Category: History, Art and Culture

the present building dates back to the first decades of the eighteenth century and stands on the ruins of an ancient oratory dedicated to the Virgin Mary.  The Chapel, located  along the road that from...

The earliest attestations of attendance to Cematura be traced back to the Upper Paleolithic, approximately 20,000–10,000 years ago, but it comes to movable objects, not related to structures or other clearly identifiable traces of...

The necropolis of Poggino is an Etruscan necropolis located near Fonterutoli, in the town of Castellina in Chianti. The necropolis is located on a hill that was used as a graveyard  from an Etruscan...

The Atrium greets visitors with a multimedia, with films and photographs which introduce historical themes of the Museum. Shows also archaeological research methodologies and tools,that you can experiment with the guidance of experts in...

The tomb was owned by an aristocratic family whose wealth was due to the fortunate geographical position of the place, which was situated on the main roads of the time. The tomb is large, with...

The site preserves testimonies that tell the daily life and production  activities of different human groups: the traces related to the presence of communities in the Copper Age (4000 years ago), land use linked...

The church is the current religious center of Montespertoli, having replaced in this function, the parish church of San Piero in Mercato. It was once used as the chapel of the castle and was...

The church is located at the limits of a square located outside the castle of Lucardo, a center known since the eighth century. In this place in 1093 it was founded a chapel in...

The first stones of Brolio Castle date back to the middle ages, then the castle passed into the hands of the Ricasoli family thanks to an exchange of lands in 1141. Brolio, on the...

The Cacchiano Castle is located in the heart of the Chianti region and was founded in the 10th century by the Ricasoli family(that owned the castle for more than 1.000 years) , a prestigious...