{"id":776,"date":"2016-05-19T15:53:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T13:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/en\/?page_id=776"},"modified":"2017-11-30T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T09:33:17","slug":"location","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/en\/location\/","title":{"rendered":"Location"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div   data-size='featured'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='2025'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-lazy_loading='disabled'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='28.666666666667'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-default av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 28.666666666667%;' ><li  class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_left caption_left_framed caption_framed\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2  style='font-size:38px; ' class='avia-caption-title  '  itemprop=\"name\" >Tour of the Sienese hills<\/h2><div class='avia-caption-content  av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"description\"   style='font-size:25px; '><p>Among the most beautiful cities of Italy close to our village<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2026 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2026\"  src=\"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/esterni-18-1500x430.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"430\" title='Esterni di Borgo Il Poggiaccio | Siena' alt='Esterni di Borgo Il Poggiaccio | Siena'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><div class='av-section-color-overlay' style='opacity: 0.1; '><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells     avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_layout_row  submenu-not-first container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_cell_two_third  avia-builder-el-first   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><div  class='avia-image-container avia_animated_image avia_animate_when_almost_visible left-to-right av-styling-    avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-1055 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1055 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/monteriggioni-495x400.jpg\" alt='' title='monteriggioni' height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/monteriggioni-495x400.jpg 495w, https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/monteriggioni-845x684.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_two_third  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_cell_one_third  avia-builder-el-last   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; font-size:29px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Monteriggioni<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-left   avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section\">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<p>The <strong>Monteriggioni castle<\/strong>, at the\u00a0top of a hill planted with vineyards and olive trees, was\u00a0founded in the second decade of the thirteenth century\u00a0\u00a0by the Republic of Siena, with the aim to create a\u00a0defensive outpost against Florence, its rival.<br \/>\nThe town walls made of stone have a linear development of about 570 meters.<br \/>\nThe <strong>grandeur of the Towers<\/strong>, fourteen with a rectangular layout and one set against the inner curtain, suggested to the<strong> poet Dante Alighieri<\/strong> a popular similarity with the Giants placed in\u00a0Inferno:<br \/>\n\u201c[\u2026] As with circling round \/\u00a0Of turrets, Monteriggioni crowns his walls; \/E\u2019en thus the shore, encompassing the abyss, \/\u00a0Was turreted with giants, half their length \/\u00a0Uprearing, horrible, whom Jove from heaven \/\u00a0Yet threatens, when his muttering thunder rolls. [\u2026]\u201d (Inf., XXXI, lines 40-44).<\/p>\n<p>The gate directed towards Rome is the main access to the village.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-2'  class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells     avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_layout_row  el_before_av_layout_row  submenu-not-first container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_third  avia-builder-el-9  el_before_av_cell_two_third  avia-builder-el-first   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><div  class='avia-image-container avia_animated_image avia_animate_when_almost_visible left-to-right av-styling-    avia-builder-el-10  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-1058 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1058 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/san-galgano-495x400.jpg\" alt='' title='san-galgano' height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_two_third  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_cell_one_third  avia-builder-el-last   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; font-size:29px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-12  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >San Galgano<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-left   avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section\">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<p>The complex is made up\u00a0of Eremo or the circle of Montesiepi and the ruins of the great <strong>Cistercian Abbey<\/strong> of San Galgano.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u2018Rotonda\u2019 of Montesiepi, built between 1182 and 1185, visitors can see, stuck <strong>in the stone<\/strong>, <strong>the sword of Saint Galgano<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-3'  class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells     avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_layout_row  el_before_av_layout_row  submenu-not-first container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_third  avia-builder-el-16  el_before_av_cell_two_third  avia-builder-el-first   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-17  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container avia_animated_image avia_animate_when_almost_visible left-to-right av-styling-    avia-builder-el-18  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-1061 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1061 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/san-gimignano-495x400.jpg\" alt='' title='san-gimignano' height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_two_third  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_cell_one_third  avia-builder-el-last   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; font-size:29px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-20  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >San Gimignano<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-left   avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><section class=\"av_textblock_section\">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock \">\n<p>The legend tells that in 63\u00a0BC two patrician brothers, Muzio and Silvio, fled Rome \u2013\u00a0after their\u00a0implication in the conspiracy of Catiline \u2013<b class=\"b5\">\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0for Valdelsa and built two castles, Mucchio and Silvia (now San Gimignano).<\/p>\n<p>The little city of<strong> San Gimignano<\/strong> is on the ridge of a hill, 334 metres high, with its thirteen towers. The highest is Torre Grossa, reachable through the Communal Palace lying in Piazza Duomo and enclosing the Dante\u2019s Hall (decorated with important courteous and chivalrous fresco cycles) and the museum (with works of the period between the thirteenth and seventeenth century).<br \/>\nThe complex of the former<strong> Santa Chiara Conservatory<\/strong> houses the A<strong>rchaeological Museum<\/strong>, the <strong>Pharmacy of the Hospital of Santa Fina<\/strong>, the <strong>Galleria d\u2019Arte Moderna e Contemporanea \u2018Raffaele De Grada\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-4'  class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells     avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_layout_row  el_before_av_layout_row  submenu-not-first container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_third  avia-builder-el-24  el_before_av_cell_two_third  avia-builder-el-first   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-25  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container avia_animated_image avia_animate_when_almost_visible left-to-right av-styling-    avia-builder-el-26  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-1064 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1064 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/volterra-495x400.jpg\" alt='' title='volterra' height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/volterra-495x400.jpg 495w, https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/volterra-845x684.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_two_third  avia-builder-el-27  el_after_av_cell_one_third  avia-builder-el-last   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; font-size:29px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-28  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Volterra<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-left   avia-builder-el-29  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Walking through the streets of the historic centre of Volterra, but also visiting the city museums (the Etruscan Museum, the Civic Art Gallery, the Museum of Sacred Art, the Ecomuseum of Alabaster) you can admire the testimonies ranging from the Etruscan period to \u2018eight hundred. All this combined with the stunning landscape and an artistic craftsmanship of excellence:<strong> alabaster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-5'  class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells     avia-builder-el-31  el_after_av_layout_row  el_before_av_layout_row  submenu-not-first container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_third  avia-builder-el-32  el_before_av_cell_two_third  avia-builder-el-first   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-33  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-2878 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2878 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Castello_di_brolio-1030x774.jpg\" alt='' title='Castello di Brolio Vicino Siena' height=\"774\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Castello_di_brolio-1030x774.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Castello_di_brolio-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Castello_di_brolio-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Castello_di_brolio-705x530.jpg 705w, https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Castello_di_brolio-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Castello_di_brolio.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_two_third  avia-builder-el-34  el_after_av_cell_one_third  avia-builder-el-last   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; font-size:29px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-35  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Gaiole in Chianti: Il Castello di Brolio <\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div   class='hr hr-short hr-left   avia-builder-el-36  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The charming <strong>Castle of Brolio<\/strong> dominates for over 10 centuries the valleys that surround it in the southern part of the Chianti Classico. Located on a tall and lonely hill just a few kilometers from the center of Gaiole in Chianti.<\/p>\n<p>The castle we see today is the result of the reconstruction of <strong>Bettino Ricasoli<\/strong> in the nineteenth century, according to the medieval taste of the time. Beautiful and charming Italian gardens and romantic park surrounding the castle. From the garden you can enjoy breathtaking views of Ricasoli&#8217;s famous wine producers. On the horizon, in the serene days, you can see the splendid Siena.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<div id='av-layout-grid-6'  class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells     avia-builder-el-38  el_after_av_layout_row  el_before_av_google_map  submenu-not-first container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_third  avia-builder-el-39  el_before_av_cell_two_third  avia-builder-el-first   \"  style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><div  class='avia-image-container avia_animated_image avia_animate_when_almost_visible left-to-right av-styling-    avia-builder-el-40  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-926 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-926 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/borgoilpoggiaccio.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/siena-borgo-poggiaccio-495x400.jpg\" alt='' title='siena-borgo-poggiaccio' height=\"400\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_two_third  avia-builder-el-41  el_after_av_cell_one_third  avia-builder-el-last   \"  style='vertical-align:top; 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