Linari
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The evocative hilltop town of Linari is mentioned in documents from 1072. Because of its strategic position the town was fortified, probably by the Counts Cadolingi di Fucecchio. At the end of the 13th century it gained independence due to its flourishing trade. Subsequently, however, the Florentine Republic managed to subject the castle. Inside the walls is the Church of Santa Maria, today in ruins while outside the walls is the church dedicated to Saint Stephen, home to a community of canons during the second half of the 13th Century. Despite the renovations, it retains part of its Romanesque forms, particularly evident in the narrowness of the gallery’s window, and in the style of the North door, which is crowned by a double arch bordered by zig-zag brickwork, one of the oldest and most widespread motifs in the Val d’Elsa.
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