The ‘Quore’ [play on Cuore, ‘heart’] of Tuscany

The association was established in 2022 and already includes nine DOP and IGP products: Castagna del Monte Amiata IGP, Fagiolo di Sorana IGP, Farro della Garfagnana IGP, Marrone del Mugello IGP, Mortadella di Prato IGP, Pane Toscano DOP, Pecorino delle Balze Volterrane DOP, Olio di Seggiano DOP and Olio Terre di Siena DOP.

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An Eco-centric Vision in the Demolition of Winesaur

The ‘Winesaur’, as it is known locally, is a large incomplete work. Or rather it was, given that today it is being broken up and disposed of. “The philosophy of those years – Mayor Mugnaini tells us – was to build an aging cellar for all producers”, while instead recent history has taught us that, in this sense, each company has invested its own resources independently.

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Designing water and outdoors with Nexterior

It is a family-run company whose fundamental principles are: creativity, technology and customization. This allows them to offer the customer a wide range of solutions for everything concerning outdoor settings: swimming pools for any need, whirlpools, spas, bioclimatic pergolas, shaded areas, kitchens, all with a creative design and a vast range of floors and walls.

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Mugello, Flavours that Warm the Heart

In autumn and winter we cannot fail to mention the black cabbage. It has been cultivated in these lands since Roman times and is so linked to the region that it is also called Tuscan cabbage. Among the many uses that can be made of it. in Mugello, ‘farinata with alloys’ is typical, a soup of beans, black cabbage, bacon (when the farmers had it) and corn flour. A real heart-warming food that farmers needed to get all the necessary nutrients and to keep warm during the cold winter.

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The Forno Conti and the tradition of artisan bread

Spending a lifetime between water and flour makes you young. One can only think this when meeting Giuliano Conti, who is over eighty but looks at least 20 younger. He is the founder of the historic bakery in San Piero a Sieve where he continues to come every day to supervise the work of his son Francesco, his daughter Cristina, his son-in-law Luca and his niece Irene.

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Energy from the earth

Tuscan geothermal energy combines past, present and future in a story of innovation and sustainability that demonstrates how industrial activity can integrate into its region, helping not only its energy supply and economic development, but also tourism and culture in a green economy model that combines the growth of production with care for the environment. Geothermal Tuscany, with its beautiful landscape to which modern industrial plants can be added in, is a speciality of Enel Green Power’s business, but also of the regional and local authorities, who, in a spirit of dialogue and collaboration have shown how much can be done within a perspective of truly sustainable development.

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Crazy about leaves: The Amiata in Autumn

The autumn foliage here is among the most beautiful and instagrammable (sic) in Italy on trees growing atop this dormant volcano. In the autumn months the deciduous trees are tinged with yellow, orange and red and before their leaves fall to the ground they manage to offer visitors who are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time some truly breathtaking shades.

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From “La Foresta” to the States

Whoa contains eleven songs of rare intensity, capable of astonishing originality and freshness: folk, melodies, electronic incursions, soul and even hip-hop coexist in symbiosis referring to an improbable urban nature: «I move from the hill in Tuscany to New York , between skyscrapers, green meadows and the Rio Buti where there is a beautiful waterfall, my imagination is this and it consists in transforming visual emotions into music: a synesthesia of notes and colours». Speaking of nature: «The ideal condition for listening to the CD – she says – is lying down in a meadow with headphones on and observing the clouds».

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Fish tourism in Castiglione della Pescaia

“I am strongly convinced of the need to support and promote new ways of using the sea – continues Nappi – especially when these are focused on environmental sustainability. Since my establishment we are constantly confronted with the operators of the fishing sector and we are carrying out a fruitful cooperation between the seafaring, the culture and the traditions of the territory. For me, all this means encouraging the development and economic growth of both the fishing sector and all related industries “.

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