Romanesque Style Churches
Romanesque churches, similar to, yet more so than the beautiful farmhouses and medieval fortresses, are a constant reference point throughout the Chianti. Although they vary in size and often in shape, these buildings serve as precious documents [more]

Castles in Chianti
Castles are to be found everywhere, but this is not the Loire valley! Nor are there impossible rocks above which those towers rise like the pointed lances that distinguish German castles in fairy tales or the epic Anglo-Saxon manor-houses which take us back to the innocence of our childhood [more]

The Gardens of Chianti
There is also a Chianti of gardens, a Chianti that hides varying extensions behind the walls of its castles, villas and abbeys where they can apply an art which has always been popular in Italy, namely landscape gardening, Italian gardens or romantic parks [more]

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