Vitigliano is the name of a tiny “borgo“, an ancient farming hamlet, grouped around an ancient watch tower that formed part of the defences of the castle of Panzano in central Chianti. In fact, although the first documentation of Vitigliano dates back to 1085, the original settlement was probably Roman. This year, 2014, the restoration
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The Chianti hamlet of San Leolino in Tuscany, Italy
The hamlet of San Leolino very near Panzano in Chianti is home to the parish church of the same name. The Pieve di San Leolino is first recorded in the year 982, under the name of San Leolino in Flacciano in a parchment held in the Abbey of Passignano, but two sculptural fragments housed in
Boutique hotel in the Chianti Classico wine zone
Hotel Villa Le Barone is a wonderful four star villa hotel located very near Panzano in Chianti, in central Tuscany. The ancient Tuscan villa that houses this boutique hotel in the Chianti Classico wine zone belonged to the Della Robbia family of Renaissance painted terracotta fame and was converted from a farm into a boutique
Villa to rent in central Tuscany near Panzano in Chianti
Most of the vacation rentals in Tuscany that are described as Tuscan vacation villas are in fact not villas at all but rather Tuscan farmhouses. A genuine villa accommodates more than just a small family – that’s the easiest way to distinguish between these two classes of holiday home. Podere Felceto, once a monastery, is