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The fortified settlement of Bibbiano is present in this place at least since 850, property of the Longobard Count Guinigi di Reghinari, who was an imperial legate during the period of Ludovico II. The name Bibbiano comes from... more »
About this castle in the nearness of Buonconvento and surrounded by a wood, we don’t have specific historic information. It seems that it was built in three different periods. The most ancient part is the large tower on... more »
The castle is made up of two parts which probably date back to the same period, but structurally separated. The vast and high fourteenth-century-palace has been completely built in bricks with scarp base. On the south side, t... more »
It is situated on a hillock on the right bank of the river Asso. It was a signory of the Piccolominis, then of the Marsili. Giulio Accarigi, prior of Venice and one of this family’s member, in 1639, assigned to Petrazzi... more »
Si tratta di un imponente complesso fortificato di epoca medievale, di cui vi e’ menzione già in un documento del 1055: una fortificazione circondata da cinta muraria, ancora in parte visibile nei 3 massicci torr... more »
The existence of the castle is attested since 1214. It was a property, together with vast agricultural possessions, of several sienese patrician families. The structure is made up of an imposing large tower with scarp base in... more »
The Castle of Gallico, with its five towers in stone and red bricks, is a wonderful example of a fortified farm: its imposing structure rises solitary on the tableland of the Crete in the Commune of Asciano, not far from the ... more »
The imposing structure, which is well-identifiable thanks to the characteristic colour of red bricks with which it has been completely built, of the Grancia of Cuna is the best kept proof of a Medieval fortified farm, and one... more »
In 1295, Simone dei Cacciaconti, master of Montisi, bequeathed to the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala his possessions in Montisi. In the following century, the Hospital builds , at the western limit of the village, a smal... more »
Fortified house, already small fortress in the jurisdiction of the plebeian parish of Saint John the Baptist in Corsano. It is on the top of a hill, at the northern-eastern base of which, flows the stream Sorra. The grand tow... more »
A castle made up of two buildings on the opposite sides of an enclosed courtyard, on the other sides by walls and surrounded by a ditch. Of the original structure, it keeps only the socle with a scarp base, with numerous spre... more »
At present, it is a top-level hotel, but it was a farm until some years ago. Before the year 1000, it was “Curtis Regia” then it became a castle and it was attacked and devastated(1234) by the troops of Orvieto wh... more »
The castle of Modanella is at the edge of a valley called Sentino, which is the extreme layer of the Val di Chiana. You can see it going through the superhighway Bettolle- Siena, just before the crossing for Serre di Rapolano... more »
In the determination of the modalities of settlement of the Asso’s valley. It has had a considerable importance the phenomenon of the Medieval fortifications. It is interesting to mark how all the main inhabited centres... more »
Beside the Porta of Saint Lorenzo rises a wide, asymmetric structure which was an imperial palace, before to be turned into a fortified granary of the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala. It was built in stages during the per... more »
The castle of San Fabiano, built in the XII century by King Angioino, and the small church of 867 A.D., dedicated to San Fabiano, one of the martyrs who were killed in the Coliseum, are surrounded by 700 hectares of fields wi... more »
SAN GIMIGNANELLO IN SERRE. It is situated between the Val di Chiana and the Val d’Ombrone, near the present super-highway which leans from Bettolle to Siena, just before Serre di Rapolano. It was first an important smal... more »
Ancient fortress turned into two villas of the sienese families Piccolomini and Cinughi. Since ancient times Torre a Castello has given the title to a parish(Santa Maria) in the territory of San Vito in Vensuris. It is on a t... more »
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