The main gate of La Foce.
The gardens were done by Cecil Pinsent (1884 - 1963), the Edwardian garden designer who also created the gardens at Bernard Berenson's villa I Tatti.
La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany by Benedetta Origo
La Foce, once the Tuscan estate of the elegant and intelligent Anglo-American writer Iris Origo (1902 - 1988) , Marchesa of Val d'Orcia.
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Iris doesn't live here anymore
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5 comments:
I'm so glad your back!
A sublime wordsmith, Iris Origo, once described her existence as alternating "between caviar and bread and milk." Adore her.
The Marchesa may have vacated the premises but you're back in the neighborhood. How wondrous is that! You've been missed.
I'm sure you're hearing it from everyone -but I'm so glad you're back :-)
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
welcome home!!!!
Welcome back, we have missed you!
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