Since the Middle Ages, the Val d\u2019Orcia has been a privileged area for life as a hermit and for contemplation. The presence of important transit routes, like the Via Francigena, combined with an isolated but not hostile landscape, encouraged hermits and religious communities to settle there and spiritual retreats to be established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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