[GleaminTwin]

Here's a few pictures of an ancient abbey surrounded by vineyards in Tuscany, can you name it?

Approaching from one angle:

And departing from the other angle:

And in the distance:

 

[Wombat]

The Monastery of Badia a Passignano.

 

[GleaminTwin]

Very good Wombat. This one is slightly more difficult to solve, again an ancient abbey, though equally beautiful.

Approaching:

Closer:

And up close:

 

[Wombat]

Too easy, Mate.

The Abbey of Sant'Antimo (Abbazia di Sant'Antimo)

 

[Tbirdnz]

Wrong Wombat, it's the Ducati factory, I'm surprised a man with your technical bike knowledge failed to get this one right!

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[GleaminTwin]

OK, they were pretty easy. Getting slightly more difficult. How 'bout this church, mate?

View of a church from the main square of this hilltop town.

What town in Tuscany?

 

[Wombat]

Geez mate, now you are making it tough.

Looks like Montepulciano, S. Biagio church.

 

[GleaminTwin]

Nope, it's not that hard to get this one, anyway.

 

[MrBiff2You]

Maybe Montepulciano?

I was in Lucca last September and got directions from a completely drunk Italian guy riding a Harley-Davidson giga-glide in the middle of the night - we talked bikes in bad+drunk Italian for a minute and then asked for directions. He got us to San Martino in Fredanna. I hope he made it home alright... He was toasted! Nice that he hooked us up.

 

[Wombat]

Loks like it to me :???:

 

[GleaminTwin]

You are correct it's Montepulciano! My wife grouped it with northern Tuscany pictures and I mistakenly thought it was a very similar church as viewed from Cortona. Well, I have to raise the bar here a little, how about this one?

 

[bung1]

That would be the Church of the PIssedup Tesstacosticals, in Queensland next door to the Bundy factory. :-D

 

[Wombat]

OK you got me on that one.

 

[Tbirdnz]

Well, I have to raise the bar here a little, how about this one?

Easy ! I've drank in there many times, nice drop of red. That's the Tuscany Bar.

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[tba-golfer]

Now wait a second. You're telling me all these fancy, schmancy restaurants are in Arizona?
:-D

 

[doodledog]

Congratulations on the first original post with fantastic pics that i have seen for age's thanks guys.

 

[GleaminTwin]

Getting back to the trivia, the last church posted is in San Quirico d'Orcia. For more information on this town click below.

http://www.nautilus-mp.com/tuscany/presentazione/sanquirico/indexing.html

Now for the next Tuscany Trivia question, with the winner winning the right to drink as much Chianti Classico and eat as much Salami and Pecorino as they'd like, name the following castle/vineyards.

It has been in the same family for almost 900 years, making it the oldest continually operated family owned winery in the world.

The walls around the castle look like this:

Here's the castle which sits up high above the vineyards:

And the view of the vineyards from near the base of the castle walls:

 

[Bundyon_Jen]

Lovin the photos but cant answer what they are.. never been to Tuscany.. but think Imight have to get there after looking at those pics.. Nice!!!

 

[Nickwiz]

Looks like a nice place but I prefer more bumps in my landscape. That probably comes from growing up in flat old east anglia. When I take my bike on holiday now I like to go up and down. Looks lovely in Tuscany though.

[ This message was edited by: Nickwiz on 2007-01-25 18:50 ]

 

[Tbirdnz]

Looks like Castello di Brolio

Great wines around there

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