Podere Casanuova |
Loc Montauto |
Sangimignano |
Italy |
53036 |
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Podere Casanuova
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DESCRIPTION |
The Podere Casanuova a quiet hamlet on the outskirts of San Gimignano is a 17 th century farmhouse already listed on the Leopoldino land registry which has been restored to the highest standards and restructured into self contained apartments. It offers every modern comfort jet retains all the period charm of the original 17 th century buildings.From behind the thick stone walls it provides a quiet and peaceful refuge a place in which to retire to from the heat and noise of city life in an atmosphere of old world tranquillity. This is pleace to come to relax and enjoy the magnificent view of the surrounding countryside where olive groves woods fields and the towers of San Gimignano mingle together in a patchwork of colours and sunlight.San Gimignano rises on a hill 334m high dominating the Elsa Valley with its towers. Once the seat of a small Etruscan village of the Hellenistic period 200 300 BC it began its life as a town in the 10th century taking its name from the Holy Bishop of Modena St. Gimignano who is said to have saved the village from the barbarian hordes. The town increased in wealth and developed greatly during the Middle Ages thanks to the Via Francigena the trading and pilgrim's route that crossed it. Such prosperity lead to the flourishing of works of art to adorn the churches and monasteries. In 1199 it became a free municipality and fought against the Bishops of Volterra and the surrounding municipalities. Due to internal power struggles it eventually divided into two factions one headed by the Ardinghelli family Guelphs and the other by the Salvucci family Ghibellines . On the 8th May 1300 Dante Alighieri came to San Gimignano as the Ambassador of the Guelph League in Tuscany. In 1348 San Gimignano's population was drastically reduced by the Black Death Plague throwing the city into a serious crisis which eventually led to its submission to Florence in 1353. In the following centuries San Gimignano overcame its decline and isolation when its beauty and cultural importance together with its agricultural heritage were rediscovered. The construction of the towers dates back to the 11th and 13th centuries. The architecture of the city was influenced by Pisa Siena and Florence. There are 14th century paintings of the Sienese School to be seen and 15th century paintings of the Florentine School.
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LOCATION |
FURTHER DETAILS COMING FROM Rome via motorway A1 exit Val di Chiana S.S. 71 near Siena follow signs for Tangenziale and Firenze exit Poggibonsi follow signs for San Gimignano. It arrives to you to Saint Gimignano to the rotatoria to turn on the left for Volterra after 300 meters turning newly on the left Montauto direction following indications for Podere Casanuova. Bologna Florence via motorway A1 exit Firenze Certosa and take the four lane road green signs for Siena exit Poggibonsi follow signs for San Gimignano. It arrives to you to Saint Gimignano to the rotatoria to turn on the left for Volterra after 300 meters turning newly on the left Montauto direction following indications for Podere Casanuova |
