“In 1924, when Iris and Antonio Origo purchased the vast estate of La Foce in Val d’Orcia, south of Siena, the landscape was dominated by bleak clay hills and inhabited by desperately poor farm labourers. Inspired by a Virgilian bucolic vision of agricultural and social prosperity, in a very few decades the Origos nursed the land back to life, building roads, schools and a clinic and creating a spectacular garden at Villa La Foce.
Katia Lysy, granddaughter of Iris and Antonio, tells the story of La Foce over the last 100 years of prosperity, war, tragedy and social change. Her recently published book La Foce: Paradise in Tuscany will be available for purchase after the talk.”
Where: The British Institute of Florence, Lungarno Guicciardini 9, Firenze
When: Wednesday, 12th February – 18:00/6:00 pm
If you are in Florence and would like to attend the lecture in person at the British Institute Library, please send an email to bif@britishinstitute.it – or follow the link: https://www.britishinstitute.it/en/events/iris-origo-and-villa-la-foce.1102
