2. The region of the Chianti Viewed from a hill, and there are hills, the silver of the olive, the green screw geometry, the roads highlighted by cypress trees, the yellow broom to the limits of the woods make paintings so beautiful and harmonious supposed to do a 'one mind inspiring . This is enough to entice anyone to know this area, indeed the ideal tour of Tuscany should start from his heart, just the Chianti, and then extend to other more famous resorts that surround it, for better roads in Chianti is comprenderle.La Today good roads and fortunately did not invite you to speed, but to enjoy the scenery in a series of saliscendi.Da Florence is an excellent starting point via the highway 222 bridge in Ema.Da Chiantigiana New from Siena take the road to avoid Chiantigiana Old the road to Florence, then rejoin the Chiantigiana nuova.Raccordi interior places foster children by encouraging tourists discover the surprise and the desire to stop. Not for nothing is an allusion to the territory as "Chiantishire" Chianti or county for the large number of foreigners, of course not only English, living there stabilmente.Indicare a town of the Chianti is wrong to do hundreds of others, it can not be not to mention the Badia a Passignano, beautiful and ancient seat of the League of Chianti, easily accessible from the highway Firenze-Siena, the tiny hamlet of Volpaia so suggestive as to think of a movie set, and the imposing, historical castle of Brolio already residence of the Grand Barone Ricasoli, inventor of the modern vinificazione.L 'ancient Chianti, former Etruscan and Roman, full of dense forests, water and game looked almost mountainous hilly but with modest peaks. At the edge of the main routes of communication, was very accessible and this has to some extent protected from the big place after the fall of the barbarian invasions romano.Dal Middle Ages to the Renaissance was rather a continuous battle and skirmishes between the Municipalities of the powerful city of Siena and Florence, who contended that land. Of these fights and battles are faithful witnesses to the many castles and fortified villages, which are also found in close proximity to each other, just for the mutual control of the feudal wars, richiedevano.Castelli, villages and small towns, farmhouses , churches, Renaissance villas, often hidden by woods and valleys, built in stone emerged as the natural elements of the landscape: jewelry, some of which are offered again in the eyes of a visitor more attento.Quando medieval lords ceased to fight, some valleys have been cleared and made suitable for agriculture: chestnut and oak, but also by fields of olive trees and vines above. All highly specialized crop quality, which still contribute to the richness of the Chianti region.