
"WE RESPECT THE ENVIRONMENT WITH SOLAR ENERGY" B & BECO-SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
In the heart of Tuscany, in the green of the surrounding countryside is located
Bed and Breakfast " LE DUE VIE".
Easy starting point for excursions to the main art cities of Tuscany such as
Florence, Pisa, Volterra , San Gimignano , Monteriggioni and Siena ...
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Tuscany : near the Bed and Breakfast |
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| Pomarance (Pisa): | |||||
Pomarance is a small country in the center of a region of great historical and artistic interest ( Pisa , Siena , Volterra , Florence , Livorno , Massa Marittima ) , Upper Maremma Tuscany called " The Metalliferous Hills " , not known for its name but rich in archaeological treasures, natural and artistic . |
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| Volterra: | |||||
| Volterra is now a characteristic medieval town , where you can still enjoy the atmosphere of an ancient village , thanks to its isolation , which has limited industrial and commercial development , preventing the construction mess that often accompanies economic development. Volterra modern is almost entirely enclosed within the circle of thirteenth-century walls , which are the culmination of a process of urban expansion that began around the year one thousand finds its conclusion in early 1300 with the construction of defensive systems in the vicinity of main gates of the city . Indeed, the city reduced form in the late - antique Military ( VII century ) and whose perimeter is marked today by the Plan of Castle Gate Arch , via Roma , via Buonparenti , Via dei Sarti and via di Sotto, spread around the ancient church of Santa Maria ( now cathedral ) and the contiguous pratus episcopatus , today the Piazza dei Priori , while outside the castrum ocastellum , rise , after a thousand year the village of Santa Maria , now Via Ricciarelli , perpendicular the walls of the castle and the town of Abbot , now Via dei Sarti , parallel to the same walls . |
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| San Gimignano: | |||||
San Gimignano rises with its towers , on a hill ( 334m high ) dominating the Val d' Elsa . Seat of a small Etruscan village of the Hellenistic period ( II - III century BC. ) its history began around the tenth century, taking its name from the Holy Bishop of Modena, St. Gimignano, who saved the village from the barbarian hordes . Developed greatly during the Middle Ages thanks to the Via Cassia through it. In fact, San Gimignano, the flourishing of works of art to adorn the churches and convents . In 1199 he became a free municipality and fought against the Bishops of Volterra and the surrounding municipalities , suffered internal strife divided into two factions in the wake of Ardinghelli ( Guelphs) and the Salvucci family (Ghibellines ) . The May 8, 1300 Dante Alighieri ambaciatore of the Guelph League in Tuscany . The terrible plague of 1348 and the San Gimignano 's population was thrown into a severe crisis . The town had therefore submit to Florence. Degradation and subsequent abandonment of the centuries it came out only when we began to rediscover the beauty of the city , its cultural identity and the original farm . |
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Siena |
Massa Marittima |
Firenze |
Larderello |
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