Bramasole

Thought I would go back and catch a note I was intending to make in Cortona. It is one of my favorite places and a place I had been looking forward to visiting.
If you have seen the movie, "Under the Tuscan Sun," you will be familiar with the movie's premise of Francis Mayer buying an old villa (Bramasole) in Cortona and remodeling it, etc..
I really wanted to see the real home.
When we took our cooking class, we talked to our teacher about seeing the home. She has been there and has met Francis on several occasions socially. She gave us directions on how to reach the home which was about a 20 minute walk from our rental. We also found out that the house used as Bramasole in the movie is actually in Sicily. The surrounding area there is similar to the terrain in Cortona. SO - Here is the real Bramasole.



The house has lots of terracing and landscaping.







Here is the drive in from the country road. Notice the niche in the wall. This reminded me of the old man in the movie who placed flowers in the niche. I took a closer shot of it above.


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Location:Cortona, Italy