Abbazia di San Galgano (Siena) | Podere Santa Pia, holiday home in Tuscany

Abbazia di San Galgano, The Abbey of San Galgano (Siena)

Less than an hour from Podere Santa Pia is the Abbey of San Galgano, a Gothic architectural masterpiece that lost its roof in 1550 and has been abandoned ever since.
The building made up of the Hermitage and of the ruins of the San Galgano Cistercian Abbey, is one of the most enchanting views in Tuscany. Construction of the Abbey began in 1218 and embodied the Cistercian rules based on formal sobriety inspired by the moral rigour of San Bernardo’s ideal. The abbey was built in a place already sanctified by the presence of the Montesiepi chapel (late 12 C) where the young hermit Galgano Guidotti had lived. He died in 1181 and was canonised in 1185. The abbey took 70 years to build but lasted a relatively brief time. The famine of 1329 and the subsequent plague epidemic of 1348 initiated its decline. In the mid-16 C, the physical collapse of the abbey became inevitable when the lead roof covering was sold. At the end of the 18 C lighting struck the campanile causing it to collapse and to carry away last roof vaults collapsed. The abbey was then definitively abandoned and deconsecrated.

Tuscany | The Abbey of San Galgano

Tuscany is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Known for its enchanting landscapes, its fantastic and genuine food and beautiful towns as Florence, Pisa, Lucca and Siena. Podere Santa Pia is an enchanting Tuscan farmhouse, nestled in the vineyards and olive groves of the rolling Maremma hills. This privileged location offers a spectacular vista over the charming medieval town of Cinigiano and the entire Ombrone Valley. It is the perfect place for your relaxing holiday with your friends and family. The property consists of 4 large bedrooms furnished in a classic Tuscan style and 2 bathroom with shower, a big full-equipment kitchen with a fireplace and a big living room and dining room. With its original kitchen and the wood burning pizza oven, Podere Santa Pia offers an upbeat atmosphere. The farmhouse has been renovated and provided with all modern comforts (satellite TV, Wi-Fi Internet access, washing machine, dishwasher, and so on), with an eye to preserve the typical and charming elements of these rural lodgings. There you have, then, cosy and warm rooms with traditional terracotta-tiled floors, stone walls and wood-beamed ceilings. And the kitchen, furnished for pleasant meals with traditional Tuscan dishes (bread soup or "ribollita", tomato soup, "fettunta", Florentine-style steak, stewed wild boar, cinta senese cured meat, and other Tuscan specialities). The impressive garden (9000 square mt.) allows you to enjoy a relaxing holiday and is perfect for taking time out and lounging about while sipping on a glass of local wines, Montecucco DOC and Brunello DOC. Sitting in the garden, one can enjoy our dawns and dusks, with their jubilee of colours ranging from dark yellow to pink, orange and red. In this scenario, it is often possible to observe the flight of pheasants, falcons and buzzards, great tits, chaffinches and sparrows. This is an enchanting place far from noise, ideal to regenerate body and mind, where one has the opportunity enjoy pleasant walks or rides on mountain bike. The summer breeze that caresses Podere Santa Pia guarantees "cool" holidays even in the hottest weather. Tuscan farmhouses \| Podere Santa Pia



Monte Oliveto Maggiore abbey	L'eremo di Montesiepi (the Hermitage of Montesiepi)	Sovicille, Pieve di Ponte allo Spino


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