Category: 5. History, Art and Culture

Cana Tank

 Medici Tank at Cana is located in “Piazza del Popolo”, in the municipal territory of Roccalbegna. Built by Medici in 1611, to collect rain water to be distributed to the inhabitants of the village....

Rocchette di Fazio

This small village is perched on a limestone cliff overlooking the Albegna valley, near Semproniano. This Place in an environment intact and rich in history, ruins and ancient legends, Rocchette Fazio is a village...

Mercury mines Museum

The  museum of Monte Amiata is situated in Piazza Garibaldi in Santa Fiora; it was brought to life to testify the history of the mines and sacrifices of the miners’ tasks. The museum journey,...

Etruscan Necropolis

Except for rare exceptions, the tombs were found in the coasts of the Calesine River valley and the tributaries Folonia and Picciolana. The necropolis is characterized by a wide variety of types of tombs...

San Galgano Abbey

The complex made up of “Rotonda di Montesiepi” and by the ruins of the great Cistercian Abbey of San Galgano is one of the most enchanting views in Tuscany. In the Rotonda of Montesiepi...

Sant’Antimo Abbey

The Abbey  is one of the most significant architectural monuments of Romanesque and a significant example of monastic building of the early twelfth century. The magnificence of the church is enhanced by the surrounding...

Montemerano

A marvellous town on the hills of Maremma, Montemerano has recently been included among the “Most Beautiful Villages of Italy”. The village of Montemerano arose in medieval times, as a possession of the Aldobrandeschi...

Montemassi Castle

The castle was built shortly after the year one thousand as a possession of the Aldobrandeschi family. Their control over the fort was over in the second half of the thirteenth century as a...

Sovana

From the 7th to the 3rd century BC was a flourishing Etruscan center;from this period it is the important Etruscan necropolis with its grave “Queen” called Hildebrand Tomb. It was then an important city in...