In Lucignano, What Glitters IS Gold
Long contested in ferocious battles by Arezzo, Siena, Perugia and Florence for domination of the fertile Valdichiana below, the sleepy labyrinthine backstreets of the fortified medieval hilltop village of Lucignano belie its violent past. But they hide secrets worth discovery, not surprisingly: any Italian medieval hilltown, no matter how small (population of Lucignano, just over…