The Mount Amiata (Monte Amiata in Italian) is an extinct volcano in the Apennines, which culminates in southern Tuscany at 1,733 metres, between the Maremma to the west and the valleys of Val d’Orcia and Val di Chiana to the east, close to Umbria and Lazio. The eight municipalities in its territory are part of […]
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Abbadia San Salvatore, village of Mount ...
Abbadia San Salvatore is a characteristic village of Mount Amiata, the closest to the summit, at 800 meters altitude on the eastern side of the mountain. It is thus a destination appreciated in the summer for its freshness and access to nature. Its heritage is interesting with first of all the abbey San Salvatore, its […]
Bagni San Filippo and Vivo d’Orcia
Bagni San Filippo On the eastern slopes of Mount Amiata, bordering the Val d’Orcia, Bagni San Filippo is a thermal village whose waters have been known since antiquity. Its hot, therapeutic sulphurous waters flow at 48 degrees in the middle of a wood, in a magical setting called Fosso Bianco, filling natural pools of white […]
Santa Fiora in Tuscany
On the southern slopes of Mount Amiata, Santa Fiora overlooks the source of the Fiora River. This village is a little special in its history, having been an important possession of the Aldobrandeschi, outside the control of the Abbey San Salvatore d’Abbadia. It was then controlled by the Sienese, owned by the Sforza from 1439, […]
Piancastagnaio in Tuscany
Piancastagno is an ancient village of medieval origin on the slopes of Mount Amiata, perched on a ledge overlooking the valley of the Paglia and the Cassia.Its origin dates back to the 10th century, when its lands were exploited by the Abbey of San Salvatore d’Abadia. Under the Republic of Siena in the fifteenth century, […]
