Monticchiello is a district of the Italian municipality of Pienza, in the province of Siena, in Tuscany. It is a typical medieval borgo, located in the middle of the Siena countryside. Monticchiello is located at an altitude of 500m above […]
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Originally called “Castello di Corsignano”, Pienza has received its present name in honor of Pope Pio II Piccolomini, who in the second half of the 14th century began the restoration of the city with the aim of concretizing the utopian […]
Bagno Vignoni is a district of the Italian municipality of San Quirico d’Orcia, in the province of Siena, in Tuscany.The village is located in the middle of the Orcia Valley, close to the Via Francigena. The water that flows in […]
Of Etruscan origin, it got its importance thanks to the closeness to the Via Francigena. Frederick I, also known as Barbarossa, received there the ambassadors of Pope Adriano IV in 1154. This event is commemorated with the “Barbarossa Festival”, which […]
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