Category: History, Art and Culture

The Battle of Montaperti was fought on 4 September 1260 between Florence and Siena in Tuscany as part of the conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. It was the bloodiest battle fought in Medieval...

The Chapel of San Liberato, even though small, is sometimes called the “Sistine Chapel of Chianti”. It dates back to around the mid XVI century and was constructed for the Cinughi dei Pazzi family...

The Church of Santa Cristina is a Romanesque church located at Lilliano, in the town of Castellina in Chianti, in the province of Siena. The Church has a single nave covered by a roof....

Dating from the 11th century castle, originally smaller in size and placed at the right angle with respect to today’s building,it preserves some fragments of frescoes by the Florentine school (piety, Vertine by seven towers,...

 This oratory is a 15th century chapel: In the fifteenth and sixteenth century road chapels were popular because they served to define the “sacred space“ of the parish, and delimit the boundaries and often housed...

The Church was founded as a Marian shrine probably already before the year 1000; the original Romanesque style can still be found in the masonry in stone course of gabled façade, preceded by a...

The original shrine was probably built in the eighth century according to the canons of the Cathedral of Siena. Born as a simple Chapel of convenience for the people, over time the Church received some...

Of Romanesque origin and already attested in 1084, the Church preserves the original façade and inside is present a painting by Cosimo Rosselli depicting the Madonna and child with Saints George and Francis.     geographic...

The Church was originally dedicated to santa Maria ad Sciatam or Ischiatam, which should be linked to the type of oak ischia, and is one of the oldest church in the Chianti territory, in fact It...