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Monticchiello, in brief.

Val d'Orcia village, Teatro Povero.

A tiny walled village on a ridge in the Val d'Orcia, ringed by the cypress avenues that define the postcard Tuscany.

Each summer its residents stage the Teatro Povero, a self-written play performed in the main square.

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