Monteverdi Tuscany

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A medieval village in the Val d'Orcia, nearly abandoned after the war, was restored room by room along its cobblestone streets by an American attorney working with architect Ilaria Miani. MICHELIN lists it among Tuscany's Key hotels. A fourteenth-century church now hosts concerts, and the guest rooms keep wood-beamed ceilings and four-poster beds dressed in hand-dyed Italian linen.