Italy
Castiglion Del Bosco, Tuscany, Montalcino
Description:
Agroturismo in Siena
Status:
Already located!
Solution:
Castiglion Del Bosco, Tuscany, Montalcino
Lat/Lng:
43.080703264735526, 11.41650668816635
Found by:
Sorry, my post was cut of, it obviously was too long. I herewith repeat the rest:
Street view to the mountains in the background external link (compare the pictures with the pond)
Arial view of the hut from where the questioned picture was taken: external link (it is side inverted)
Similar street view further up SP103: external link
I've been looking around San Quirico d’Orcia for a while for these iconic Tuscany-houses, but didn't find it. Congrats, now you definitely have found it and deserve the point! But I'm afraid, the houses that you marked on the map, aren't the houses in the questioned picture. I'm missing the row of cypress trees (and the pond).
Eventualy I found out: Castiglion del Bosco is a large Tuscan estate. You marked the Winery, but many more facilities belong to it, such as Hotel, Restaurant, Golf course ... This all is promoted with the picture of the old estate. But this is partly demolished, and construction works are going on to build something newer and bigger. On google map you can see the construction site and the remaining buldings further down SP103:
Arial view: external link
Street view to the old house: external link (The power line is obviously new)
Street view to the mountains in the background external link (compare
The Castiglion Del Bosco Winery is pinned off an unnamed road branching off Strada Provinciale 103.
Castiglion Del Bosco, Tuscany, 53024, Montalcino, Italy.
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Matching photo is also in the Castiglion del Bosco home site photo gallery located here.
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Google Satellite View.
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Obviously some place in Tuscany, Italy - if it just exists in the painter's imagination ... I an't tell
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