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La Fornace

La Fornace di San Galgano

La Fornace di San Galgano holiday farm situated  25 km from Siena, but it’s also situated near San Galgano (10 km), Monticiano (12 km) and Chiusdino (15 km).

Our facility is an old  furnace, where some years ago was benn worked and cooked the clay, giving the origin to the famous “Cotto toscano” that was benne used as a  construction toolper le costruzioni or for the decorations.

Therefore our facilityrappresented a rare example, which conserve an important historical and architectural heritage.

 

 

The hospitality  style is inspired by the traditional hospitality of these places and by the relaxt of country life.

 Podere la Fornace di San Galgano

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The history about furnace

Our facility is an old furnace, where some years ago was benn worked and cooked the clay, giving the origin to the famous “Cotto toscano” that was benne used as a construction toolper le costruzioni or for the decorations.

Therefore our facilityrappresented a rare example, which conserve an important historical and architectural heritage.

The hospitality style is inspired by the traditional hospitality of these places and by the relaxt of country life.

RISERVA NATURALE DELL’ALTO MERSE

La Riserva Naturale dell’alto Merse, situated in the southwest of the city of Siena, encloses a long stretch of the Merse River and also includes the Ricausa torrent, a large part of Rosia torrent and the last stretch of the La Gonna torrent, all of them are tributaries of the Merse.

Most of the bas-reliefs, belong to the Verrucano Group are covered,by woods of oak.

In the lower part of the slopes, the chestnut trees constitute the woodland habitat of the Reserve, with the oaks.

San Galgano Abbey

L’abbazia di San Galgano an old cistercian abbedy, situated about thirty kilometers from Siena, in Chiusdino.

The location is made up of the hermitage (known as “Rotonda di Montesiepi”) and the large abbey, now completely ruined and reduced to the only walls, which is a very important tourist destination. The lack of the roof – that highlight the articulation of the architectural structure – compare our abbey with the abbey of the Melrose, Kelso and Jedburg in Scotland, Tintern in Wales, Cashel in Ireland, Eldena in Germany, Beauport in Paimpol (Brittany) and Convento do Carmo in Lisbon. In Italy, we can compare it with the “Incomplete of Venosa” (Potenza).

THE SWORD IN THE STONE

 

The sword in the stone belonged to Galgano Guidotti, a brave knight born in 1148 near Chiusdino. Galgano decided to follow God’s word and retire as hermit near his native country.

According to the legend, once he arrived to the place, he stuck his sword into the stone to use it as a cross for his prayers.

Over the years, hundreds of people tried to extract and steal the sword. In the chapel you can see what is believed to be the mummified hands of a thief who, in an attempt to extract  the weapon, was crushed by wild wolves.