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L\u2019itinerario a piedi alla scoperta di San Donato in Poggio inizia dalla Pieve e risale verso il borgo entrando da porta Senese. Percorrendo Via del Giglio, la strada principale del centro storico,\u00a0 si trovano il\u00a0 Palazzo Malaspina, la Chiesa di Santa Maria della Neve (XV secolo) e il Palazzo Pretorio, edifici di notevole interesse storico che si affacciano sulla suggestiva Piazza Malaspina. Uscendo da porta Fiorentina, la visita prosegue intorno al borgo all\u2019esterno delle mura, dirigendosi\u00a0 poi verso est per raggiungere la Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie a Pietracupa.<\/p>\n
L\u2019esistenza di una via di comunicazione di antica origine, che serviva per i collegamenti tra Firenze e Siena, \u00e8 probabilmente all\u2019origine del costituirsi della Pieve e del Castello di San Donato in Poggio.
\nIl nome San Donato in Poggio deriva dalla denominazione della Pieve ricordata nel 989 con il nome di San Donato in loco Pocie. Pocie e successivamente Poci era il nome del borgo che, forse fin dal periodo romano, sorse su un colle in posizione strategica tra la Val d’Elsa e la Val di Pesa. \u00a0L’abitato divenne presto un castello fortificato degno di essere chiamato castrum fin dal 1033. Appartenuto fino al XII secolo ai Conti Guidi, potenti feudatari dell’imperatore, divenne successivamente libero Comune. Nel 1218 il castello fu definitivamente assoggettato alla Repubblica di Firenze assumendo per tutta la met\u00e0 del XIII secolo una notevole importanza strategica di collegamento tra Firenze e Siena. Nel 1260 nello stesso castello si radun\u00f2 e si organizz\u00f2 l\u2019esercito fiorentino contro la Repubblica senese prima della Battaglia di Montaperti. Nei Nei primi anni del Trecento San Donato venne posto a capo della Lega omonima, guidata da un podest\u00e0 inviato dalla Repubblica di Firenze. Tra la fine del XIV secolo e la met\u00e0 del XV le fortune del borgo cominciarono a declinare: la Lega fu sciolta nel XVIII secolo \u00a0e il borgo entr\u00f2 a far parte della Comunit\u00e0 di Barberino Val d’Elsa fino al 1893, \u00a0ed in seguito del Comune di Tavarnelle Val di Pesa. Il borgo \u00e8 ancora oggi racchiuso all’interno della cerchia muraria duecentesca, sul cui fianco occidentale spicca una torre di avvistamento dalla forma molto particolare denominata il Torrino. Si pu\u00f2 accedere al centro storico da sud-ovest , attraverso Porta Fiorentina, o da nord-est attraverso la Porta Senese. Fulcro centrale del borgo \u00e8 piazza Malaspina, sulla quale si affacciano Palazzo Malaspina, la Chiesa di Santa Maria della Neve (XV secolo) e il 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":"
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"}},"web":"http:\/\/chianti.be.webmapp.it\/track\/a-piedi\/","color":"#81d742","from":"","to":"","ref":"","ascent":0,"descent":0,"distance":1.8,"duration:forward":"","duration:backward":"","cai_scale":"","from_poi":1195,"to_poi":1211,"id_pois":[1195,1197,1206,1204,1202,1200,1208,1211],"related":{"poi":{"related":[1195,1197,1206,1204,1202,1200,1208,1211]}},"computed":{"distance":1.8,"ascent":0,"descent":0,"ele:from":391,"ele:to":389,"ele:min":383,"ele:max":405},"ele:from":391,"ele:to":389,"ele:min":383,"ele:max":405},"geometry":{"type":"LineString","coordinates":[[11.2359344,43.5373999,391],[11.2358808,43.537361,391],[11.2359988,43.5372288,395],[11.2358701,43.5366455,391],[11.2357896,43.5363694,402],[11.2349206,43.5362916,402],[11.23492,43.53627,402],[11.2345,43.53611,393],[11.23428,43.53594,393],[11.23427,43.53594,393],[11.23415,43.53584,393],[11.23399,43.53569,398],[11.23377,43.53542,398],[11.23377,43.53541,398],[11.23368,43.53531,398],[11.2336,43.53527,398],[11.2336,43.53526,398],[11.23355,43.53524,398],[11.2336,43.53526,398],[11.23395,43.53512,398],[11.23399,43.5351,398],[11.2342,43.53522,398],[11.2342,43.53521,398],[11.23461,43.53544,398],[11.2346,43.53544,398],[11.23484,43.53557,405],[11.23483,43.53557,405],[11.23491,43.53561,405],[11.23505,43.53564,405],[11.23504,43.53564,405],[11.23506,43.53564,405],[11.23512,43.53556,405],[11.23519,43.53549,405],[11.23517,43.53548,405],[11.23516,43.53548,405],[11.23488,43.53532,405],[11.23487,43.53532,405],[11.23446,43.53515,398],[11.23445,43.53515,398],[11.23424,43.53505,398],[11.23424,43.53504,398],[11.23417,43.53497,398],[11.234,43.53493,398],[11.23383,43.53495,398],[11.2337,43.53499,398],[11.23362,43.53507,398],[11.2336,43.53521,398],[11.2336,43.53526,398],[11.23355,43.53524,398],[11.23351,43.53516,398],[11.2335,43.53511,398],[11.2335,43.5351,398],[11.23353,43.53491,398],[11.23357,43.53487,398],[11.23385,43.53479,391],[11.23399,43.53478,391],[11.23413,43.53479,391],[11.23412,43.53479,391],[11.23458,43.5349,398],[11.23485,43.53499,405],[11.23508,43.53509,405],[11.23528,43.53523,405],[11.23528,43.53522,405],[11.23539,43.5353,405],[11.23554,43.53544,405],[11.2356,43.53558,405],[11.2356,43.53557,405],[11.23569,43.53565,405],[11.2361,43.53574,404],[11.23609,43.53574,404],[11.23668,43.53586,404],[11.23667,43.53586,404],[11.23676,43.53588,404],[11.2368,43.53586,404],[11.237,43.53577,404],[11.23742,43.53562,405],[11.23742,43.53561,405],[11.23796,43.53546,405],[11.23824,43.53538,405],[11.23844,43.53526,404],[11.23871,43.53511,404],[11.23904,43.53487,404],[11.24017,43.53409,399],[11.24031,43.53405,399],[11.24044,43.53405,399],[11.24043,43.53405,399],[11.2405,43.53407,399],[11.24057,43.53412,399],[11.24062,43.53419,399],[11.24063,43.53432,399],[11.24066,43.53436,399],[11.24073,43.53437,399],[11.24101,43.53433,394],[11.24159,43.53413,394],[11.24158,43.53415,394],[11.24157,43.53414,394],[11.24159,43.53413,394],[11.24175,43.53378,388],[11.24198,43.53313,388],[11.24198,43.53305,388],[11.24199,43.53229,383],[11.24202,43.53208,389],[11.24203,43.53202,390],[11.24209,43.53208,389]]}}]}