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The places of Sovicille – Tegoia

From this village, located at an altitude of 490 metri, you can admire a magnificent panorama. In the thirteenth and…

The places of Sovicille – Stigliano

Stigliano offers three small hamlets: Poggiarello, Palazzo and Poggio. In the twelfth century the village was dominated by the Ardengheschi…

The places of Sovicille – Sovicille

In the early centuries of the Middle Ages Sovicille was a castle of great importance. The existence of a village…

Necropolis of Portone, Volterra (PI)

In the Necropolis of Portone there are visible two underground tombs dating back to the period III-I century BC. The…

The places of Sovicille – San Rocco a Pilli

In the Middle Ages, the name Pilli indicated a wide area, occupied by small villages and three churches, all included…

The places of Sovicille – Rosia

Only a few walls of its ancient castle are still present on a hill overlooking the village that developed next…

The places of Sovicille – Orgia

The name comes not, as sometimes imagined, from pagan festivals in honor of the God Bacchus, but from hordeum, which…

The places of Sovicille – Filetta

The village still offers some traces of its medieval structures, including an arched stone door. The town is mentioned in…

The places of Sovicille – Villa Cetinale

Villa Cetinale was built by the Chigi family, in the mid-seventeenth century, by the architect Carlo Fontana. Near the entrance…

The places of Sovicille – Castiglion Che Dio Sol Sa

The castle Castiglion che Dio sol sa is named after the nature of the place where it is located; wild…

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