Tuscan Road Trip — Monteriggioni, a Medieval Fortress

On February 28, 2016, in Tuscan Road Trip, by JRand

Monteriggioni is a small walled village, built in 1214-19 as a fortress that sits nicely upon a hill along the old Roman road, Via Cassia, the primary route from Florence to Sienna. In the day it was first built there was a lot of tension and armed animosity between Florence and Sienna. This fortress was […]