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Volterra - Pisa

The town, both stern and serene at the same time, rises on its own on a hill (with an amazing view that goes from the Apennines to the Tyrrhenian) and has a particular charm that distinguishes it from other towns. When reaching Volterra, the visitor is struck by its walls, partly Medieval and partly Etruscan. Among the gates that rise the most important is Porta dell'Arco Etrusco. Inside the walls visitors will find memories of the proud medieval Volterra that help understand the magic charm of its beauty.

San Gimignano – Siena

The 15 medieval towers (a reminder of the 72 towers that used to rise during the period of greatest splendor) announce from far away the town's magnificence. The amazement continues after entering one of the town gates, that open in the double enclosed wall, and walking up the silent streets flanked with ancient buildings. The streets unexpectedly lead into three squares on the summit of the town, where the severe medieval buildings that surround them may be admired.

Holidays in Massa Marittima
Massa Marittima – Grosseto

Massa Marittima, that despite the name its more than twenty kilometers far from the sea, is considered one of the medieval jewels of Tuscany. Its origins are wounded by mystery and traces of human settlements of the Bronze Age have been found in its outskirts. In the Etruscan period the zone was known for the wealth of its mines and is probably that the actual city was once the Roman 'Massa Veternense'. After this periods the settlement remained at the borders of the history at least until the 9th century, when it became center of the Episcopalian power thanks to the transfer of the Bishop's Main Seat from Populonia, due to the degrade and abandonment of this city. The Bishop preferred to leave the coast, became marshy and object of continuous raids of the Greek and Saracens pirates, to retire the court in the heart of the 'Colline Metallifere'. It seems that first wasn't selected Massa Marittima as seat, in fact are of 1016 the first certain traces of the existence on the site of a church and of the beginning of the 12th century those of the constitution of an Episcopal center.