We've been saying from day one how Tuscany is so rich of beauties that has a legend under every rock but even us Tuscans know only a fraction of those amazing stories. This week we've decided to tell you five of them, coming from all corners of our region. Some are really extraordinary, from the tale of the Pisan Joan of Arc that saved the city from a Saracen raid around the year 1000 to the quirky story of a street in downtown Pistoia called "Be Patient Alley". We will explain why the Chianti Classico consortium chose to use a black rooster as the logo on their bottle and tell you the story behind the small pyramid that lies in a mystical garden built almost a century ago by a former Garibaldi fighter as a tribute of his Masonic allegiance. We will end up with the monumental tree that dominates the land near Lucca that, after hosting many witches in the Dark Age, became the inspiration for Carlo Collodi when he was writing his masterpiece Pinocchio. Some say that the dark legends surrounding the tree influenced him to write the first ending of the novel, where Pinocchio died hanged from that very tree. Do you know any particular story from your neck of the woods that would deserve to be shared? Let us know by joining the conversation on our social media accounts:
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LINKS TO SOURCES (ITALIAN ONLY)
http://www.giugnopisano.com/regata-repubbliche-marinare-pisa/la-leggenda-di-kinzica/
http://zweilawyer.com/2017/06/21/storia-di-pisa-la-guerra-contro-gli-arabi-in-sardegna-1005-1022/
https://www.montefioralle.wine/it/blog/dettaglio/6
https://initalia.virgilio.it/bosco-isabella-giardino-esoterico-romantico-radicofani-34832
https://www.natifly.com/it/bosco-di-isabella-esoterico-massonico-radicofani/
http://www.amiatanews.it/radicofani-nuova-vita-bosco-isabella/
https://www.placidasignora.com/2011/09/21/via-abbi-pazienza-storia-di-una-strada-pistoiese/
https://www.domanidoveandiamo.it/2020/04/quercia-delle-streghe-toscana/

BACKGROUND MUSIC
Title: Almost Time (Instrumental)
Author: Pipe Choir
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Links: https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-almost-time-instrumental-creative-commons
http://www.pipechoir.com/