Tuscany Holiday Apartments For Rent, Tuscany Country Resort in the Chianti Region

Spending a holiday at Borgo della Meliana means breathing in the history of the place and the landscape.

It is thought that the original core was already present in 1200 on the Via Francigena, the route of the Pilgrims, the most ancient hilltop route between the Val d'Egola and the Val d'Elsa which connects the ancient parish church of San Pietro e Paolo in Coiano and the parish church of Santa Maria in Chianni located in Gambassi mentioned by Sigerio, the Archibishop of Canterbury, in the diary of his pilgrimage to Rome in 994.

Bearing witness to an ancient settlement in the area of Borgo della Meliana are the toponyms "San Michele" and "San Michelino", today the names of two neighbouring farmhouses, which suggest that there may have previously been a church here, the same that is mentioned in archive documents of 1211 and which still existed in 1500 as found on the Guelph Captains' maps of the territory of the Castle of Gambassi.

Gambassi which was a glass-producing centre even before Murano, preserves many memories of the past which are immersed in an extraordinarily beautiful landscape and which can be explored along the many suggestive routes of the area.

Going through these lands, like the pilgrims of times past, in a short time the modern traveller can reach the towns of San Gimignano, Siena, Florence, Pisa, Arezzo and Lucca, well known for their artistic treasures where one is immersed in an atmosphere rich in history and culture.

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