...the surrounding area
..Torrita di Siena
is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 km southeast of Florence and about 40 km southeast of Siena.
The most important event in Torrita di Siena is the "Palio dei Somari", a race among donkeys, the Sundays after 19 March (Torrita's patron saint).
Tuscany is a region in Central Italy. It has an area of 22,990 square kilometres (8,880 sq mi) and a population of about 3.7 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.
Tuscany is known for its beautiful landscapes, its rich artistic legacy and vast influence on high culture. Tuscany is widely regarded as the true birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, and has been home to some of the most influential people in the history of arts and science, such as Petrarch, Dante, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Amerigo Vespucci and Puccini. Due to this, the region has several museums (such as the Uffizi, the Pitti Palace and the Chianciano Museum of Art). Tuscany has a unique culinary tradition, and is famous for its wines (most famous of which are Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino).
... Is worth visiting
- Chiesa del Triano
- Chiesa della Madonna dell'Olivo
- Chiesa della Madonna delle Fonti a Giano
- Chiesa della Madonna delle Nevi
- Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata
- Chiesa delle Sante Flora e Lucilla
- Lunetta con il Sangue di Cristo, attribuita a Donatello
- Chiesa di Santa Croce
- Collegiata dei Santi Martino e Costanzo
Events
Events in Italy
Events in Tuscany
...You can't miss visiting
Travelling across Tuscany you must visit its most beautiful towns which development and people had a great impact on the Italian history:
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We invite you here in the Sienese province, at the boundaries between Tuscany and Umbria , to spend a special holiday. Have you ever seen a parish church frescoed by Sodoma? Have you ever heard the love call of a fallow deer? Have you ever tasted “pici”-pasta? Have you ever seen a hedgehog? Have you ever smelled the leaves of the wild lemon balm? This kind of things can bring you here to visit us. |
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Moreover you are only 30 minutes far from Pienza, Montepulciano, Cortona and Montalcino; 45 minutes far from Siena , Arezzo and Perugia ; 1 hour far from Florence , Assisi , Orvieto, San Gimignano and from the Tyrrhenian Sea with Grosseto , Parco dell'Uccellina and the mount Argentario. If you like to walk in the wood instead, looking for mushrooms and shade, you need just to go around the farmhouse. |
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If you like to walk in the wood instead you need just to go around the farm holidays. And those of you who are looking for some relax can lie in the sun or take a dive into the swimming pool. If that is what you want you have found out the right place. |