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Siena
It begins in the north with the incomparable scenic beauty
of the Chianti lands, with their patchwork of wines and
olive trees standing out in orderly rows against the hills
tamed by the farmers' skill.
Alongside the province the land dries up into the characteristic
scenery of the "crete" (clay hills), bread white,
plunging down into eroded furrows and clinging to the proud,
isolated cypresses atop the cliffs.
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