In the North of Tuscany...

... one hour from Pisa, mountains are made of marble, people don't speak Tuscan and streets are named after anarchists.









And you can eat the best lardo in Italy.












The most famous lardo is from the Tuscan hamlet of Colonnata, where lardo has been made since Roman times. Colonnata is a frazione of the larger city of Carrara; Colonnata is itself a site where Carrara marble is mined and, traditionally, lardo is cured for months in basins made of this local marble. Lardo di Colonnata is now included in the Ark of Taste catalogue of heritage foods as well as enjoying IGP (Protected Geographical Indication) status. (Wikipedia dixit)