers too, around the enchanted world of Capanna. A splendid place to relax and […]
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Alessio Panarese’s relationship with this land, unequalled in its harmony and beauty, belongs to a subtle intuitive knowledge . . .
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For days, weeks and months we have lived in a world subjected to the rhythm of the pandemic. Upset. Awaiting revival. With Survive the only password. First, obviously, Covid19. Then all the consequences: the long confinement in the apartment and the need to build a new, unwanted, but imposed life: forced imprisonment. Mornings, afternoons evenings […]
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