The Chianti Area in Tuscany Between Florence and Siena
Holidays in the Chianti Area, Territory of Chianti
 Panzano in Chianti Territory of Chianti
Although a 1932 Ministerial Order extended the Chianti wine production area to a great number of Tuscan provinces, the name Chianti refers to a precise district, situated between the provinces of Florence and Siena This is the production of the so-called Chianti Classico, which means the "first" and "original" one.
The Chianti area is rich in valleys and gentle hills covered with vineyards and olive groves. Inhabited since Etruscan times, in the Middle Ages the area was the theatre of a long and bloody struggle between Florence and Siena which ended up in the 14th century with the definitive defeat of the latter. Chianti
The Chianti area is renowned basically for its wine; actually the district features an important artistic and cultural heritage made of the numerous museums founded in the most important Medieval towns of the region, the "pievi" (parish churches) and the castles scattered all over the area.
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