Category: History, Art and Culture

Olena and San Giorgio

The surrounding countryside is particularly beautiful due to the presence of woods and hills cultivated with specialized vineyards. Saint George is instead an ancient isolated building, born to give assistance to pilgrims and travelers...

Gaville

Gaville is a small village standing on the hills on the left bank of the Arno river near Figline e Incisa Valdarno. This area has been inhabited since ancient times thanks to its cardinal...

Montebenichi

Montebenichi was originally a fortress built in the first half of the 12th century, it is assumed that at the origin there was a Lombard settlement, as it would be to demonstrate the discovery...

Montegonzi

Montegonzi whose name has Lombard origins, it was a fief of the counts Guidi as confirmed by the Imperial diplomas of Arrigo VI of 1191 and Frederick II, 1248. In the middle of the...

San Donato in Poggio

In the village, well preserved and restored, there are remarkable testimonies two-fourteenth century. The town of San Donato is still today enclosed within the thirteenth-century wall circle, on whose western side stands out a...

Starda

The village of starda was built around the year 1000, in the high-medieval era, probably founded by the Guidi Counts. Located in a strategic position along the road that leads to montevarchi, in the...

Castelnuovo Berardenga

Under the name of territory or district of the berardenga it is implied also in the times of the Republic of Siena the portion of that state comprised between the sources of the torrent...

Tignano Castle

The tiny tignano castle can be considered, thanks to the perfect preservation of its typical circular structure, one of the best existing examples of fortified medieval village of height. Numerous archaeological finds have also...

Barberino Val d’Elsa

Its history is linked to the destruction of semi-sources by the Florentines in 1202 and its development was mainly linked to the fact that it was on the Roman Royal Road that connected Florence...

Panzano in Chianti

The area of Panzano was already inhabited in Etruscan times as shown by the finding of a stele dating back to the VI – V century B.C. near the parish Church of San Leolino,...