DOCSLIB.ORG

The Tuscan Villages and the Val D'orcia

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Tuscan Villages and the Val D'orcia THE TUSCAN VILLAGES AND THE VAL D’ORCIA Day 1: Arrival, Colle Val d’Elsa, Montereggioni In the early afternoon, participants meet with the local guide at the hotel in Colle Val d’Elsa, presentation of the trip and guided walk to enjoy splendid panoramic views. This charming town has been famous for crystal production since the 17th century. Meeting with a local engraver artisans to learn about this centuries-old tradition. Continue to Monteriggioni, one of the most significant fortified villages in the area. The country it was built, following the natural conformation of the land, between 1213 and 1219 for purposes defensive and remained virtually intact. The gigantic towers that surrounded its walls they also impressed Dante, who remembers them in the 21st canto of Hell. Guided walk for discover the history and characteristics of the fortress by reliving its most important moments. To the end of the visits, return to the hotel in Colle Val d’Elsa and free evening. Day 2: San Giminiano, Volterra Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, transfer to San Gimignano. With its forest of towers that stand out on the horizon, it is one of the oldest villages in Tuscany, where you can immerse yourself in one magical medieval atmosphere. Unesco World Heritage Site since 1990, San Gimignano owes its fame precisely to the incredible amount of towers that soared on the roofs of the small town, even 65 in the heyday of the city. Guided tour of the Cathedral, considered one of the most prestigious in Tuscany. Time for lunch free. In the afternoon, departure for Volterra and guided tour of the ancient looking village unmistakably medieval, where it is still possible to enjoy an authentic atmosphere. Visit of the Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, a treasure chest of one of the most beautiful collections of Etruscan art. At the end of the visits, return to the hotel in Colle Val d’Elsa and free evening. Day 3: Siena Breakfast at the hotel and check-out. Transfer to Siena, one of the most beautiful medieval cities of Italy. The main point of the city is Piazza del Campo, the famous Piazza del Palio, the race of horses that takes place every year and whose origins seem to date back to the seventeenth century. The field it is dominated by the Palazzo Pubblico, built during the Government of the Nine, the economic and cultural splendour, and from its tower, the Torre del Mangia. Visit the Dome, in the Gothic style, which houses a large number of works by Donatello, Pisano and Michelangelo. Inside the Piccolomini Library you will admire the frescoes by Pinturicchio and an exceptional floor with marble inlays and commissaries. Free afternoon at your disposal to continue discovering the city of the Palio on your own enter the hills of the Crete Senesi, before reaching the fortified village of the Castle of Gargonza to live a truly unique experience: here you will have the opportunity to stay overnight in the apartments of the village restored by the will of Count Roberto Guicciardini Salviati courses. A village enclosed by ancient walls that has managed to keep its charm original, leaving the peasant imprint intact and where the houses reflect authenticity of the people of Gargonza, who lived here and to whose name the houses are dedicated. Day 4: Gargonza, Petroio, Montepulciano Breakfast at the hotel and free morning at your disposal. In the afternoon, transfer to Petroio, for an independent walk in the picturesque medieval village perched on a hill that spirals around a single road and where the remains of the old walls, the ancient houses, palaces and churches have preserved the warm blond colour of the sandstone with which it is been built. An important artisan tradition is the production of terracotta artefacts. Transfer to Montepulciano, home of Vino Nobile one of the finest Italian red wine DOCG. The village is located in a splendid position on the crest of a hill between the Val d’Orcia and the Valdichiana. After a walk on your own, visit a local winery, followed by a child Montepulciano DOCG wine tasting. From here begins the journey into the surprising Val d’Orcia, a treasure chest of nature and hilly landscapes where the gaze is lost, until it reaches the farmhouse for overnight stays. Day 5: Val d’Orcia Breakfast at the hotel and free morning available. The beautiful landscapes of the Val d'Orcia are dotted with many small villages, each with its own incredible history, in which time still flows slowly. Afternoon dedicated to the autonomous discovery of Monticchiello, medieval town surrounded by walls, with towers and a 13th century keep, characterized by narrow streets intricate, steep climbs, very narrow streets and stone houses that offer sudden glimpses of the truly unforgettable views of the Val d’Orcia. Continue with the Rocca di Tentennano, a castle documented since 1100 which stands on a limestone spur in the heart of the Val d’Orcia. The imposing fortress always had an important strategic function for the control of the southern territory of the ancient Sienese state and offers an enchanting view on the valley. From here, a short walk leads to Castiglione d’Orcia, a treasure trove of beauty and of notable artistic works. The village finds its center in Piazza Il Vecchietta, suggestive heart of the village overlooked by the Town Hall and other medieval buildings. Free dinner and return to the farmhouse. Day 6: Pienza, San Quirico d’Orcia, Sant’Antimo Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, guided tour of Pienza, a town with an unmistakable character artistic and historical beauty, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 1996. Heart of the Renaissance city is the trapezoidal Piazza Pio II with the harmonious Cathedral tripartite facade with arcades on columns. Visit of Palazzo Piccolomini, inspired by the models of Florentine private architecture with ashlar facade. Built around a courtyard it has the fourth side overlooking a magnificent hanging garden overlooking the Val d’Orcia and the mountain Amiata. Pienza is also well known for its unique and inimitable pecorino. Visit of a small one local company, followed by a small tasting. In the afternoon, continue driving towards San Quirico d’Orcia, an ancient fortified village on the Via Francigena, with fifteenth-century walls almost intact and bordered by 14 towers, for a stroll in the historic center. Then crossing a territory dotted with vineyards, you reach the extraordinary Benedictine Abbey of Sant’Antimo, one of the most significant architectural testimonies of the Romanesque era, located on a plain and enhanced even more by the surrounding landscape, the pleasant valley of Starcia stream, where the presence of the olive tree is the characterizing element. At the end visits, return to the farmhouse and free evening. Day 7: Bagno Vignoni Breakfast at the hotel and check-out. To conclude the trip is a walk independently a Bagno Vignoni, a small spa of great charm all concentrated around the ancient large pool of sulphurous water, a sort of phantasmagoric and steaming square of beloved water also by Lorenzo the Magnificent and in recent times the scenographic background of numerous films. Impossible not to treat yourself to a morning of relaxation and wellness treatments to enjoy the benefits of these thermal waters. Autonomous return to the places of origin. .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Passion for Cycling Tourism
    TUSCANY if not HERE, where? PASSION FOR CYCLING TOURISM Tuscany offers you • Unique landscapes and climate • A journey into history and art: from Etruscans to Renaissance down to the present day • An extensive network of cycle paths, unpaved and paved roads with hardly any traffic • Unforgettable cuisine, superb wines and much more ... if not HERE, where? Tuscany is the ideal place for a relaxing cycling holiday: the routes are endless, from the paved roads of Chianti to trails through the forests of the Apennines and the Apuan Alps, from the coast to the historic routes and the eco-paths in nature photo: Enrico Borgogni reserves and through the Val d’Orcia. This guide has been designed to be an excellent travel companion as you ride from one valley, bike trail or cultural site to another, sometimes using the train, all according to the experiences reported by other cyclists. But that’s not all: in the guide you will find tips on where to eat and suggestions for exploring the various areas without overlooking small gems or important sites, with the added benefit of taking advantage of special conditions reserved for the owners of this guide. Therefore, this book is suitable not only for families and those who like easy routes, but can also be helpful to those who want to plan multiple-day excursions with higher levels of difficulty or across uscanyT for longer tours The suggested itineraries are only a part of the rich cycling opportunities that make Tuscany one of the paradises for this kind of activity, and have been selected giving priority to low-traffic roads, white roads or paths always in close contact with nature, trying to reach and show some of our region’s most interesting destinations.
    [Show full text]
  • Florenz Und Provinz Florenz
    Restaurantempfehlungen der Toskanababys Eine Sammlung aus den vergangenen Jahren, nicht jedes Restaurant ist noch immer an seinem Platz. Florenz und Provinz Florenz Trattoria da Pietro Florenz, Piazza delle Cure [Tel.:+39 55578889] Eine typische Trattoria denke ich mir, schaue auf die mir von einem freundlichen Kellner gereichte Speisekarte und wähle als Vorspeise leckere Ravioli mit Gorgonzola und Ruccola und anschließend ein zartes Rinderfilet in grüner Pfeffersoße. Mineralwasser und Weißwein zum Durstlöschen und Müdewerden. Als Dessert ein Stück Torta della Nonna und einen Caffè. (aus: Reisetagebuch 2001) Enoteca Fuori Porta Florenz, Via Monte alle Croci 10/r [Tel.: +39 0552342483] Internet: http://www.fuoriporta.it Zum Abschluss gibt es ein sehr gutes Abendessen inklusive Weinkauf in der Enoteca Fuori Porta. (aus: Reisetagebuch 1998) Trattoria del Carmine Florenz, Piazza del Carmine 18r, [Tel.: 055 218601] Mittlerweile ist es Zeit für das Abendessen. Südlich des Arnos lädt uns die Trattoria del Carmine ein. Wir bestellen gemischt belegte Brote und Hühnchensalat als Vorspeise und anschließend als ersten Gang Lasagne nach Art des Hauses. Uns bleibt kaum Zeit um uns zu entspannen und still den 2001er Rotwein der Villa Calcinaia aus dem klassischem Anbaugebiet in der Toskana zu genießen, da wird uns als Hauptspeise Schnitzel mit Anchovis und Huhn mit Pesto gereicht. Perfekt wird unsere erste Mahlzeit in Florenz durch ein Stück Torte nach Großmutter-Art sowie einen Espresso. Trattoria Pizzeria Dante Florenz, Piazza Nazario Sauro, [Tel.: 055.293215] Am Abend essen wir in der Trattoria und Pizzeria Dante leckere Spaghetti alla casa, ein Risotto mit Radicchio und Gorgonzola sowie zwei richtig dünne und gutbelegte Pizzen.
    [Show full text]
  • Val D'orcia 1
    VAL D’ORCIA Sweet round-shaped hills, changing colour according to the season, low valleys along the Orcia river, parish churches and restored farms here and there, often hiding in a forest of cypresses. Such are the characteristics making the charm of Val d’Orcia incomparable, an extraordinary synthesis between nature, art and deeply rooted traditions. This beautiful area of Tuscany is under the authority of the Val d’Orcia Park, instituted to maintain and develop the heritage of a region to promote its typical produce. The fertile countryside of Val d’Orcia, cultivated with respect and wisdom, produces excellent wines, olive oil and high quality cereals. The landscape is deeply marked by man’s intervention aiming to enrich the natural beauty with sobre religious and civilian works of art. It is difficult to explain with words the serene charm emanating from the lands of Val d’Orcia in the spring, when the hills turn green, in the summer when the yellow colour of sunflowers and wheat fields dominates the area, in the beautiful fragrance of a variety of plants. In the south of Bagno Vignoni, olive groves, vineyards and cultivated fields are replaced by a Mediterranean bushland while in the Mount Amiata area opens out a thick forest of chestnut and beech groves. Mother Nature, especially generous with the Val d’Orcia’s people, did not forget to create thermal springs for rest and care. The Via Francigena goes through Val d'Orcia near the small village of Bagno Vignoni, visited by famous people and pilgrims. Already inhabited in the Etruscan period, the Val d’Orcia keeps architectural vestiges from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
    [Show full text]
  • Viva Xpress Logistics (Uk)
    VIVA XPRESS LOGISTICS (UK) Tel : +44 1753 210 700 World Xpress Centre, Galleymead Road Fax : +44 1753 210 709 SL3 0EN Colnbrook, Berkshire E-mail : [email protected] UNITED KINGDOM Web : www.vxlnet.co.uk Selection ZONE FULL REPORT Filter : Sort : Group : Code Zone Description ZIP CODES From To Agent IT ITAOD04 IT- 3 Days (Ex LHR) Cities & Suburbs CIVITELLA CESI 01010 - 01010 CELLERE 01010 - 01010 AZIENDA ARCIONE 01010 - 01010 ARLENA DI CASTRO 01010 - 01010 FARNESE 01010 - 01010 LATERA 01010 - 01010 MONTEROMANO 01010 - 01010 ONANO 01010 - 01010 PESCIA ROMANA 01010 - 01010 PIANSANO 01010 - 01010 TESSENNANO 01010 - 01010 VEIANO 01010 - 01010 VILLA S GIOVANNI IN TUSC 01010 - 01010 MUSIGNANO 01011 - 01011 CELLENO 01020 - 01020 CHIA 01020 - 01020 CASTEL CELLESI 01020 - 01020 CASENUOVE 01020 - 01020 GRAFFIGNANO 01020 - 01020 LUBRIANO 01020 - 01020 MUGNANO 01020 - 01020 PROCENO 01020 - 01020 ROCCALVECCE 01020 - 01020 SAN MICHELE IN TEVERINA 01020 - 01020 SERMUGNANO 01020 - 01020 SIPICCIANO 01020 - 01020 TORRE ALFINA 01020 - 01020 TREVIGNANO 01020 - 01020 TREVINANO 01020 - 01020 VETRIOLO 01020 - 01020 ACQUAPENDENTE 01021 - 01021 CIVITA BAGNOREGIO 01022 - 01022 BAGNOREGIO 01022 - 01022 CASTIGLIONE IN TEVERINA 01024 - 01024 GROTTE SANTO STEFANO 01026 - 01026 MAGUGNANO 01026 - 01026 CASTEL S ELIA 01030 - 01030 CALCATA 01030 - 01030 BASSANO ROMANO 01030 - 01030 FALERIA 01030 - 01030 FABBRICA DI ROMA 01034 - 01034 COLLEMORESCO 02010 - 02010 COLLI SUL VELINO 02010 - 02010 CITTAREALE 02010 - 02010 CASTEL S ANGELO 02010 - 02010 CASTEL SANT'ANGELO 02010
    [Show full text]
  • Guida-Inventario Dell'archivio Di Stato
    MINIS TERO PER I BENI CULTURALI E AM BIENTALI PU B BLICAZIONI DEGLI ARCHIVI DI STATO XCII ARCHIVIO DI STATO DI SIENA GUIDA-INVENTARIO DELL'ARCHIVIO DI STATO VOLUME TERZO ROMA 1977 SOMMARIO Pag. Prefazione VII Archivio Notarile l Vicariati 77 Feudi 93 Archivi privati 105 Bandini Policarpo 106 Bologna-Buonsignori-Placidi 108 Borghesi 140 Brancadori 111 Brichieri-Colombi 113 Busacca Raffaele 115 Canonica (la) 116 Nerazzini Cesare 118 Pannocchieschi-D'Elci 120 Petrucci 140 Piccolomini-Clementini 123 Piccolomini-Clementini-Adami 128 Piccolomini-Naldi-Bandini 131 Piccolomini (Consorteria) 134 Sergardi-Biringucci 137 Spannocchi 141 Tolomei 143 Useppi 146 Venturi-Gallerani 148 Particolari 151 Famiglie senesi 152 Famiglie forestiere 161 PR EFAZIONE Nella introduzione al primo volume della guida-inventario dell'Archivio di Stato di Siena furono esposti gli intenti con i quali ci si accinse alla pub­ blicazione di quell'importante mezzo di corredo che consistevano nel valorizzare il materiale documentario di ciascun fo ndo archivistico per facilitare agli stu­ diosi la via della ricerca storica. Il caloroso e benevolo accoglimento riservato dagli interessati dice chiaramente quanto fe lice sia stata l'iniziativa e quanto brillanti siano stati i risultati raggiunti, che si sono palesati anche maggiori di quelli previsti. Infa tti la valorizzazione del materiale, oltre all'ordinamento ed alla inventariazione degli atti, presupponeva anche lo studio accurato delle ori­ gini e delle competenze dell'ufficio o dell'ente che quegli atti aveva prodotto. Per cui, essendo stati illustrati nei primi due volumi 1 ottanta fondi appartenenti alle più importanti magistrature dello Stato, insieme alla storia di ogni singolo ufficio è emersa in breve sintesi anche la storia del popolo senese.
    [Show full text]
  • Mercatale Val Di Pesa
    Monte Nisa The villa, the surroundings. 2 The Villa: The surroundings: Website: https://www.montenisa.com/ ● short story ● around the villa ● the position ● Florence ● contacts ● Siena ● photo 3 The villa Monte Nisa Monte Nisa is a villa overlooking the Chianti hills of San Casciano in Val di Pesa. This is a holiday home consisting of two apartments that can accommodate 6 people each for a total of 12 people, No meals or other professional services are provided, just a whiff of a tourist destination. It is possible to rent the entire property for exclusive use - "Total Nisa" or just one apartment - "Terra Nisa" for the ground floor apartment, "Sopra Nisa" for the first floor apartment. By renting the entire structure you have the exclusive use of the swimming pool and the park, while if you rent an apartment the pool and park are shared with the guests of the other apartment. 5 La storia Monte Nisa is a villa built in 1934 on the top of a hill in Tuscany, in the Chianti Classico wine production area. Its quiet, panoramic and sunny position was chosen with great care and passion by the first owner, named Manetti, and the original toponym of "Villa Manetto" derived from his name. Manetti designed the villa to make it his "buen retiro" following and personally directing the construction work and taking care of every little detail. Subsequently the heirs sold the villa which since then experienced a troubled period, becoming from time to time a summer colony, recreational club, warehouse and even military command during the Second World War, suffering damage due to cannon fire.
    [Show full text]
  • Lista Località Disagiate - Ed
    LISTA LOCALITÀ DISAGIATE Lo standard di consegna di Poste Delivery Express e Poste Delivery Box Express è maggiorato di un giorno per le spedizioni da/per le seguenti località: Regione Abruzzo Provincia L’Aquila ACCIANO COLLEBRINCIONI POGGETELLO SANTI AREMOGNA COLLELONGO POGGETELLO DI TAGLIACOZZO SANTO STEFANO SANTO STEFANO DI SANTE ATELETA COLLI DI MONTEBOVE POGGIO CANCELLI MARIE BALSORANO FAGNANO ALTO POGGIO CINOLFO SANTO STEFANO DI SESSANIO BARISCIANO FONTECCHIO POGGIO FILIPPO SCANZANO BEFFI GAGLIANO ATERNO POGGIO PICENZE SCONTRONE BUGNARA GALLO PREZZA SECINARO CALASCIO GALLO DI TAGLIACOZZO RENDINARA SORBO CAMPO DI GIOVE GORIANO SICOLI RIDOTTI SORBO DI TAGLIACOZZO CAMPOTOSTO GORIANO VALLI RIDOTTI DI BALSORANO TIONE DEGLI ABRUZZI CANSANO LUCOLI ROCCA DI CAMBIO TORNIMPARTE CAPESTRANO MASCIONI ROCCA PIA TREMONTI CAPPADOCIA META ROCCACERRO TUFO DI CARSOLI CARAPELLE CALVISIO MOLINA ATERNO ROCCAPRETURO VERRECCHIE CASTEL DEL MONTE MORINO ROCCAVIVI VILLA SAN SEBASTIANO VILLA SANTA LUCIA DEGLI CASTEL DI IERI OFENA ROSCIOLO ABRUZZI CASTELLAFIUME ORTOLANO ROSCIOLO DEI MARSI VILLA SANT’ANGELO CASTELVECCHIO CALVISIO PACENTRO SAN BENEDETTO IN PERILLIS VILLAVALLELONGA CASTELVECCHIO SUBEQUO PERO DEI SANTI SAN DEMETRIO NE’ VESTINI VILLE DI FANO Lista Località Disagiate - Ed.
    [Show full text]
  • OUR ACCOMODATION : Hôtel PALAZZUOLO
    www.orgaya.com From the Etruscans to the Renaissance, Tuscany is possibly the greatest USEFUL INFORMATION repository of art in the world, but not only. You will walk along the LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY: Francigena , a pilgrim road between England and Rome. You will see Siena, one of the Italy’s loveliest medieval city and its famous piazza Il 2-3 Campo. Pienza, the city of Pope Pius II is waiting for you, as well as the greatest wines of Tuscany : Montepulciano and Montalcino. Moderate sporty, 12 year-old minimum Elevation gain: from 350 to 650 m ; Effective walking time < 5 hours ; Altitude < 2000 m ; Backpack < 3 Kg (20 liters max) ;Hiking shoes are mandatory. Mountain trails or off-tracks, steady ascents from 30 minutes. CLIMATE : AGENDA OF THE 8 DAYS: Hike possible from September to June. Temperatures can vary from 10 to 30 Day 01 Welcome in Siena degrees in the same day. After your transfer to Siena and a quick check-in at the hotel, we have a first glance to Siena . We start to know each others during the aperitivo and the GROUPS: briefing of the trip. Our groups are composed of 6 to 15 Siena visit : 2.30 hours. persons per guide. Dinner : pasta party a in restaurant in the historical center Accomodation : 3 stars hotel in Siena. GUIDING: Our guides have a mountaineering state Day 02 City trek in Siena and San quirico d’Orcia diploma and a partnership with this area The day is spent among the city medieval alleys and greatest monuments like Il in Tuscany.
    [Show full text]
  • V a L D' O R C
    Sistemi territoriali del PIT: Toscana delle Aree interne e meridionali V A L D’ O R C I A Provincia: Siena Territori appartenenti ai Comuni: Asciano, Castiglione d’Orcia, Pienza, San Giovanni d’Asso, Crinale di San San Quirico d’Orcia, Trequanda Podere sul poggio Quirico d’Orcia Superficie dell’ambito: circa 50000 ettari Macchie di bosco Filare di cipressi lungo la Oliveto disposto sulla Seminativo nudo Vegetazione viabilità rurale sommità del poggio ripariale Cipressi a Forme erosive corredo degli Oliveto specializzato Monte Amiata calanchive Formazioni forestali edifici rurali Colture agrarie miste Percorso longitudinalmente dall’antico tracciato nei rilievi più alti e scoscesi, in particolare nelle della via Cassia, il paesaggio della Val d’Orcia è gole dell’Orcia, in prossimità di Castiglion d’Orcia caratterizzato morfologicamente da un e di Bagno Vignoni in cui aree boscate si susseguirsi di rilievi collinari composti da argille alternano alle aree coltivate, e verso le pendici del plioceniche, caratterizzati dalle incisioni profonde Monte Amiata, sui poggi di Campiglia d’Orcia, Borghi storici Fiume Orcia dei corsi d’acqua e da calanchi e biancane, dove si incontrano boschi di faggio e castagno. di crinale Colture agrarie a Pendici collinari formazioni erosive tipicamente connesse ai Alla confluenza del fiume Formone e dell’Orcia, prevalenza di ad oliveto substrati argillitici. nel comune di Pienza, è situata la Riserva Alternanza di seminativi nudi La valle è attraversata dal fiume Orcia e dal suo naturale di Lucciola Bella, importante sito per la oliveti e vigneti affluente torrente Formone. Le colline argillose protezione e la gestione delle biancane e degli Colture agrarie specializzate presentano un aspetto omogeneo, a cui le ecosistemi ad esse collegate.
    [Show full text]
  • Orari E Percorsi Della Linea Bus
    Orari e mappe della linea bus ST1 ST1 Sinalunga-Trequanda-Castelm.-Montefoll.- Visualizza In Una Pagina Web M.Pulciano La linea bus ST1 (Sinalunga-Trequanda-Castelm.-Montefoll.-M.Pulciano) ha 7 percorsi. Durante la settimana è operativa: (1) Madonnino Dei Monti (Capolinea) S.P.57: 07:10 - 13:25 (2) Sinalunga F.S.: 07:45 - 14:00 Usa Moovit per trovare le fermate della linea bus ST1 più vicine a te e scoprire quando passerà il prossimo mezzo della linea bus ST1 Direzione: Madonnino Dei Monti (Capolinea) Orari della linea bus ST1 S.P.57 Orari di partenza verso Madonnino Dei Monti 35 fermate (Capolinea) S.P.57: VISUALIZZA GLI ORARI DELLA LINEA lunedì 07:10 - 13:25 martedì 07:10 - 13:25 Sinalunga F.S. Piazza della Repubblica, Sinalunga mercoledì 07:10 - 13:25 Sinalunga-V. Trieste 236 giovedì 07:10 - 13:25 Via Sant'Elia, Sinalunga venerdì 07:10 - 13:25 Sinalunga-Loc. Capacciola N.C. 200 sabato 07:10 - 13:25 Rigaiolo-Loc. Le Moricce domenica Non in servizio Rigaiolo Rigaiolo-Loc. Le Macchiaie Nc.113 Informazioni sulla linea bus ST1 Trequanda-Podere Castagnolo Direzione: Madonnino Dei Monti (Capolinea) S.P.57 Fermate: 35 Trequanda-Bv. Collalto Durata del tragitto: 35 min La linea in sintesi: Sinalunga F.S., Sinalunga-V. Trequanda-Cabina Sip N.C. 23 Trieste 236, Sinalunga-Loc. Capacciola N.C. 200, Rigaiolo-Loc. Le Moricce, Rigaiolo, Rigaiolo-Loc. Le Macchiaie Nc.113, Trequanda-Podere Castagnolo, Trequanda-P.Zza Garibaldi (Capolinea) Trequanda-Bv. Collalto, Trequanda-Cabina Sip N.C. 8 Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, Trequanda 23, Trequanda-P.Zza Garibaldi (Capolinea), Trequanda-Via Rimembranza N.C.
    [Show full text]
  • Tuscany & Umbria HIKING
    HIKING & Italy:Italy: TuscanyTuscany && UmbriaUmbria BIKING FF OO OO DD && WW II NN EE AA DD VV EE NN TT UU RR EE Zephyr Adventures | www.ZephyrAdventures.com | 888-758-8687 | [email protected] e visit the beautiful provinces of Tuscany and Umbria in the fashion of the locals – on foot and by bike. And as we pedal and step, we also eat and drink our way across these most delicious areas of this most delectable country! Tuscany, with its lovely wheat-covered hills, is tough for bicyclists, but Wis a fantastic place to hike from one medieval town to another. Umbria, centered on the large and flat Umbrian plain with hilltop towns on either side, offers bike routes for all ability levels. We spend half our time on foot in Tuscany and the other half on bikes in Umbria, capitalizing on each region’s wonderful geography and culinary experiences. You’ll appreciate the difference and will return home with fond memories of the vast array of pastas, pizzas, local vegetables, bruschettas, and Italian vinos experienced in one short – but full! – week of your life. I T I N E R A R Y D A Y O N E . We will meet you either in the fthe regional wine capital of Montepulciano (if you have arrived the day before), or at the nearby rail station at Chiusi. From there, we will shuttle to the cute town of Montefollonico and walk the valleys and ridges back to Montepulciano, where a wine tasting and cellar tour awaits us. Perhaps an authentic limoncello at the local pub before saying “buona notte” to the group is in order after dinner? Activity: We will all stay together on this initial six-kilometer walk through the countryside so we can learn from our Italian guide Giovanni.
    [Show full text]
  • Fig. 1. Montefollonico, Rovine Dell'abbazia Benedettina Di Santa
    Fig. 1. Montefollonico, rovine dell’abbazia benedettina di Santa Maria a Follonica. Guido Tigler QUESTIONI DI SCULTURA: I REPERTI LAPIDEI ROMANICI PROVENIENTI DA SANTA MARIA DI FOLLONICA E IL CROCIFISSO LIGNEO GOTICO DETTO DEL BEATO BRANDANO IN SAN LEONARDO Nel 2013, dedicandosi alle acquasantiere medievali della Toscana, og- getto della sua tesi magistrale di cui ero relatore,1 Raffaella Calamini si è imbattuta in una foto della Soprintendenza di Siena scattata nel 1979 nell’ex chiesa di San Bartolomeo a Montefollonico,2 in cui si vedono vari reperti scultorei fra cui un capitello antico riadattato ad acquasantiera (Fig. 2) posto sopra a un capitello romanico (Fig. 3) a sua volta sorretto da una lastra con un grifone (Fig. 9). L’acquasantiera e i suoi erratici supporti era- no già stati menzionati in quella collocazione dall’Inventario generale degli oggetti d’arte della provincia di Siena di Francesco Brogi, compilato nel giu- gno1863 nella parte relativa al Comune di Torrita ma edito nel 1897 e dalla guida di Pienza e diocesi di Giovanni Battista Mannucci del 1915.3 Tuttavia all’inizio degli anni Novanta del Novecento la chiesa di San Bartolomeo fu 1 R. Calamini, Le acquasantiere medievali in Toscana. Studi per un repertorio, tesi di laurea magistrale in Storia dell’Arte Medievale, Università degli Studi di Firenze, a.a. 2008-2009, rel. G. Tigler. 2 Foto pubblicata in R. Calamini, Reperti romanici dall’abbazia di Santa Maria a Montefollo- nico detta il Conventaccio, «Torrita, storia, arte, paesaggio», V, 2014, pp. 6-19: 7 fig. 1; Ead., Scul- ture romaniche dall’abbazia di Santa Maria a Montefollonico, Torrita di Siena, Fondazione Torrita Cultura, 2014, p.
    [Show full text]