Category: 5. History, Art and Culture

In the area surrounding the centre of Istia there have been found some ruins of ancient habitations dating back to the Etruscan era in the area of Poggio Cavallo. It was inhabited also during...

This church was commissioned by the monastic order of the Umiliati, who built this church between 1297 and 1345, next to a former convent. The dedication suggests an earlier Lombard church was present at...

The castle was built in the Middle Ages near a church and remained under the control of Ardengheschi until the thirteenth century, to pass in the next century to Buonsignori after a series of...

The fortress was built during the ninth century and was an ancient possession of the abbey of San Salvatore al Monte Amiata. In later centuries it became the property of the Aldobrandeschi family, taking...

The town is of medieval origin: it is found in a privilege of Emperor Otto IV in favor of the abbey of Monte Amiata, signed in 1210. In the country is worth visiting the...

The Parish church of Saint Lucia is a place of worship of Montenero d’Orcia, village of Castel del Piano, whose construction dates back to the twelfth century, as pertaining to the abbeys of San Salvatore...

The “Gompa” is a Tibetan temple (gompa is the definition of the temple that come from the regions of Tibet, Bhutan, India and Nepal) built in the 80’s close to Arcidosso. In recent years,...

 Montegiovi is remembered for the first time in a document of 1209 in which the Emperor Otto IV confirmed the possession of half of the castle to the Bishop of Chiusi, while the other...

The origin of Semproniano, according to tradition, dates back to the Roman Gens Sempronia and, in the area of Rocchette Fazio, there have been found archaeological remains of a farm dating back to the...

The Home Museum is located in the historical center of the town and is housed in an old building which faithfully recreate environments of late nineteenth century house of the Amiata mountain. At the...