The walking itinerary to discover San Donato in Poggio starts from the Pieve and goes back towards the village entering from Porta Senese. Along Via del Giglio, the main street of the historic center, are the Palazzo Malaspina, the Church of Santa Maria della Neve (XV century) and the Palazzo Pretorio, buildings of considerable historical interest that overlook the suggestive Piazza Malaspina. Leaving from Fiorentina, the tour continues around the village outside the walls, then heading east to reach the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Pietracupa.
\nThe origin of the settlement of the Pieve church and the Castle of San Donato in Poggio is probably linked to the presence of a connecting road between Florence and Siena. The name of the castle is first mentioned in a document of 989: San Donato in loco Pocie, subsequently called Poci. The village , the name of the village that, perhaps since the Roman period, was built on a hill in a strategic position between. The town soon became a fortified castle worthy of being called castrum around 1033. It belonged until the 12th century to the Counts Guidi, powerful feudal lords of the emperor, later became a free municipality. In 1218 the castle was definitively subjected to the Republic of Florence assuming a considerable strategic importance of connection between Florence and Siena. In 1260, in the same castle, the Florentine army gathered and organized against the Sienese Republic before the Battle of Montaperti. In the early 14th century San Donato was placed at the head of the League of the same name, led by a podest\u00e0 governor sent by the Republic of Florence. Between the end of the 14th century and the middle of the 15th the fortunes of the village began to decline: the League was dissolved in the 18th century and the village became part of the Municipality of Barberino Val d’Elsa until 1893, and later the Municipality of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa.
\nThe village is still enclosed within the 13th-century walls, on whose western side stands a watch tower with a very particular shape called the Torrino. You can access the historic center from the south-west, through Porta Fiorentina, or from the north through the Porta Senese. The central hub of the village is Piazza Malaspina, which overlooks Palazzo Malaspina, the Church of Santa Maria della Neve (XV century) and Palazzo Pretorio.<\/p>\n","modified":"2018-07-05T13:19:36","noDetails":false,"noInteraction":false,"taxonomy":{"activity":[116],"theme":[223]},"accessibility":{"mobility":{"check":false,"description":""},"hearing":{"check":false,"description":""},"vision":{"check":false,"description":""},"cognitive":{"check":false,"description":""},"food":{"check":false,"description":""}},"locale":"it","source":"http:\/\/chianti.be.webmapp.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/track\/1121","wp_edit":"http:\/\/chianti.be.webmapp.it\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1121&action=edit","translations":{"en":{"id":1867,"name":"On foot","web":"http:\/\/chianti.be.webmapp.it\/\/on-foot-2\/?lang=en","source":"http:\/\/chianti.be.webmapp.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/track\/1867","description":"
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