Reviving a Centuries-Old Abandoned Castle and, With It, a Way of Life (Published 2019)

CHARLOTTE HORTON FIRST learned of Castello di Potentino, the dilapidated fortress that is now her world, from a guidebook more than two decades ago. Perched on a promontory jutting from the face of Mount Amiata, a volcanic peak in southern Tuscany with a purplish-blue cast, the 20-bedroom castle, …