Lucignano - M.S.Savino - Gargonza

In origin the Valley of Chiana was a big swamp, perhaps created from an Etruscan error.

The Dante poet quotes it in the hell for his stench.

The Dante poet quotes his in the heaven for the "move slow".

For arrive at the better way in Valdichiana it's possible use the Valdichiana tollgate of the highway A1.

Then you must take the road for Perugia and go out immediately (2 km) to Foiano of the Chiana.

From here, crossing the provincial road that crosses Foiano of the Chiana it's possible arrive at, after around 10 km, to Lucignano.

Lucignano

The inhabited area of Lucignano is really unique at least in central Italy.

The city has built to rings of houses connected between them from brief alleys that culminate in the central plaza.

L'albero della vita
Here they appear the churches of Saint Francesco with different painted walls also in the details and Collegiata, the baroque stairway of the Collegiate and the loggia of the Renaissance.

Nearby to the church of St. Francesco there's a small museum (recommended the visit) to whose inside they could be seen one splendid shrine all of gold and precious stones to form of tree known with the name of "Tree of Lucignano or Tree of the Love" beyond that to any paintings of Luca Signorelli and Bartolo of Fredi.

By the way of the "Tree of the Love" we quote two local legends.

The first tells that deposit the feet of "Tree of the Love" the flowers of the wedding ceremony it'is of good auspice for the bridegrooms.

The seconds some instead it recommend the sight to the couples not younger having "Tree of the Love" aphrodisiacs virtue.

Obvious we don't guarantee nothing.

Mount Saint Savino

From Lucignano we arrive, after around 8 km, to Mount Saint Savino.

The history of Mount Saint Savino coincides with those of the Guelfa Florence with the enemy Arezzo.

Devastated from the Ghibellino Bishop Guido Tarlati, here still today remembered with the soup that it carry his name, Mount Saint Savino preserve the his small entourage of boundaries with his two principal doors


from florentine gate	to	roman gate

We recommend of begin the visit to Mount Saint Savino departing from the Palace Comunale (with attached the Loggia of the Merchants) and the hanging garden situated along the principal road.

Then you can see the Cassero with to his inside the small museum of ceramics.

Do you need a piece in beaten iron? Come to Mount Saint Savino and you probably will find it.

Gargonza

Near to Mount San Savino (after around 6 km on the provincial for Siena) it is erected, in the middle of the dense woods, Gargonza.

The tower, the door of entry, the small plaza on which it appear the Pieve devoted to the Tiburzio Saints and Susan constitutes the ancient nucleus of this small medieval suburb.