Category: 5. History, Art and Culture

The earliest evidence of Etruscans at Fufluna is from two necropolis containing material of the Villanovan culture, which was Iron Age and began about 900 BC. Except for some cities that probably began in...

The walls were built during the 12th century, when control over the Centre of Gavorrano was divided between the Bishops of the new diocese of Grosseto and the family Alberti of Mangona. During the 14th...

A small chapel was built over the tomb of Saint William of Malavalle and around this place gathered his followers. As a result of many testimonies of miracles through the intercession of William, Pope...

Traces of human settlement have been attested since Etruscan age when this area was known for its hot springs. It was later called Aquae Populoniae by the Romans. During the Middle Ages, the area...

It was created following the excavation of the castle of Rocca San Silvestro, a protected natural area of local interest situated in Tuscany and established in 1995. It is part of the Val di...

The Etruscan necropolis of San Germano, extended on both sides of the Valley of Sovata, an important link in the territory of the ancient Etruscan city of Vetulonia, consists of tombs. In the archaeological...

The castle was built in medieval times right around the time they were made the walls that surround the village. The work was completed at the beginning of the 13th century. In the late...

At the beginning of the 90s the Swiss Artist Daniel Spoerri started to establish a sculpture garden in the South of Tuscany, 80 km south from Siena: “Il Giardino di Daniel Spoerri”. It has...

The castle is an architectural complex built around 1100, in the town of Monticiano. The castle looks like nucleus of ancient buildings arranged around a central courtyard with arched doorway still well preserved. Among the...

The garden created by collector Mario Ciulli in memory of his father Roberto (1919–1997) features more than twenty figurative and abstract sculptures in marble, travertine, bronze and wood by Italian and foreign artists.  ...