Monteriggioni (TUSCANY), Italy walking tour in 4k

✅ Monteriggioni, Tuscany, Italy walking tour in 4k. October 2021.

Hello my friends!!! Welcome to Monteriggioni !!!, an incredible location in the Tuscany region.

Monteriggioni is a commune in the province of Siena in the Italian region of Tuscany. The town is architecturally and culturally significant;and is referenced in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. In recent years, Monteriggioni also plays a significant role in the games Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, both of which are loosely based around certain key historical events in Renaissance Italy.

In this video I will take you through this medieval castle / town, so well preserved that you will feel that you are walking in the past!.

Monteriggioni is one of the best preserved examples of military architecture in the world: the walls have a perimeter of 570 meters and were raised between 1212 and 1219. Monteriggioni was then along the Via Francigena, the important road that connected central northern Europe to Rome.

Throughout the town there are craft shops, restaurants with typical dishes (pappardelle, salami, Sienese wines) and houses in which, strange to believe, local people and not tourists still live.

Monteriggioni still has 14 intact towers that served as lookouts against the attackers and from which today you can admire a splendid view of the surrounding area. It is accessed from Piazza Roma. Opening hours vary according to the months. Ticket cost: € 1.50. Not far away is the Armor Museum, cost € 3.00. Walk on the walls + museum: € 3.50.

The Porta Franca or Romea, oriented towards Siena, which in the past was equipped with a gate that was lowered in case of danger and the Porta di San Giovanni, oriented towards Florence, which opens into the walls and is defended by one of the towers of the fortified perimeter.

The church of Santa Maria Assunta, in Romanesque and Gothic style, built in 1219 is composed of a beautiful polychrome facade in travertine and pietra serena, a portal with brick decorations and a bell tower dating back to the 18th century. Inside you can admire two 15th century tabernacles, the Madonna by Lippo Vanni, a wooden crucifix and the bell donated by the Republic of Siena in 1298.

🚘 How to arrive to Monteriggioni

You can arrive by train, taking the local train to Castellina in Chianti-Monteriggioni (about 5kms from Monteriggioni), from there you can take a bus.
During the summer, you can take a bus directly from Florence, The journey takes about an hour and a half and the price is € 6.10 each way.

You can also visit Monteriggioni with a private tour, here you can find some private tours here:

Arriving in Monteriggioni by car is the easiest way. Nearby paid parking is available. (around 3 euro per hour).

▶️ Timeline ▶️

00:00 Intro - drone
00:40 Walks starts at Monteriggioni's Walls - Porta Franca
01:50 Piazza Roma
02:50 Church of Saint Mary (visit inside)
03:30 Monteriggioni in Arme (Porta del Medioevo)
04:10 park with olive trees
05:30 Back to Piazza Roma
06:35 Some local product shops
08:06 Panoramic view of Tuscany seesights
10:40 Porta San Giovanni
10:58 You can see Dante description of Monteriggioni
13:00 Via Gramsci
13:20 Public park
14:55 Entrance to walkway on the medieval walls
17:40 information sign
22:18 Leaving the town of Monteriggioni

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[ItalyTogether]

✨Let's visit Italy-together!! 💖⭐️

[estherkisob]

We are so blessed to be seeing these medieval towns in Italy, especially in Tuscany. It's really interesting to see this walled town, and its historic castle, which was built as front line again Florence in the war. Look at the scenic views around the town, awesome. I think they make some wine, I see Vineyard. Thanks for video.

[yesterdaysrose]

I'm a giant fan of Assassin's Creed series. Very important location in AC2. So this stuff is really interesting! Very cool.

[hilarysingleton]

On our last visit to Italy in 2019 we stayed in Sienna using local buses to get around. We tried to get to Monteriggioni but the bus didn't stop there (our poor Italian) so we missed it. Now we have finally seen this wonderful ancient hill town. Thank you for your great video.

[richardkaz]

Fond memories of 5 October 2014. It was not as busy that morning as we had an early start on that Sunday after spending the night in San Gimignano. We visited three towns with names starting with Monte, Monteriggioni was the first for the day. We have many photos and have just revisited them. They have done a lot of work on the wall repairs I think they had just started repairs at the back of the town.
I do feel sorry for the residents of these towns having stranger poking their noses in every corner. We probably didn't see as much, as we were hesitant to just stroll anywhere. Thank you for sharing.

[itsmetaran]

Amazing walking tour!! Thanks for showing us the beautiful town. Love it.

[swissroadtripexplorer]

Nice drone shots.
Subscribed my friend. 😉 Hope for more great content.

[stefanomarchi]

Le riprese col drone sono stupende, complimenti

[nicolamarchetti]

Fantastico posto per palio nazionale della giostra ad anello con cavalli

[SAZTravel]

Great footage my friend thanks for the share!!

[arat]

beautiful. any idea when the wall scaffolding will be removed? thank you.

[elizabethbengnardi]

Mais um passeio maravilhoso pela Toscana! Grazie Mille 👍👋💟

[rocioheit]

Muy bonitos los pueblos de la Toscana!!! Que privilegio poder recorrerlos ❤🇮🇹❤

[Abentures]

love the drone shots! curious which one do you recommend for travel?

[jovankastarcevic]

Molto bello!Puo sentire l'odore !

[kenhunt]

Yes, it is magical.
In non covid summers it must be overrun though.
Thanks.

[thanhang]

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