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Bibbiano
Buonconvento
The fortified settlement of Bibbiano is present in this place at least since 850, property...
Castel Rosi
Buonconvento
About this castle in the nearness of Buonconvento and surrounded by a wood, we don’t...
Castel Verdelli
San Giovanni d'Asso
The castle is made up of two parts which probably date back to the same period, but struct...
Castelletto Accarigi
San Giovanni d'Asso
It is situated on a hillock on the right bank of the river Asso. It was a signory of the P...
Castello di Saltennano o Saltemnano
Monteroni d'Arbia
Si tratta di un imponente complesso fortificato di epoca medievale, di cui vi e’ men...
Castelnuovo Tancredi
Buonconvento
The existence of the castle is attested since 1214. It was a property, together with vast ...
Gallico
Asciano
The Castle of Gallico, with its five towers in stone and red bricks, is a wonderful exampl...
Grancia di Cuna
Monteroni d'Arbia
The imposing structure, which is well-identifiable thanks to the characteristic colour of ...
Grancia di Montisi
San Giovanni d'Asso
In 1295, Simone dei Cacciaconti, master of Montisi, bequeathed to the Hospital of Santa Ma...
Grotti
Monteroni d'Arbia
Fortified house, already small fortress in the jurisdiction of the plebeian parish of Sain...
La Torre
Buonconvento
A castle made up of two buildings on the opposite sides of an enclosed courtyard, on the o...
Leonina
Asciano
At present, it is a top-level hotel, but it was a farm until some years ago. Before the ye...
Modanella
Rapolano Terme
The castle of Modanella is at the edge of a valley called Sentino, which is the extreme la...
Montelifré
San Giovanni d'Asso
In Roman times, located at MonteRanfredi, a first Castrum defense that will, subsequently,...
Palazzo Imperiale ed Antica Grancia di Serre di Rapolano
Rapolano Terme
Beside the Porta of Saint Lorenzo rises a wide, asymmetric structure which was an imperial...
San Fabiano
Monteroni d'Arbia
The castle of San Fabiano, built in the XII century by King Angioino, and the small church...
San Gimignanello
Rapolano Terme
SAN GIMIGNANELLO IN SERRE. It is situated between the Val di Chiana and the Val d’Om...
Torre a Castello
Asciano
Ancient fortress turned into two villas of the sienese families Piccolomini and Cinughi. S...
Old Town
Armaiolo
Rapolano Terme
ARMAIOLO is a small village in Val d’Ombrone. It is situated about 1km and a half no...
Asciano
Asciano
The town's origins are lost in legend associated with the founding of Rome. It seems that ...
Buonconvento
Buonconvento
It comes from the Latin “bonus conventus” and it means “happy, lucky com...
Chiusure
Asciano
Ancient village , on the top of which survived the rearranged rests of an ancient castle w...
Lucignano d'Arbia
Monteroni d'Arbia
Lucignano is a nice fortified village with a circular plant, which has kept most of the or...
Lucignano d'Asso
San Giovanni d'Asso
The village is composed of two-way and two churches, a few houses, an old store and the st...
Monterongriffoli
San Giovanni d'Asso
MONTERONI Griffoli, once called MONTERONE, is a castle, surrounded by a small village incl...
Montisi
San Giovanni d'Asso
At least from the 1283 men of Montisi were organized in a commune, with its "massari....
Poggio Santa cecilia
Rapolano Terme
Poggio Santa Cecilia is a splendid village on a hillock few kilometres from Rapolano Terme...
Rapolano Terme
Rapolano Terme
In the Middle Ages the territory of Rapolano was part of the properties of the Counts of t...
San Giovanni d'Asso
San Giovanni d'Asso
San Giovanni d'Asso is a small castle capital of the community about 8 miles southeast of ...
Serre di Rapolano
Rapolano Terme
The village of Serre di Rapolano is situated on a hill sheltered by an opening between the...
Churches and Monasteries
Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore
Asciano
ABBEY OF MONTE OLIVETO MAGGIORE Founded in at the beginning of the XIV century from the...
Arcipretura di Santa Maria Assunta
Rapolano Terme
The Arcipretura of Santa Maria Assunta is a sacred building situated in Rapolano Terme. It...
Basilica di S.Agata
Asciano
The basilica of Saint Agatha was founded in 1029 as a ‘pieve’, a parish churc...
Cappella dei Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano
Asciano
The chapel of the Saints Fabiano and Sebastiano is a sacred building situated in the resor...
Cappella di Piazza
Rapolano Terme
The chapel of the Square is a sacred building situated in Serre di Rapolano (Rapolano Term...
Cappella di Sant'Antonio
Buonconvento
The chapel of Saint Antonio is a sacred building situated in the resort “Segalari&rd...
Cappella Pieri Nerli
Monteroni d'Arbia
The chapel Pierli Nerli is in Quinciano, in the Commune of Monteroni d’Arbia. It was...
Chiesa della Compagnia del Corpus Domini
Rapolano Terme
The church of the Corpus Christi( more properly, church of the Corpus Christi’s Conf...
Chiesa della Compagnia di Santa Caterina della Misericordia
Rapolano Terme
The church of the Saint Catherine of the Mercy’s Confraternity is a sacred building ...
Chiesa della Compagnia di Santa Croce
Rapolano Terme
The church of the Saint Cross’s Confraternity is a sacred building in the resort of ...
chiesa della Misericordia
Rapolano Terme
The church of the Mercy is a sacred building situated in Rapolano terme. The front of the ...
Chiesa di San Fabiano
Monteroni d'Arbia
The church of Saint Fabiano is situated in the homonymous village in the commune of Monter...
Compagnia del Santissimo Sacramento
San Giovanni d'Asso
The church of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament is situated in Montisi. Already e...
Madonna del Giardino a Camparboli
Asciano
The church of the Madonna of the Garden is a sacred building situated in Camparboli,...
Madonna della Neve
San Giovanni d'Asso
The Church of the Madonna of the Snow(or Church of the Virgin of the “Torricella&rdq...
Madonna della Piaggia
Rapolano Terme
The church of the Madonna della Piaggia is a sacred building among San Gimignanello and Se...
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Madonna di Montacuto
Rapolano Terme
The church of the Madonna of Montauto is a sacred building in Santo Stefano, near Rapolano...
Monastero di San Cristoforo a Rofeno
Asciano
The Monastery of Saint Cristoforo in Rofeno is a sacred building in Badia a Rofeno. It is ...
Oratorio dell'Arciconfraternita della Misericordia
Buonconvento
The Oratory of the Arch confraternity of the Misericordia(already Oratory of Saint sebasti...
Oratorio della Compagnia di Santa Croce
Asciano
The Oratory of Santa Croce is a sacred building in the Basilica square, beside the Romane...
Pieve dei Santi Andrea e Lorenzo
Rapolano Terme
The parish of the saints Andrew and Laurence is a sacred building in Serre di Rapolano(Rap...
Pieve dei Santi Giusto e Donato
Monteroni d'Arbia
The ex-parish of the saints Giusto and Donato is in Monteroni d’Arbia. The ancient c...
Pieve dell'Assunzione di Maria
San Giovanni d'Asso
The Parish of the Virgin Mary’s Assumption(in times past “Parish of the Assump...
Pieve di San Giovanni Battista
San Giovanni d'Asso
The parish of saint John the Baptist is the main church of saint Giovanni d’Asso. It...
Pieve di San Giovanni Battista a Corsano
Monteroni d'Arbia
The parish of Saint John the Baptist in Corsano (Monteroni d’Arbia). The church is m...
Pieve di San Giovanni Battista a Lucignano
Monteroni d'Arbia
The parish of Saint John the Baptist in Lucignano d’Arbia is a sacred building in Lu...
Pieve di San Vittore
Rapolano Terme
The parish is a sacred building in Rapolano Terme. Mentioned since 1029, it has the struct...
Pieve di Sant'Andreino alle Cave
Rapolano Terme
The Parish of Saint Andreino is a sacred building at the quarries of Rapolano. The church ...
Pieve di Sant'Innocenza
Buonconvento
The parish of Saint Innocenza in Piana is a sacred building near Buonconvento. Mentioned s...
Pieve di Sant'Ippolito
Asciano
The parish of Saint Ippolito was situated in the past outside the village, with an origina...
Pieve di Santa Maria a Pava
San Giovanni d'Asso
Saint Maria in Pava was one of the nineteen parishes which were contended in the Middle Ag...
San Bartolomeo
Rapolano Terme
The castle of saint Bartolomeo(or Castle of the Saint)is a sacred building in Rapolano Ter...
San Bartolomeo a Castelnuovo Tancredi
Buonconvento
The Church of San Bartolomeo is a sacred building in Castelnuovo Tancredi in Buonconvento....
San Bernardino
Asciano
The church of San Bernardino is a sacred building in the Matteotti street. In the past it ...
San Biagio
San Giovanni d'Asso
Already mentioned in the registers of the tithes of 1278-1279 and 1295-1304 as a branch of...
San Francesco
Asciano
The church of san Francesco was risen with the wide conventual complex, in the XIII centur...
San Giovanni Battista a Modanella
Rapolano Terme
The church of San Giovanni Battista is a sacred building in Modanella (Rapolano Terme). Al...
San Giovanni Evangelista a Montecontieri
Asciano
La chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista in Montecontieri trova probabilmente le sue origini...
San Giovanni Evangelista ad Armaiolo
Rapolano Terme
The church of San Giovanni Evangelista is a sacred building in Armaiolo, in Rapolano Terme...
San Lorenzo a Monterongrifoli
San Giovanni d'Asso
The church of San Lorenzo in Monterongrifoli is a wide bricked-structure with a simple slo...
San Lorenzo a Percenna
Buonconvento
The church of San Lorenzo is a sacred building in Percenna, near Buonconvento. The church ...
San Lorenzo a Serravalle
Buonconvento
The church of San Lorenzo is a sacred building in Serravalle, near Buonconvento. It is ver...
San Lorenzo a Vergelle
San Giovanni d'Asso
The church of san Lorenzo in Vergelle was originally a branch of the near Parish of Pava a...
San Lorenzo Martire a Bibbiano
Buonconvento
The church of san Lorenzo is a sacred building in Bibbiano, near Buonconvento of ancient o...
San Pietro a Poggio Santa Cecilia
Rapolano Terme
The church of San Pietro is a sacred building in Poggio Santa Cecilia, in Rapolano Terme. ...
San Pietro Apostolo a Radi
Monteroni d'Arbia
The church of San Pietro Apostolo is in Radi, in the commune of Monteroni d’Arbia. I...
San Pietro in Villore
San Giovanni d'Asso
The church of San Pietro in Villore is in the village of Sa Giovanni d’Asso. The bui...
San Vito in Versuris
Asciano
Nel VII secolo, sotto il dominio longobardo fu deciso di procedere alla bonifica delle col...
Sant'Agostino
Asciano
The Church of Sant’Agostino is a sacred building on street Matteotti.it was risen in...
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Sant'Albano
Monteroni d'Arbia
The church of Sant’Albano is in Quinciano, in the Commune of Monteroni d’Arbia...
Sant'Angelo
Monteroni d'Arbia
The church of Sant’Angelo is in Ponzano, in the Commune of Monteroni d’Arbia. ...
Santa Lucia
San Giovanni d'Asso
The church of Santa Lucia in Montisi is very simple, with a sloping roof and two small win...
Santa Maria delle Grazie o Madonna del Tribbio
San Giovanni d'Asso
The Church of Santa Maria delle grazie (or of the Madonna del Tribbio) is beside the cimit...
Sante Flora e Lucilla
San Giovanni d'Asso
The church of the Saints Flora and Lucilla is in Montisi. It rose as a parish under the p...
Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano
Rapolano Terme
The church of the Saints an Fabiano and Sebastiano is a sacred building in San Gimignanell...
Santi Giacomo e Cristoforo
Monteroni d'Arbia
The church of the Saints Giacomo and Cristoforo is a sacred building in Cuna. It is situat...
Santi Pietro e Paolo
Buonconvento
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a sacred building that is Buonconvento. The buildi...
Santo Stefano
Monteroni d'Arbia
The church of Santo Stefano is in Sovignano, in the commune of Monteroni d’Arbia. Me...
Fountains
Fonte di Piazza del Grano
Asciano
The fountain was built in the XV century. It is a work by Antonio di Paolo Chini, master o...
Fonti Lavatoie
Asciano
This building, which has been restored several times, keeps recent historical memories . I...
La Pianella
Asciano
Of this beautiful fountain at the crossroads of the main lanes of the historic centre and ...
Place
Casabianca
Asciano
TThe farmhouse “Casabianca” is situated on the hill-crest which separates Vall...
Fattoria di montebaroni
Asciano
Already Signory of Asciano’s counts in the territory of the parish of Saint Vito in ...
La Pievina
Asciano
This parish, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, is situated on the right of the provinci...
Montalceto
Asciano
Montalceto, or MOUNT ALCETO, a castle in the Ombrone’s valley which is now destroyed...
Montauto
Asciano
MONTAUTO GIUSEPPI. Farmhouse with parish church (Saint Andrea in Montauto), to which it is...
Monte Sante Marie
Asciano
Today it is the owner’s villa but in the past it was a castle and the administrative...
Montemori
Asciano
MONTEMORI OF ASCIANO is situated on a promontory southwards, over the Ombrone valley. It i...
Monteroni d'Arbia
Monteroni d'Arbia
Monteroni was'200 half of a modest village of the county of Siena. Its development was lin...
Mucigliani
Asciano
MUCIGLIANI, between the valley of Arbia and that of the sienese Ombrone. It is a destroyed...
Palazzaccio
Asciano
Ancient Palace of the XVII century; we think that the structure was used also previously a...
Palazzo Monaci
Asciano
In the Middle Ages there was in Asciano a cloister of Monks of San Galgano, which had the ...
Palazzo Venturi
Asciano
In times past MONTE CONTIERI. It is a castle with a parish church(Saint John the Evangelis...
Ponte d'Arbia
Monteroni d'Arbia
This town has been documented since the early Middle Ages as it is located along the route...
Radi in creta
Monteroni d'Arbia
A castle turned into a farm with a parish church (Saint Pietro Apostolo) about 5 km westwa...
Sobborgo Camparboli
Asciano
The village of Asciano has always had two suburbs outside the circle of walls: one on the ...
Vergelle
San Giovanni d'Asso
This village was already a castle with the parish church of San Lorenzo is about 5 km on t...
Ville di Corsano
Monteroni d'Arbia
This area is named after the ancient parish of San Giovanni Battista in Corsano, about 7 k...
Museums
ARTI e MESTIERI, di Renato Mencarelli
Asciano
Renato, a former manager retired, to give vent to his great attachment to the productive w...
Museo Cassioli Pittura senese dell'Ottocento
Asciano
The museum “Cassioli”, created in 1991 thanks to an important legacy of work b...
Museo Civico Archeologico e d'Arte Sacra Palazzo Corboli
Asciano
After a complex campaign of restorations, the Museum into Palazzo Corboli has opened in 20...
Museo d'Arte Sacra della Val d'Arbia
Buonconvento
Inaugurated in 1979 into another expositive context, the Museum has been moved into the Pa...
Museo del Tartufo
San Giovanni d'Asso
In San Giovanni d’Asso, a natural bridge between the Crete senesi and the Val d&rsqu...
Museo dell'Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore
Asciano
This little museum, created from the beautiful “Sala Capitolare” of the Abbey,...
Museo della Mezzadria
Buonconvento
The ethnographic museum of the Sienese Share Cropping, situated in the historic centre of ...
Museo Nazionale del Presepe - Associazione Culturale La Piana
Rapolano Terme
This museum collects really valuable cribs, set in the panorama of Rapolano. Every year we...
Landscapes
Strada del Pecorile
Asciano
This road, which starts from the ex Porta Massini and leading southwards, along the public...
Bosco della Ragnaia
San Giovanni d'Asso
The Bosco della Ragnaia is a woodland park and garden created by the American artist Shep...
Cave di Travertino dell'Oliviera
Rapolano Terme
The hills of the central territory of Rapolano are made up of Tertiary rocks, covered with...
Cave di Travertino di Serre
Rapolano Terme
The hills of the central territory of Rapolano are made up of Tertiary rocks, covered with...
Fornace dei Poggetti
Rapolano Terme
This particular point of observation of the landscape of the Crete is situated at the cros...
Il poggio
Asciano
In this area there are some farms about 4 kilometres from Asciano, along the Via Lauretana...
Le fontanelle
Asciano
In this area there are two farms along the Via Lauretana Antica which leads from Asciano ...
Menchiari (Santa Caterina)
Asciano
It is a resort made up of two farmhouses between Vescona and Mucigliani, along the Via Lau...
Mezzavia
Asciano
The name of this ancient farmhouse in bricks comes from the fact that it rises on a hill e...
Monumento Artemio Franchi
Asciano
An unmistakable golden stele is outside a curve just before the farmhouse “Mez...
Strada bianca di Medane
Asciano
It is a country road which, a little after the village of Arbia, going towards Asciano alo...
Strada bianca di Montauto da Lucignano d'Arbia ad Asciano
Asciano
It starts from the Cassia a little before to reach the historic centre of Lucignano d&rsqu...
Strada bianca di Pieve a Salti da San Giovanni a Buonconvento
Buonconvento
It is a not very renowned road but maybe for this reason is not very frequented and very ...
Strada nazionale Cassia da Monteroni a Siena
Monteroni d'Arbia
The Cassia is one of the main roads of the roman period and it doesn’t need to be pr...
Strada provinciale Asciano-San Giovanni d'Asso
San Giovanni d'Asso
This path corresponds in the first half with the Road of Pecorile from Asciano to the cros...
Strada provinciale da San Giovanni d'Asso a Trequanda
San Giovanni d'Asso
Strada che partendo dal bivio di Torrenieri della Cassia percorre la valle dell'Asso per p...
Strada provinciale della Campana da Monteroni ad Asciano
Monteroni d'Arbia
It is a very tortuous and little frequented road which allows easily to do frequent haltin...
Strada Provinciale della valle dell'Asso da San Giovanni a Montalcino
San Giovanni d'Asso
This road, which since recent times replaces the surrounding hill-road, goes for a long hi...
Strada provinciale di Monte Oliveto da Buonconvento ad Asciano
Buonconvento
This road, which is crossed every year by thousands of tourists, branches off from the Cas...
Strada provinciale di Palazzo Venturi da Asciano a Chiusure
Asciano
Questo tratto di strada asfaltata Collega il capoluogo di asciano con il villaggio di Chiu...
Strada provinciale tra Asciano e Rapolano Terme
Rapolano Terme
This road, unfortunately quite frequented because it directly links the near villages, it ...
Torrente Bestina e i suoi Molini
Asciano
The stream Bestina has origin on the slopes of Serre di Rapolano, among the travertine qua...
Vecchia strada della Riccia
Rapolano Terme
Tratto della ex strada provinciale che da Siena portava in Valdichiana. Collega Rapolano c...
Palaces and Monuments
Asilo Infantile
Buonconvento
History of the structure: The idea of founding a nursery school in Buonconvento matured af...
Ex convento monaci di S. Galgano
Asciano
Conspicuous are the traces of the ancient cloister at Piazza del Grano. Today are still pr...
La Porta di San Lorenzo a Serre di Rapolano
Rapolano Terme
Outside the church of Saint Catherine, after going down the stairs, there is the gate of S...
Mosaico Villa Romana
Asciano
The discovery, in 1899, of a mosaic in a good state of preservation in a vegetable-garden ...
Mulino Fortificato
Monteroni d'Arbia
In Monteroni d’Arbia it is kept a wonderful fortified mill of the first half of the ...
Mura di cinta di Buonconvento
Buonconvento
As its name suggests Buonconvento (‘good shelter’) has always been a stopping ...
Mura di cinta duecentesche
Asciano
The walls still visible dates back to 1234 and was built by the Sienese after the conquest...
Palazzo del Podestà
Asciano
This building, which presents itself as the biggest tower of the circle of walls of the vi...
Palazzo Gori Martini a Serre di Rapolano
Rapolano Terme
The Palace of Gori Martini is a nineteenth-century palace, which was built by the rich fam...
Palazzo Pretorio
Buonconvento
Sulla via principale, al centro del piccolo borgo, si trova il trecentesco Palazzo Pretor...
Palazzo Tolomei
Asciano
The Palace Tolomei is at the beginning of Via Bartolenga, near the Basilica of Saint Agata...
Porta di Sant'Andrea a Serre di Rapolano
Rapolano Terme
The Porta of Saint Andrea in Serre di Rapolano is so-called because from it you had to pas...
Porta Massini: resti
Asciano
Porta Massini, also known as Porta Valdichiana, consisted of a massive square-shaped buil...
Porta Senese o del Bianchi
Asciano
The Gate of the White, as we know it today in honor of the Bianchi Bandinelli family near ...
Porta serraia a Serre di Rapolano
Rapolano Terme
The ancient door which leads to the Serraia valley eastwards is called Porta Serraia and i...
Site Transitoire
Asciano
Monumento in pietra realizzati da Jean Paul Philippe nel 1993 e collocato al bivio di tre ...
Torre civica con fontana della Mencia
Asciano
The second half of the XVI century was very useful for Asciano. We came back to the peace ...
Via dei vasari, Copperia, Cocciaio
Asciano
Certi nomi ancora oggi presenti nella toponomastica o affidati semplicemente alla memoria ...
Villa La Rondinella
Buonconvento
History of The villa was built by the will of Louis Xavier Ricci as from 1910 (date appea...
Archaeological Sites
Campo Muri
Rapolano Terme
Accessible only by guided tour by appointment. The thermal complex Etruscan - Roman wal...
Necropoli Etrusca di Poggio Pinci
Asciano
La necropoli etrusca di Poggio Pinci, ubicata in prossimità del corso di un torren...
Necropoli Etrusca di Poggio Pinci: Tomba III
Asciano
Camera a pianta subrettangolare, con dromos aperto a sud. all'angolo nord-orientale della...
Pieve di Pava
San Giovanni d'Asso
The first written mention of the church in 714 and 715 will have on documents relating to ...
Tumolo del Molinello
Asciano
A pochi chilometri da Asciano sorge collinetta isolata di forma così regolarmente c...
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