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Castelfalfi, The Medievil village of Castelfalfi is just 3 km away, here you can practise a lot of sports, for example : horse-back excursion, trekking on marked paths, angling, tennis, there are also three marvellous swimming-pools immersed in green and also an eighteen-hole golfe course. |
| San Gimignano rises on a hill (334m high) dominating the Elsa Valley with its towers. Once the seat of a small Etruscan village of the Hellenistic period (200-300 BC) it began its life as a town in the 10th century taking its name from the Holy Bishop of Modena, San Gimignano, who is said to have saved the village from the barbarian hordes. |
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The town increased in wealth and developed greatly during the Middle Ages thanks to the "Via Francigena" the trading and pilgrim's route that crossed it. Such prosperity lead to the flourishing of works of art to adorn the churches and monasteries. On the 8th May 1300 Dante Alighieri came to San Gimignano as the Ambassador of the Guelph League in Tuscany. |  |
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Volterra The
“magic and mysterious” city of Volterra
has its roots in three thousand years of history. It is possible to
find evidence and traces from every historical period which gives
the artistic city a unique aspect.
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Today
the city conserves above all a Medieval aspect not only for the 12th
century city walls but also because of the urban layout with narrow
streets, palaces, tower houses and churches. |
