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Todi, Orvieto, Amelia form a
triangle of undeniable beauty and uniqueness. Suffice it to
say that the Italian people first settled in this zone. "Umbrorum
gens antiquissima Italiae" (Plinio NH III, 112).
This is a series of typically medieval villages, with characteristics
and natural resources that have remained to this century almost
intact and without any form of industrialisation or crime.
They are non-seismic zones, that have been discovered in recent
years by a narrow elite, including important personalities
of the show business, cultural and political world.
Not by chance, an authoritative research conducted by the
University of Kentucky, concludes that Umbria is the place
where there is the highest standard of living. Few regions
all over the world are so full of these values more and more
desired and rare in everyday life such as space, quiet
and time: three characteristics peculiar to this region.
It offers a boundless but not infinite living space, characterised
by green rolling hills and outlined by oak trees, mountains
with clefts, streams, and fascinating falls.
Here there's a love for time, time made for others which is
part of everyday life and history. But above all, here there
is a rediscovery of the quiet: in the hermitages and on the
Mounts, in the woods or tablelands, and also in the small
art towns as well as in the villages dispersed everywhere;
this quiet fosters an awareness of oneself, and a respect
for others. Such experiences, sometimes lost by living "elsewhere",
are what "Ville & Casali d'Umbria" wish
for their clients. Underlying the choice of their residences,
of the many possibilities that exist, the most essential is
thought to be, a place where, amid the everyday tensions,
we can still enjoy the pleasures of life.
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