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Is one of the oldest cities in Tuscany and stands where the four valleys of the province meet: the Val di Chiana, Valdarno, Valtiberina and
Casentino. Thanks to its geographical position it has been a point of encounter for different civilizations and cultures.
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Siena origins ,such as more tuscan cities, which are lost in the mists of time,
It is set on the crest of the hills dominating the ancient communication routes. It was an Etruscan town and a Roman colony and is the most
harmonious of the Tuscan towns, its present form isalmost identical to how it was in the 1300’s, the century during which its art and economy
were on a par with Florence.
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At 600 m. above sea level the old Etruscan town
dominates the entire Valdichiana, from Arezzo to the shores of the nearby Lake Trasimeno. It was one of the 12 cities of the Etruscan Confederation
and one can still admire imposing
sections of the mammoth walls, only partly modified in medieval times.
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this is a town with its towers stands on a hill (334m), silhouetted against the sky, dominating the Val d’Elsa. In the Hellenistic period it
was the seat of a small Etruscan village (3rd – 2nd century BC). Its history begins around the 10th century when it takes its name from the
Bishop of Modena,
San Gimignano, who apparently saved the village from barbaric hordes.
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Built on a hilly ridge, between the valleys of the
Era and Cecina, and surrounded by a double set of town walls,
Volterra is one of the most important centres in Tuscany, both because of the presence of monuments that attest to the civilizations that succeeded
one another for over 30 centuries and because of the working of alabaster.
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