english

you are here: Home Tuscany Chianti Greve in Chianti

Most viewed in Greve in Chianti

  • Agriturismo La Presura Wine Accommodation

    Situated at a height of about 300 mt "La Presura" extends for 35 hectares between Florence and Greve in Chianti. It's the first farm to open its "gates" on the smiling hills of "Chianti Classico". The old nucleus of habitation was constructed in the XVI...

  • Castello di Verrazzano Chianti Wines

    The Castle of Verrazzano is located on a hilltop in the Chianti Classico area, the first grape growing and wine producing area in the world to be determined by an official proclamation, made by the grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici in 1716. Its high position,...

  • Fattoria Viticcio Wines and Accommodation

    The Viticcio Estate stands amidst a rustic complex, charmingly situated on the gentle and sunny ridge of a hillside, overlooking sloping vineyards with superb sun exposure, above the picturesque, ancient town of Greve in Chianti. It lies midway between...

  • Fattoria Casaloste Chianti

    "Fattoria Casaloste", is a wine farm placed in the Chianti hills in Panzano in Chianti, municipality of Greve, near Florence, Italy. The Fattoria Casaloste stretches for nearly 19 hectares, 10,5 in which Chianti Classico vines are grown, producing about...

  • Renzo Marinai Chianti Wines

    The Company is set in one of the most delightful scenarios in Chianti Classico, in front of the "Conca d'oro", surrounded by the famous pebbly soils of the Gallo Nero territories. The farm is near the old church of San Martino in Cecione, not far from...

Print this page Send to a friend by e-mail

Greve in Chianti

Description

Inhabited many centuries ago, Greve in Chianti became a renowned trade center during the Middle Age, seeing that it was located between two important routes, Via Francigena and Via Volterrana. The interests of many castles situated in the vicinity of the town were centered on Greve in Chianti's market, as for example the castle of Montefioravalle (also known as the castle of Monteficalle), the castle of Panzano and that one of Lucolena.
The Church of St. Peter in Sillano is already mentioned in a document dated 884 and presents many elements of the Lombard Romanesque style; the Church of St. Cresci, XII century, is devoted to the most important evangelizer of the area; the Church of St. Leonino, with its beautiful portico, preserves many important works of art, such as a triptych by Mariotto di Nardo, another one by Maestro di Panzano and a panel by Meliore di Jacopo. The Church of St. Donato a Mugnano (rebuilt on 1934) and the Propositura of St. Croce (rebuilt in neo-Renaissance style in 1833 and designed by Luigi de Cambray-Digny) have to be visited.

Map

This town web page has been visited 107,435 times.

Choose language

italiano

english