Val d'Orcia is a valley in Tuscany, central Italy, running from the hills south of Siena to Monte Amiata, between the provinces of Siena and Grosseto. Its landscape of gently rolling, cultivated hills is broken by erosional gullies and scattered hill towns such as Pienza, Montalcino and Radicofani. The valley covers 61,188 hectares with a further 5,660-hectare buffer zone and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004 for the way its agricultural landscape reflects Renaissance ideals of land management. It is also known for producing Brunello di Montalcino wine and has repeatedly served as a filming location.
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The Val d'Orcia or Valdorcia (Italian: [valˈdortʃa]) is a region of Tuscany, Central Italy, which extends from the hills south of Siena to Monte Amiata, between the provinces of Siena and Grosseto.
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