Albergo Diffuso Borgo Montemaggiore

"...Alexander and I set out together at about nine o'clock up a rocky hill, at the top of which was perched a village with its church. The inhabitants, men and women, came out to greet us from the cellars where they had taken refuge: it was immediately evident that the place had just been bombed. The only road was cluttered with rubble and ruins. From the centuries-old parapets one could enjoy a truly magnificent view, we had lunch in the open air on the wide slope of a hill that offered a marvelous panorama..."