Crete Senesi on canvas, poster, wallpaper and ArtFrame by Stefano Orazzini

The Crete Senesi is a territory of Tuscany located south of the city of Siena. The name "crete" derives from the clayey soils present in this area. The characteristic gray and light blue color of these lands gives the landscape a lunar aspect, especially in the periods following the autumn and winter plowing. The bare and undulating hills of this area, and those of the Val d’Orcia, constitute the classic imagery of the Tuscan countryside in the world. The symbolic tree of the Crete Senesi is the cypress: solitary on top of a hill, gathered in small groves or arranged in long rows along the roads that lead to the farmhouses. The almost total absence of woods - there are only a few small ones in the hollows between the hills - allows you to sweep the view for many miles: from the skyline of nearby Siena in the north, to the top of Mount Amiata which rises in the views south of the Crete. I love to photograph this area of Tuscany during two periods of the year: early autumn and late spring. In autumn, the colors are fantastic, the orange foliage of the trees magically blends with the colder pastel color of the freshly plowed land and the frequent morning mists make the landscape wonderful. In late spring, however, the colors are more vibrant and the different crops that cover the hills profoundly change the appearance of the landscape, making some views of the same area almost unrecognizable from one year to another. I usually choose sunrise hours and espec

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  1. The old farmhouse of Crete Senesi, Tuscany

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  2. Eleven Trees (2021)

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  3. Route of the via francigena. Winding road. Tuscany

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  4. Cypress along the route of the via Francigena. Tuscany

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  5. Rolling hills in Crete Senesi. Tuscany

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  6. Sunset landscape in Crete Senesi, Tuscany

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  7. Holm oak on top of the hill at sunset. Tuscany

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  8. Route of the via Francigena. Tuscany

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  9. Autumn sunset in the Crete Senesi. Tuscany

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  10. Plays of light on the Crete Senesi

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  11. Holm oak on top of the hill at sunset. Tuscany

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  12. Route of the via Francigena and Siena in the background.

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  13. Route of the via Francigena in Crete Senesi. Tuscany

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  14. The colours of Crete Senesi. Tuscany

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  15. The Holm Oak of Pieve a Salti

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  16. Country road with cypress trees. Tuscany

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  17. Road with cypresses. Tuscany

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  18. Road in the countryside. Tuscany

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  19. Rolling hills and lonely tree. Tuscany

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  20. Tractor plowing the fields in Tuscany. Siena

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  21. Tuscany landscape, cypress tree and a road

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  22. Cypress Trees and gravel road in Tuscany, Italy

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  23. Cypress and pine on the hills of the Crete Senesi. Tuscany

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  24. Countryside landscape in Crete Senesi. Tuscany

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  25. The little church among the cypresses

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  26. Autumn landscape. Colorful woods in Tuscany

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  27. Two trees on the route of the via Francigena

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  28. Rolling hills and a farm. Crete Senesi, Tuscany

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  29. The Guardian of the Crete

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  30. Monteroni d'Arbia, route of the via francigena. Tuscany

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  31. Small lake in the hills of the Crete Senesi. Tuscany

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  32. Cypress trees on the edge of the hill in the Crete Senesi

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  33. The iconic landscape of Tuscany in Crete Senesi, Italy

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  34. Autumn landscape in Crete Senesi. Asciano, Tuscany

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  35. Crete Senesi sunset landscape in Tuscany

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  36. Warm sunset over the rolling hills of Crete Senesi, Tuscany

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