16Jan 0 Radda in Chianti Posted By: Elena Spolaor All about Chianti Italy, Chianti, Italy, Towns & Villages of Chianti, Towns of the Province of Sienna Radda in ChiantiTourist information about the wine village of Radda in Chianti, Tuscany Radda in Chianti, along with Gaiole and Castellina, was one of the three founding towns of the Chianti league and is to this day located on a ridge between the Val d’Arbia and the Val di Pesa, within the Chianti Classico wine zone, surrounded on all sides by cypress forests and vineyards. Radda is of mediaeval origin and considerable parts of the old town walls remain. A view of the village of Radda in Chianti, Tuscany. Radda in Chianti has a 15 C town hall, the Palazzo del Podestà, with an interesting facade, and a number of other features worth a look, including the Church of San Nicolò, the nearby Franciscan Convent of Santa Maria in Prato, which houses a polyptich by Neri di Bicci (1474), and the mediaeval Pieve of Santa Maria Novella. Radda serves as a grocery shopping centre for the wineries and agriturismi in the Chianti hills around about. It also has several restaurants, making it a good place to stop for lunch when touring the Chianti castles. More about Radda in Chianti. Here are some similar topics: The town of Colle di Val d’Elsa in Tuscany Colle di Val d'ElsaThe town of Colle di Val d'Elsa in Tuscany Colle di Val d'Elsa has a congested and uninteresting new town in the valley which often causes visitors to miss its small but attractive old town on the ridge above, overlooking the River Elsa. The main piazza of the old town of Colle [...] Read More » Castelnuovo Berardenga Things to see and do in During the days of the Republic of Sienna, the territory or district of Berardenga was the area between the headwaters of the Bozzone torrent and the Ambra river, and between upper Chianti and the Biena river as far as Taverne d'Arbia. Today, marks the [...] Read More » The hamlet of Lucarelli in Chianti Lucarelli in ChiantiWhat to see in the hamlet of Lucarelli in Chianti Lucarelli is a hamlet of just a few houses, a church, a restaurant and a trattoria, located on the road running from the Via Chiantigiana between Panzano and Castellina, towards Radda in Chianti. The Ristoro Lucarelli trattoria The Pieve di San Giusto in [...] Read More » San Gimignano Visit the tower houses of , Italy tower houses , a small town in the Province of Sienna in Tuscany, Italy, is, of course, famous for its tower houses. At its peak, the richest families of had erected as many as 72 tower houses as symbols of their [...] Read More » Montefioralle The fortified village of near Greve in Chianti, Tuscany The small village of is one of the best-preserved and most interesting mediaeval fortified villages in Chianti, indeed in the whole of Tuscany. The original name of was Monteficale - the village claims an entire verse under that name in the Ninfale [...] Read More »
