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  Look, I am a countryman, and can you imagine in what corner of the earth, under what sky, I feel truly in a state of bliss?  This place is called Vignamaggio from the vines of Bacchus and the month of the year when nature is in full bloom. It is surrounded on all sides by magnificent vineyards and this lovely spot in spring deserved this name.So wrote Valerio Chimentelli in a letter addressed to Alessandro Strozzi.

 
 

 This definition of being a countryman reveals a sense of pride and a privileged status expressed in a state of bliss. What Chimentelli  wants to say is that the height of this sensation, reserved only to those who can enjoy the favours of nature and the countryside can be reached in this

 

very spot, in Vignamaggio, in this stately villa where slightly less than two centuries before, probably in 1497, a baby girl destined by the stars to become the most notorious and admired feminine face of all times, Monna Lisa or ‘La Gioconda’ came into the world.