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The Castle of Monteriggioni The surrounding area Located in central Tuscany, the Castle of Monteriggioni was built by the The townlands of Monteriggioni, with the walled town Republic of Siena at the beginning of the 13th Century in order to as their capital, cover an area of about 100 km2 defend its southern border against Florence. directly to the north of Siena, full of woods, hills, cycle The town walls date from that time. With vineyards and olive groves, dotted here and there trails their impressive towers, they feature in with often very ancient settlements. Dante's Divine Comedy ([…] Because as on There are many vestiges of the past, among which its circular parapets / Montereggione crowns the former Abbacy of Abbadia Isola, with its itself with towers, / E'en thus the margin 12th Century church, the 13th century Hermitage which surrounds the well / With one half of the square of San Leonardo al Lago and the castles of La Chiocciola and Castiglion their bodies turreted / The horrible giants […] the museum Ghinibaldi are worthy of note. Inf., XXXI, 40-44). The townlands also take in the western slopes of the The main sights inside the town are the Church Montagnola Senese, a large area of unspoiled nature that of Santa Maria Assunta (13th Century), the has been declared a Site of Community Importance (SCI). battlements on the town walls and the small 'Monteriggioni in The area is criss-crossed by a network of trails, including Arme' museum, which uses models, panels and life-size armours the Via Francigena, which can be travelled on foot, that can even be tried on to offer amusing insight into the glorious bicycle or on horse-back. military past of the town. An ancient pilgrim route leading from Northern Europe to the Via Every year in the month of July, the magic atmosphere of the Middle Rome, the Via Francigena passes by the Castle of Francigena Ages comes alive in Monteriggioni in the form of an atmospheric Monteriggioni, which is also a stop-off on the Medieval Festival, by now one of the most eagerly awaited events present-day Ministry of Culture route between San of the Tuscan summer. the Medieval Gimignano and Siena. Abbadia Isola www.monteriggionimedievale.it Festival OF VIE FRANCIGENE VIE OF FOUNDATION SITE OF NATIONAL INTEREST NATIONAL OF SITE HISTORY OF YEARS 800 TOURIST OFFICE TOURIST MONTERIGGIONI EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION EUROPEAN MUSEUMS SIENESE TOURING CLUB ITALIANO ITALIANO CLUB TOURING CASTLE THE MONTERIGGIONI OF MUNICIPALITY Rome Siena www.monteriggioniturismo.it MONTERIGGIONI Fl-Si motorway link motorway Fl-Si [email protected] tel./fax +39 0577 304834 0577 +39 tel./fax 53035 Monteriggioni (SI) - Italy - (SI) Monteriggioni 53035 A1 motorway A1 Piazza Roma, 23 Roma, Piazza Tourist Office Tourist Florence Pisa (c. 3 km away). km 3 (c. The closest station is 'Castellina in Chianti-Monteriggioni' in 'Castellina is station closest The Bologna BY TRAIN BY and its old historical towns. historical old its and Gimignano. on a voyage of discovery through the Tuscan landscape Tuscan the through discovery of voyage a on Line 130 from Siena for Colle di Val d'Elsa-Poggibonsi-San d'Elsa-Poggibonsi-San Val di Colle for Siena from 130 Line of the pilgrims, travellers and markets and travellers pilgrims, the of BY BUS BY ENGLISH routes the along guided be and Enter GATEWAY TO THE MIDDLE AGES MIDDLE THE TO GATEWAY motorway link. motorway Take the 'Monteriggioni' exit on the Florence-Siena Florence-Siena the on exit 'Monteriggioni' the Take MONTERIGGIONI BY CAR BY How to get to Monteriggioni to get to How Florence-Siena motorway link FIRENZE CASTELLINA SCALO SP 119 LORNANO CASTIGLION ALTO SP 5 QUERCEGROSSA a MONTERIGGIONI cigen Florence-Siena motorway link Via Fran STOMENNANO ABBADIA ISOLA SP 101 LA POSTA SR 2 CASSIA NORD SP 74 SR 222 STROVE BADESSE VILLA PARISINI CASTELPIETRAIO POGGIOLO BASCIANO PIEVE A CASTELLO SP 119 SP 541 Montagnola Senese CASA GIUBILEO Monte Maggio RICIANO N SCORGIANO UOPINI COLLE CIUPI LA CHIOCCIOLA LA VILLA S. MARTINO O E S. DALMAZIO SP 101 S TOGNAZZA FUNGAIA gena ci Fran Via 5 Pian del Lago Via Florence-Siena motorway link Fr 3 an Via I Maggio WC c ige na Via del Tricolore (già Via Gramsci) 1 Santa Colomba Largo di S. COLOMBA PIRAMIDE E CANALE Fontebranda 2 DEL GRANDUCA Piazza Roma Via I Maggio Via Matteotti SIENA 4 Via F r a n S. LEONARDO AL LAGO c i g e n SP 101 a M IN THE OLD TOWN OF MONTERIGGIONI: MAIN SIGHTS IN TOWNLANDS*: HIKING TRAILS**: O 1 Tourist ofce and the 'Monteriggioni in Arme' museum Castle/fort/tower Via Francigena N T 2 Baptistery of Santa Maria Assunta Villa Castle ring route E R 3 Exhibition on the Via Francigena Old town Fungaia ring route IG 4 Porta Romea or Porta di Levante Abbacy/Baptistery/Hermitage The hermitage and the vanished lake G 5 Porta di Ponente Church IO BICYCLE TRAILS**: N 6 6 Porta Murata Museum Short I - T Entrance to battlements on walls Scenic HE CAR ROUTES: OL 'Castello' car park Baptisteries, hermitages and abbacies Cycle path (Castellina Scalo-Colonna) D TOWN 'Cipressino' car, bus and trailer park Old towns and castles * Check that they are actually open to the public. ** Hiking and bicycle trails in cooperation with Coop Opus and SCALE: c. 500m Team Bike Pionieri..