This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. «[…] però che, come in su la cerchia tonda Monteriggion di torri si corona, così la proda che ‘l pozzo circonda torregiavan di mezza la persona li orribili giganti, cui minaccia Giove del cielo ancora read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Pistoia has ancient Roman origins, where, in 62 BC the battle between the Roman Senator Catiline and the Roman army took place. Dominated first by the Goths, then by the Byzantines and Lombards, Pistoia finally read more
La Forteresse Médicéenne, située à Arezzo sur la Colle di San Donato, constitue un important exemple d’architecture militaire défensive du XVIe siècle. L’édifice, à plan pentagonal irrégulier, s’érige au sommet du Prato (305 m).
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The Eroica is a bike “race” – depending on the itinerary – which winds its way through attractive landscapes from Gaiole in Chianti to such scenic and iconic destinations as Siena, Valdorcia or Montalcino. It read more
La Toscane, avec 45 mille km de «routes blanches», est la région italienne qui en a le plus. On appelle «routes blanches» tous ces parcours clôturés sur gravier, qui sont appropriés pour être parcourus à vélo (ou à pied ou à moto ou à cheval ou en voiture), et ils read more
Le château de Sammezzano, entouré d’un grand parc, est situé dans le hameau homonyme près de Leccio, dans la commune de Reggello (province de Florence), dans un lieu d’une beauté surprenante. Sa magnificence est comparable au féerique «Neuschwanstein», le royaume de Louis de Bavière. Le château et son parc historique, read more
San Gimignano est l’un des rares bourgs italiens qui maintient intact son patrimoine et son esprit médiéval. Non sans raison, en 1990, il a été déclaré patrimoine de l’UNESCO. San Gimignano a des origines étrusques, il a été choisi pour des questions stratégiques, vu sa position dominante sur le Val read more
Volterra, dramatic and atmospheric, is a place which has been immortalized in international literature. The first to put this walled village to paper was Gabriele D’Annunzio,legendary poet, soldier and novelist from Pescara, set his novel Forse Che Si Forse Che No within the city’s ancient walls.This tragic novel tells the read more
The battle of Campaldino, fought not far from the Conti Guidi’s Castle in Pioppi, on June 11th, 1289, day of Saint Barnaba, between the Guelph army of Florence and the army of Arezzo, supported by the Ghibellines,from central-southern Tuscany. It was one of the biggest battles in central Italy during read more
In Chiusdino, in the province of Siena, there is an ancient Cistercian abbey. The site consists of the old hermitage (called « Montesiepi Rotonda ») and the great abbey, of which only the skeleton of the walls remains. The hermitage is dedicated to the legendary San Galgano (1148-1181) who after his noble read more