Fluying ✅: Topped with a lion holding the Medici shield, but originally the column was crowned by a she-wolf suckling human twins, the civic symbol of Siena. This town changed alliances through history.
Via di Gracciano nel Corso, Montepulciano, Toskana
Denkmal · 2 Tipps und Bewertungen
Fluying ✅: The bell ringer at the top takes the form of the character Pulcinella, one of the wild and carefree revelers familiar from Italy’s commedia dell’arte theatrical tradition.
Fluying ✅: It’s named for a famous Montepulciano-born 15th-century poet who was a protégé of Lorenzo the Magnificent de Medici and tutored his two sons.
Fluying ✅: The production of hand-hammered copper vessels like these is a dying art; in this shop, you can see works by Cesare, who makes them in his workshop just up the street.
Fluying ✅: Survey the square, the town’s four great powers stare each other down. Palazzo Comunale, Palazzo del Capitano, the Palazzo Tarugi, and the Palazzo Contucci.
Fluying ✅: Great art inside.Don’t miss beautiful blue-and-white, glazed-terra-cotta Altar of the Lilies by Andrea della Robbia, behind the baptismal font & a late-Gothic Assumption triptych by Taddeo di Bartolo
Fluying ✅: Hometown of Pope Pius II, the town of Corsignano was transformed—in only five years’ time—into a jewel of Renaissance architecture. It was renamed Pienza, after Pope Pius.
Fluying ✅: Pienza’s architectural focal point is its main square, Piazza Pio II, surrounded by the Duomo and the pope’s family residence, Palazzo Piccolomini.
Fluying ✅: Fabio can give you a quick taste of three types of pecorino: fresco (young, soft, and mild), medio (medium), and stagionato (hard, crumbly, and pungent).
Fluying ✅: Pius invited prominent cardinals to occupy the real estate in his custom-built town. The Borgia clan, who built this palace, produced one of the most controversial popes of that age, Alexander VI.
Strada provinciale della foce (Strada della vittoria), La Foce, Toskana
Garten · 7 Tipps und Bewertungen
Fluying ✅: Take into consideration that the 50-minute tours are offered April-Oct Wed at 15: 00, 16: 00, 17: 00, and 18: 00, Sat-Sun and holidays at 11: 30, 15: 00, and 16: 30.
Elite Club Vacanze: Montefioralle, it is considered one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. Over the centuries, the village spread beyond the walls to occupy the lower slopes of the hill, creating Greve in Chianti.
Historische und geschützte Stätte · 2 Tipps und Bewertungen
Fluying ✅: This strategic hilltop was a seat of great regional power in the 12th century. During this time, Rocca d’Orcia was one of a chain of forts that watched over pilgrims walking the Via Francigena to Rome
Carlo Nardone: Delizioso piccolo borgo medievale dalla peculiare attività teatrale che diventa un teatro all'aperto grazie anche ai suoi abitanti. Meravigliosi tramonti con vista su Pienza dal belvedere.
Fluying ✅: Volterra Card cost € 14 card covers all the main sights, except for the Palazzo Viti.Without the card,the Etruscan Museum and Pinacoteca are € 8, and the Palazzo Priori and Archaeological Park are € 5
Fluying ✅: Claudia Meucci offer a great 1h, English walking tour for € 10. The walk touches on Etruscan, Roman, and medieval history, (daily April-Oct,Mon/Wed at 12: 30, other days at 18; meet in alabaster shop
Historische und geschützte Stätte · 2 Tipps und Bewertungen
Fluying ✅: Etruscan arch was built of massive stones in the fourth century B.C. Volterra’s original wall was 6km around—twice the size of the wall that encircles it today.
Alli Burness: This museum is inside the Torre Grosse of San Gimignano. It has 2 stunning works by Fra Lippi, the Angel & Mary during the Annunciation as separate, circular pieces.
Italienisches Restaurant · 2 Tipps und Bewertungen
Fluying ✅: This enlightened place uses top-quality ingredients, many of which come from their own farm. They also offer vegetarian and gluten-free options
Fluying ✅: Built in 1340 and one of the tallest secular towers in Italy. Its name comes from a hedonistic bell-ringer who consumed his earnings like a glutton consumes food.
Fluying ✅: If you’re into medieval art, you’ll find this museum delightful. It walks you through Siena’s art from the 12th through the 16th century, when a revolution in realism was percolating in Tuscany.
Fluying ✅: To see the Duomo, Duomo Museum, Crypt, and Baptistery, consider the € 13 Opa Si Pass.To add an escorted visit into the dome and rooftop (described next), pay € 15 for the Opa Si Pass + Porta del Cielo
Fluying ✅: This Gothic-Renaissance loggia was built around 1420 as headquarters for the union of merchants. Siena’s nobility purchased it, and eventually it became the clubhouse of the local elites.