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Calcata, in brief.

Tufa village turned artists' colony.

Perched on a tufa outcrop above the wooded Treja valley, Calcata is a tiny medieval village reborn as an artists' colony after near-abandonment.

Its stone lanes are now lined with studios, workshops, and bohemian cafes.

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