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TThe farmhouse “Casabianca” is situated on the hill-crest which separates Valle di Chiana, sang in such a lively way by Dante, from Crete Senesi, wonderfully represented by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in Palazzo Comunale ... more »
The hills of the central territory of Rapolano are made up of Tertiary rocks, covered with banks of travertine and gravel, connected with a siliceous calcareous gluten. It was the abundance of travertine, together with the pr... more »
Already Signory of Asciano’s counts in the territory of the parish of Saint Vito in Versuris, in Torre a Castello. We have sure information about it already in 1115 after an offer of employers to the parson of Saint Vit... more »
This parish, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, is situated on the right of the provincial road Lauretana Antica, 5 km before Asciano. It is called “Pievina” probably because of the smallness of the church or be... more »
Montalceto, or MOUNT ALCETO, a castle in the Ombrone’s valley which is now destroyed, of which it rests only the tower on the top of the homonymous mount in the middle of a holm oak’ wood. The church of the Saints... more »
MONTAUTO GIUSEPPI. Farmhouse with parish church (Saint Andrea in Montauto), to which it is annexed the chapel of Saint Bartolomeo of the Casal de’Frati. It is on a hill of shell-shaped marl, surrounded by calanques, un... more »
Today it is the owner’s villa but in the past it was a castle and the administrative centre of the Community with a very ancient parish(San Vito in Versuris), for a long time at the centre of a dispute between the bisho... more »
MONTEMORI OF ASCIANO is situated on a promontory southwards, over the Ombrone valley. It is an ancient farmhouse with the annexed church of Santa Maria a Monte Mori of Asciano, from which we have an historical information fro... more »
Monteroni was'200 half of a modest village of the county of Siena. Its development was linked to the medieval and the expansion of international investment Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, which bought land around Montero... more »
MUCIGLIANI, between the valley of Arbia and that of the sienese Ombrone. It is a destroyed castle, replaced by few houses of farmers with parish church(Saint Andrew), near Vescona. It is on the top of one of the highest marl ... more »
Ancient Palace of the XVII century; we think that the structure was used also previously as a sighting tower. During the centuries a lot of modifications have been made and recently completed to use it as an historic residenc... more »
In the Middle Ages there was in Asciano a cloister of Monks of San Galgano, which had the most part of the lands in its country around the palace Monaci(in the past it was called “a’monaci), along the road for Chi... more »
In times past MONTE CONTIERI. It is a castle with a parish church(Saint John the Evangelist), on a clayed hillock along the provincial road which leads from Asciano to Chiusure and Monte Oliveto Maggiore, between the Ombrone(... more »
Questa località è documentata fin dal primo Medioevo poiché si trova lungo il tragitto dell'antica Via Francigena ed è caratterizzata da un grande ponte che attraversa il fiume Arbia, passaggio obb... more »
A castle turned into a farm with a parish church (Saint Pietro Apostolo) about 5 km westwards from Monteroni. It is on a clayed hill which flanks the right bank of the stream Sorra, an affluent of the Arbia, along the provinc... more »
It was one of the 11 small communes of the community of Asciano; it is about 3 km north-westwards from it. It is mentioned in the past because the Augustinian hermits had here some of their possessions, already in the XIII ce... more »
GRANIA OR GRANCIA OF CRETA. Farmhouse with a plebeian church( San Martino), about 9 km north-westwards from Asciano is a clayed hill between the Grania ditch, which flows through it westwards and the Arbiola ditch which flank... more »
The village of Asciano has always had two suburbs outside the circle of walls: one on the north towards Siena and the other one on the south towards Val di Chiana. The one which is on the north is Camparboli and, contrary to ... more »
The Thermae of San Giovanni is only 2 km from Rapolano , in the sienese country. The centre, already renowned between the IV and the V century A.D. had its highest moment of splendour in the XIX century. Today, they are restr... more »
This village was already a castle with the parish church of San Lorenzo is about 5 km on the north-west of San Giovanni d’Asso near the parish of Pava. It is situated on a clayed hill on the right of the Asso raging flo... more »
This villa is named after its parish: SAN FLORENZIO OF VESCONA, which is associated to the parish of Vescona, also called San Giovanni of Vescona. The villa, already small castle of Counts Guinigi of the Scialenga, whose prop... more »
This area is named after the ancient parish of San Giovanni Battista in Corsano, about 7 km westwards from Monteroni. It is near a hill which is the last northern layer of the mount of Casciano, on the east of which it flows ... more »
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