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Ms Armerio points to being able to drive to Tuscany's stone quarries from her company's base on the coast of Liguria if she needs to order marble.

This season he is eating his way through Puglia, Sardinia, Liguria and Calabria.

According to the Associated Press, hailstones the size of walnuts caused substantial damage in the Liguria region of Italy, breaking windows and damaging farmlands that had already been scorched by drought.

Seaside resorts in Tuscany and further north in Liguria were damaged by the storms.

It also produces light red wines in Italy’s Liguria region, where it is known as rossese.