Everyone talks in dreamy terms about Tuscany: home of olives, wine and simple home cooking like mama used to make. Millions of us writhed with envy when we read Frances Mayes bestseller "Under the Tuscan Sun," in which she describes buying and renovating a Tuscan farmhouse for summer and Christmas vacations.
But are so many foreigners now trying to do the same that the dream has been ruined? Would you really opt for the Tuscan lifestyle, given the chance? We decided to indulge in a little fantasy ourselves, so we sent Martin Stott to Florence with a couple hundred thousand imaginary dollars in his pocket, and asked him whether he'd use it to set up home there.
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例2：卢卡的圆形广场
这里面原本是个露天剧场/竞技场(amphitheatre)建得比较晚，时值罗马帝国倒台，老百姓就偷偷一点点往里面盖房子，不过amphitheatre的轮廓还是保留下来了(S Brand 1994 How buildings Learn p16)。
But are so many foreigners now trying to do the same that the dream has been ruined? Would you really opt for the Tuscan lifestyle, given the chance? We decided to indulge in a little fantasy ourselves, so we sent Martin Stott to Florence with a couple hundred thousand imaginary dollars in his pocket, and asked him whether he'd use it to set up home there.