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Casole d'Elsa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 km southwest of Florence and about 25 km west of Siena. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,080 and an area of 148.8 km².All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat (...)

Tuscany is one of the twenty Regions of Italy. The capital is Florence, and it has an area of 22,990 km² and about 3.6 million inhabitants. Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy. Six Tuscan localities have been made UNESCO protected sites: the historical center of Florence (1982), the historical center of Siena (1995), the square of the Cathedral of Pisa (1987), (...)

Monteriano is a fictional Tuscan hill town. It was the original title and is the principal locale of E. M. Forster's 1905 novel ''Where Angels Fear to Tread''. The author describes the town in an incomplete faux entry to ''Central Italy'' by Baedeker as follows:— ''Monteriano'' (pop. 4800). Hotels: Stella d'Italia, moderate only; Globo, dirty. *Caffè Garibaldi (...)