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Cortona, in brief.

Etruscan hill town, Under the Tuscan Sun.

An Etruscan hill town high above the Valdichiana, its steep streets and Renaissance churches looking out toward Lake Trasimeno.

International readers know it from Under the Tuscan Sun, but its roots run far deeper.

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