San Gimignano
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, who is said to have saved the village from the barbarian hordes. 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. During this scenic mountain bike ride a wine tasting, together with the visit to a winery can be included upon request.
Arrigoni Pietraserena Harvest - Tuscany San Gimignano
Vendemmia a San Gimignano nei Colli Senesi della Azienda Agricola Arrigoni Pietraserena
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This splendid luxury boutique hotel in Tuscany rests on a hill top overlooking the famous towers of San Gimignano, and is surrounded by centuries old Cyprus trees.
Originally a convent dating to 1587, a recent and accurate restoration has exposed its original beauty and Renaissance features with its elegant proportions, sober Tuscan style, and the colours of the famous stone “pietra serena” and old handmade bricks which is typical of the region.
Following the entrance road there is a large car park surrounded by an Italian garden and a park enriched by many Cyprus trees where an ancient chapel is located as well as a beautiful swimming pool with a bar surrounded by an English lawn.
Inside the relais we find the cloister, leading to the coffee room, a wine bar, congress room, library, TV room and the lounge with an impressive fireplace enriched by golden tapestries and frescoes. Underneath the cloister an ancient cistern has been restructured into a wine bar.
San Gimignano
San Gimignano
San Gimignano 2011
Els bombers de San Gimignano van desplegar una bandera italiana a la plaça el dia 23 de setembre de 2011, entre altres demostracions de la seva destresa
Poderi Arcangelo San Gimignano Siena v 5'
Vivere in campagna, condividendo ritmi e spazi, luoghi e attività, è quello che potete fare arrivando ai Poderi Arcangelo. Più di un agriturismo, più di una semplice vacanza, più di un'esperienza per ritrovare se stessi e il piacere della buona vita.
L'Agriturismo Poderi Arcangelo è tutto questo.
Nel Chianti, vicino a San Gimignano, in località Capezzano, circondato dai 40 ettari di ulivi e vigneto DOCG dell'azienda agricola biologica: camere, suite, ristorante, piscine.
Mattia Barzaghi San Gimignano
Mattia tells the story of Vernaccia in his Zeta Project
Italy 2012 - Toscana part 5 - San Gimignano
vendemmia poderi arcangelo san gimignano siena
Una piccola parte della nostra vendemmia!
Flute player in San Gimignano, Italy
I took this summer 2010 while visiting San GImignano, a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany in north-central Italy. It's really close to Assisi. This place is the most peaceful place I've ever been too. I recommend everyone goes at least once in their lifetime.
Vendemmia Vernaccia San Gimignano 2011 - 2011 San Gimignano Vernaccia Harvest
Iniziata all'agriturismo Poggiacolle la vendemmia 2011 della Vernaccia di San Gimignano con l'uva per la Vernaccia.
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The 2011 Vernaccia harvest started this morning in Poggiacolle farmhouse with the Vernaccia grapes.
San Gimignano 2013
The Rob Roy reel, brano che rievoca le gesta di Robert Roy MacGregor, eroe scozzese del primo Settecento, capo di un clan impoverito dalla carestia e dall'avidità dei nobili (inglesi), che lottò per la giustizia.
San Gimignano (Parte II)
Segunda parte da zueira em San Gimignano!
mta gente! Eu, Espanhol, Alemão, Portuguesa, Argenteina, Croatas e Egipcia!!
Vale a pena conhecer a cidade
Sottofondo a San Gimignano, Galleria Continua per Michelangelo Pistoletto
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AGRITURISMO SCANNANO - SERRE DI RAPOLANO (SI)
Tra vigneti, ulivi e bosco, l'agriturismo Scannano è l'ideale per soste giornaliere o per vacanze rilassanti, con una meravigliosa vista panoramica sulle crete senesi e Siena.Le camare presenti all'interno dell'antico podere sono cinque: Il bosco, il laghetto, la vigna, la ginestra e l'olivo. I nomi prendono spunto dai cinque elementi che circondano Scannano. Ogni camera è spaziosa, e confortevoli ma allo stesso tempo essenziali. All'interno delle camere troverete il riscaldamento autonomo a pavimento, il bagno anch'esso spazioso ed arredato anche con il phon, il televisore e la climatizzazione per i periodi più caldi anche se le possenti ed antiche mura di pietra serena rendono le stanze calde di inverno e fresche d'estate. In ogni stanza troverete una frase dedicata all'elemento da cui traggono il nome.
Situato a Serre di Rapolano, l'Agriturismo Scannano offre 2 piscine, un ristorante, un centro benessere, un centro fitness, una terrazza e la connessione Wi-Fi gratuita.Potrete assaporare i vecchi sapori toscani, all'interno di un accogliente stalla rivisitata, grazie alle antiche ricette tramandate da generazioni di cuochi di paese.
Italy/Sambuca/Chianti/Tuscany/ Part 62/84
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Sambuca:
The small town of Sambuca in Val di Pesa is documented from 1053, but due to bombing during WW II is now mostly modern and forms a centre of light industry. However, the ancient bridge and some nearby mediaeval buildings are still extant and worth noting as you pass through the area.
Ponte di Ramagliano, the mediaeval bridge over the river Pesa at Sambuca Val di Pesa. Bridge over the Pesa River in the frazione of Sambuca.
Emanuele Repetti in his Dizionario locates the village of Sambuca on the left bank of the Pesa and at the head of the bridge, which is called Ramagliano.
Historical documents regarding the Chianti village of Sambuca are few, but the castle of Romagliano, located here on the ancient Roman road, is mentioned in documents from 1053 and the earliest extant documents regarding the Sambuca bridge date to 1179. From an ecclesiastical point of view, Sambuca belonged to the parish of San Pietro in Bossolo. Thanks to its strategic and geographic location, particularly as a good crossing place over the River Pesa, Sambuca always managed to maintain a certain autonomy from the nearby castles of Semifonte and Barberino Val d' Elsa, but not from the Abbey of Passignano.
In the territory of Sambuca there was a small church dedicated to San Jacopo and called La Canonica. The church was located in position dominating the area near the Castle of Romagliano. It is mentioned twice in documents at the Abbey of Passignano, first 1166 (actum in castro de Sambuca) and then in 1168 when the Abbot of Passignano bought duo modiora et quattuor stariora terre que sunt in corte de Sambuco. In addition to these purchases, the same document refers to a further acquisition consisting of the piazza del Castello with the obligation to the tenant to build himself a house et habitare in la semper.Further evidence dates from 1215, when the Abbot of Passignano ceded part of a house in castro Sambuca. From the documents of the 12 C, it is noted that the Castle of Sambuca assumed considerable importance from its position at the intersection of the road leading from Florence to Sienna and then on to Rome and another road that led from the Chianti to the Val d' Elsa.The bridge of Romagliano, which still exists today and which carried the ancient Roman Via Regia over the River Pesa, already existed in the 12 C since it is mentioned in a document dated 29 October 1179. Subsequently, in June 1219 and 8 January 1295, in addition to the bridge, the existence of a village of Ponte della Sambuca is mentioned. Near the bridge even today there are buildings with architectural features dating from the 12 C and the 13 C. One of these buildings may have been used as a defense tower on the bridge and later was converted into a tavern, as is clear from the papers of the Capitani del Ponte.
On 20 September 1301, Sambuca is mentioned in a document which states a license was given by the Commune of Florence to two master masons to build houses in the village of Sambuca, indicating that the village was slowly developing. The same masons' license was confirmed on 5 January, 1302, and a number of houses were built along the two banks of the river Pesa, both upstream and downstream of the bridge Ramagliano. In 1415 the bridge was rebuilt and widened, paid for by a tax levied on the inhabitants of Sambuca and Tavarnelle by the Florentine Signoria. The bridge was strategically important enough to be drawn by Leonardo da Vinci on his map of Tuscany, now housed in the Royal Library at Windsor.
An additional bridge over the Pesa, called the Ponte Nuovo, was built at the end of the 18 C and was constructed two miles down the hill opposite the fabbrica where the Via Cassia currently passes. The old Ramagliano bridge was enlarged in 1843 but damaged during the Second World War and rebuilt in 1946-1947.
In common with other road and/or railway junctions that were severely bombed during the Second World War, such as Pontassieve and Poggibonsi, Sambuca developed as a light industrial area. Between 1953 and 1975 the new church in the centre of town was constructed and works of art from the old church were relocated here. Of particular interest are a small Gothic pietra serena tabernacle perhaps of the early 15 C Florentine school, and a Madonna with Saints by a late 18 C Florentine painter.
Le tipologie di Vernaccia di San Gimignano, parla Andrea Chiti #vinitaly
Vernaccia e Tipologie, quali e a cosa servono: ne parliamo con Andrea Chiti sommelier museo del vino San Gimignano che ogni giorno versa e soprattuto spiega il mondo della vernaccia a chi arriva in questo borgo medioevale per conoscere la storia e il vino bianco toscano più famoso.
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San Gimignano 2012
Report fotogradico della città di San Gimignano. Foto scattate il 12-08-2012.