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Number of Beds: n° 18

Min/week: € 320,00
Max/week: € 635,00

Min/day: € 65,00
Max/day: € 90,00

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Farm Holiday: Montecastelli

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Montecastelli is a small medieval country that rises to the top of a hill, to approximately 503 meters on the sea level, that Pannocchieschi to the west degrades sweetly towards the Cecina river to the northeast and scoscende on the torrent. Its position elevated enough, beyond to an always ventilated climate, allows an optimal vision of the splendid surrounding panorama on from Tuscany hills.

Farm Holiday Montecastelli Pisano 788

HISTORICAL NEWS: From the 1184 it belonged to the Pannocchieschi, bishops of the Volterra neighbor, but already in the XIII sec you open sour dispute between the bishops a Common one of Volterra for the control of the country. From the second half of the XIII sec. It began the process of acquisition of the Castle from part of the Common one of Volterra, finchè, in the 1319, the citizenship of Montecastelli was submitted to the City of Volterra.

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CITY SHAPE: The country has of two street aces parallels connected cross-sectionally from ladders. The castle is developed around to the elevated part more of the hill, on which tower of medieval age rises one. In proximity of the tower, and elevated position, the Romanesque church of the SS. Filippo and Giacomo structured with plant three rises navate uniforms from figured pillars with capitelli. The facade, in tans squared, is introduced with three large ones arched. On the external perimeter, wing base of the houses famous rests of one encircled medieval wall; a simple door remains also with arches to all sixth.

BUCA DELLE FATE: In the pressed ones of the country, on the provincial road that door to Castelnuovo V.C. finds the Buca delle Fate, an Etruscan ipogeo of VI century a.C.

FESTIVITIES AND MANIFESTATIONS: The first aim-week of August the festivity of the same country is kept in which it is possible to eat the more typical plates of the Tuscany kitchen: cinghiale, tortelli, zuppa...