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The Euganean Hills were formed in a sub-marine outwelling of Basalt ic lava during the Eocene , which was followed in the Oligocene by an episode of activity characterized by viscous magma, which formed deposits of Trachite . The Euganean Hills, just visible from Venice , have been celebrated for their picturesque beauty and their hot springs. In the Euganean Hills, at Arquà, which now bears his name attached to it, Petrarch found peace and harmony towards the end of his life. He discovered the village in 1369, there, he stated in his letter to posterity, "I have built me a house, small, but pleasant and decent, in the midst of slopes clothed with vines and olives,"—a house that may be seen there today. The Euganean hills, like an archipelago of steep-sided wooded islands rising from the perfectly flat agricultural plain, inspired the setting of Percy Bysshe Shelley 's "Lines Written in the Euganean Hills"; Shelley likens the hill he has found himself upon, at first to an island in "the deep wide sea of Misery", then he sees that :Beneath is spread like a green sea :The waveless plain of Lombardy, :Bounded by the vaporous air, :Islanded by cities fair— which brings his thoughts to Venice "thou hast been/Ocean's child, and then his queen;/Now is come a darker day," and finally to a wish for an idyllic retreat. COMMUNES OF THE EUGANEAN HILLS
WINES OF THE ''COLLI EUGANEI'' Thirteen wineries have grouped together under the recently-established''Colli Euganei'' denomination. Wines consist of the White, with its typical straw-yellow colour and jasmine scent, the Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon reds, the Chardonnay, the Fior d’Arancio, the very sweet yellow Moscato, the Merlot, the Novello, the dry Pinello, White Pinot, Red Wine, the sparkling Serprino and the ''Tocai Italico'' ("Italic Tokay"). REFERENCES
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