A decadeago, whenMichaelJackson was working on what would become his finalalbum, ayoung producer namedRodney Jerkins set up shop in the dance room of the singer's Neverland Ranch.
Monteriggioni, like San Gimignano, has a sense that the men in doublet and hose, ladies in wimples, peasants in jerkins and knights on horseback have just disappeared through the gates - and might return at any minute.