Tuscany has a concentration of beauty and works of Art unique in the world, testimony of the Etrusca civilisation can be found scattered through many of the regions, from Fiesole and Cortona and Chiusi to Volterra and Populonia, Vetulonia and Sovana: they are the remains of walls and doors, temples and overall tombs. Very significant Roman remains such as temples, theatres and the thermal baths at Fiesole; amphitheaters at Luni, Lucca and Arezzo; theatres and thermal baths at Volterra. It is the Roman architecture of the XI century that one can find the most interesting thanks to the Pisana and Fiorentina schooling which characterises the most interesting architecture of that period for many of the cities in Tuscany, Pistoia, Siena, S. Gimignano, Volterra, Cortona ecc.

 

In the XV century at Firenze the Rinasciment rises and then expands throughout Italy; in this period not only can one see the birth of new architecture and works of art but also the realisation of new urban ideas, Montepulciano, this town is testimony . Montescudaio enjoys a splendid view of the lands of the Val di Cecina, dominated by many hills it is a territory to discover, made of sconfinated forests and villages which seem to be suspended in the sky. The valley pushes itself until Volterra, and city of medieval aspect which vants many monuments, an historic past which starts with the Piazza dei Priori the Palace and the Dome.
Massa Marittima, a medieval fortress on the metallifere hills, and the magic atmosphere the one can breath in the Piazza Garibaldi, the most important monument of the city, one of the most beautiful squares in the whole of Italy, you can also see the Dome one of the works of Art of the Roman – Gothic architecture , then there is the Palazzo Pretorio, ancient residence of the podestà and the majestic comunal Palace.

 

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