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    The Oldie invites you to come and stay at La Foce, the former home of Iris Origo, in southern Tuscany 13th-20th October 2023

    Jan 11, 2023 1 minute

    a Foce was the Tuscan home of Iris Origo, which she immortalised in her wartime memoir In the 1920s, she commissioned Cecil Pinsent to design the world-famous gardens. Four years ago, her granddaughter renovated the

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