Montalcino: Fortress, Art and L’Eroica

If you are looking for a holiday apartment in Montalcino as a base for a varied stay, you can choose between different focuses, from culture to an active route. The Fortezza di Montalcino is an almost pentagonal fortress complex with a tower at each corner. The L’Eroica route can be completed year-round. This allows you to plan each day according to your own interests: architecture and history, or an outing by bicycle.

Fortress, walls and a historic entrance

The Fortezza di Montalcino is located in the vicinity of Montalcino. It was built by the Sienese from 1361 onwards, partly reusing the former city walls dating from the 13th century. Another historical detail is Porta Burelli: the entrance has two gate leaves on which traces of a portcullis are still preserved.

Discover art and urban history

Sacred art also adds its own distinctive touch. The Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie houses a fresco of the Madonna and Child between angels and saints. It was created by an unknown Sienese painter at the beginning of the 16th century. The Palazzo Comunale Storico (Palazzo dei Priori) dates from the 13th and 14th centuries and houses the town’s Info Point.

Historical periods in the museum

The Museo Civico e Diocesano d'Arte Sacra di Montalcino offers a deeper encounter with the past. It is located in the former 13th-century Sant'Agostino monastery. The underground archaeological section traces the history of the area from prehistoric times to the Etruscan period. This creates a broad chronological arc for planning your trip, extending from the former monastery to the earliest periods covered in the museum.

Surroundings and regional area

Castello Banfi and the Abbazia di Sant'Antimo are located in the surroundings of Montalcino. The Parrocchia Di S. Egidio Abate is located in the vicinity of Montalcino. When choosing a holiday apartment or holiday home, you can take these different spatial relationships into account when planning your personal excursions and distinguish between the immediate vicinity and the wider surroundings.

Monte Cucco is located in the surroundings of Montalcino. Poggio Napoleone, Poggio Cerrete and Monte Vecchio are located in the wider regional area around Montalcino. This gradation can help you weigh up, when choosing your accommodation, whether to make Montalcino itself your cultural focus and include the wider regional area as an additional part of your trip.

Further places to choose from

For your further selection of places, you can also discover Castelnuovo Dell'abate, Lama, Torrenieri and Sant'angelo In Colle.

For the higher-level travel overview: Siena.

More destinations

More places within the same destination:

Ponte A Tressa, Campriano, San Quirico D'orcia, Poggibonsi.