The Chianti territory was the battle-field for the republic of Florence and Siena: not only because it was a borderland, but also because his geographic conformation made it was suitable for fortification: two real and proper defensive lines came to be...
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The Chianti territory was the battle-field for the republic of Florence and Siena: not only because it was a borderland, but also because his geographic conformation made it was suitable for fortification: two real and proper defensive lines came to be created. Let us make a tour trough this castles: the first castle that we find on the road from Radda to Gaiole is the SAN DONATO IN PERANO today it's changed in a big 17th century villa built on the fortified ruins (before 1000) that dominates the village.
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