Castellina

Castellina in Chianti is a town of 2,600 people (2024) and a wine region in Italy.

Castellina dates back to the 7th century BCE.

Castellina is about 35 km (22 mi) south of Florence and about 15 km (9 mi) northwest of Siena in the wonderful Chianti region.

• 🌍 Archaeological Museum of the Chianti area (Museo Archeologico del Chianti Senese), Piazza del Comune, 17, ☏ +39 0577 742090. (updated Sep 2020)
• 🌍 Rocca di Castellina. The massive Rocca (castle), with a huge 14th-century tower. It houses a small Etruscan museum. 
• 🌍 Church of San Salvatore (Chiesa di San Salvatore). It has an early 15th-century fresco of Madonna with Child and a polychrome wooden statue of Christ from the same age. 
• Palazzo Ugolini-Squarcialupi.Palazzo Bianciardi.
• The Via delle Volte tunnel.
• Montecalvario Mound, outside the town. It consists of four 7th- to 6th-century BCE tombs.
• Poggino necropolis, also in the neighbourhood.
• Romanesque church of San Martino, at Cispiano
• 🌍 Church of San Giorgio alla Piazza (Chiesa di San Giorgio alla Piazza). Housing a 15th- panel from Cosimo Rosselli's workshop. 
• Pieve of Sant'Agnese, with a Madonna with Child by Bicci di Lorenzo.