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Val d'Orcia

Valleys

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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Protected Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
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Caused By

Erosion, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Val d'Orcia

In Discipline

Geomorphology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Val d'Orcia
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Italy

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Val d'Orcia
Sources
1. Val d'Orcia (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    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.
  • Article text
    The Val d'Orcia was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2004.
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Wikidata: Val d'Orcia
Wikidata Q217449, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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