Location - Casa Del Monte
Casa Del Monte is located 15km from the famous hilltop town of Cortona (see below), located away from the main road along a good quality country white road. Enjoying spectacular views, Casa Del Monte is ideally situated to absorb the very essence of Tuscan culture and the beauty of the countryside, yet conveniently close to main towns, and only approximately 50km from the airport in Florence.

History of Cortona
Floating high above the Valdichiana plain on terraced slopes of olives and vines, Cortona (pop 27,000) figures among the crown jewels of Tuscan hill towns. SOme 600m above sea level, sweeping down a spur of Monte Sant'Egidio, Cortona's crooked, cobblestone streets climb preciptuoulsly to the Medici fortress - even halfway up, between the houses, you can see Lake Trasimeno in Umbria and MOunts Amiata and Cetona near Siena. In Cortona, where babes are born with their heads in the clouds, three became celebrated artists: Luca Signorelli; Baroque painter Pietro Berrettini (1596-1669), better known as Pietro da Cortona, master of the rooms in the Pitti Palace; and Futurist-Impressionist-mosaicist Gino Severini (1883-1966), all of whom left works in their hometown.

As a medieval comune, Cortona held its own against Perugia, Arezzo and Siena, while internally its Ghibellines and Guelphs battled until the Ghibellines prevailed. In 1409 King Ladislas of Naples captured the city and sold it to the Florentines at a handsome profit.

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