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Castelnuovo Berardenga
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The CASTELLO di BOSSI is located in the commune of Castelnuovo Berardenga, on the road that leaves the old Chiantigiana road, at Pianella, and ascends to Brolio amidst evergreen forests and long rows of vines. With its centuries-old trees, its fossil...
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One of the most beautiful stretches of countryside in Italy lies among Chianti vines, corn fields, chestnut forests and long rows of cypress trees: this is the Tuscany of the Ombrone Valley - a land blessed with masterpieces of painting and food and the...
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Around the year 1000 A.D , the canons of Siena's cathedral decided to construct a new abbey not too far from the city. The abbey was to be located on a panoramic hillside in the middle of a forest filled with "cerri" - turkey oak trees- and it was here...
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The first information we have on Scopeto, as a fortified rural settlement, dates back to the beginning of the year 1000, when the estate and surrounding agricultural land belonged to the episcopacy of Sienna. The name Scopeto almost certainly comes from...
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Located in Tuscany, Italy, the wines of Tenuta di Arceno fall into the category of Rosso di Toscana. Our vineyard plots cling to rocky slopes around the estate with altitude ranges from 1,000 to 1,500 feet. The soil of the 90 hectares (220 acres) of vineyards...
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Castelnuovo Berardenga
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Castelnuovo Berardenga, Etruscan and Roman in origin, owes its name to the family of the nobleman Berardo, who realized a domain between the X and the XIII century; then the term Berardenga was commonly accepted as the toponym of all those villages and castles under the jurisdiction of the Berardengas.
Castelnuovo Berardenga is rich in patrician villas (such as Villa Arceno - XVII century -, Villa di Catignano - second half of Xvi century -, Villa Chigi Saracini - XIX century -, Villa Fagnano - XVII century -) and churches (San salvatore's Monastery - built during the Longobard period and transformed in villa during the XIX century -, the Prepositura church, Santi Cosma and Damiano's Church, St. Peter's Charterhouse, Santa Maria's Church in Pieve Asciata, Santa Maria's Church in Pacina and San Felice's Church in Bossi); it allows to spend moments of pure relaxation, immersed in the enchanting scenery of the hills of Siena.
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