View the gallery below showing scenes from life here at San Cristoforo and places nearby - there are 25 slides in all.
San Cristoforo in 1983
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your hosts Peter (left) and Richard
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evening view at San Cristoforo
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view from San Cristoforo
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wintery view from San Cristoforo
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unusual guests in La Casetta garden
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our valley
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poppies still bloom in the fields around us
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asphodel bloom up in our mountains
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late spring meadows in our mountains
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the piazza in nearby Cagli
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detail of a Noli me tangere by Timoteo Viti in Cagli
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detail of a Madonna with Saints by Giovanni Santi - Raphael's father - in Cagli
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Ducal Palace at nearby Urbino
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courtyard at the Ducal Palace
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Villa Imperiale near Pesaro
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the beach at Fano
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nearby monastery of Fonte Avellana
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castle of Frontone near San Cristoforo
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local river swimming
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frosty morning at San Cristoforo
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San Cristoforo under deep snow in 2012
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corn cobs hung to dry at a neighbour's house
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the chapel at San Cristoforo as it used to be
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a summer night view of La Casetta | foto: Sylvain Letall
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