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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 »
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 Fabian, built in the twelfth century by King Angioino, and the church dell'867 dc, dedicated to San Fabian, one of the martyrs killed in the Colosseum are surrounded by 700 hectares of wheat fields of wheat,... more »
SAN GIMIGNANELLO TO SERRE lies between the Val di Chiana and the Val d'Ombrone close to the highway that leads to Bettolle Siena, just before Serre di Rapolano. Important Fortilizio first and then Sansedoni villa, and parish... more »
Ancient fort converted into two villas, families and Cinughi Sienese Piccolomini. From this long age in Castello Torre gave the title to a parish (St. Mary) in the territory of St. Vito in Vensuris. It puts on a hill between... more »
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