Capalbio: Italy's Little Athens In the Heart of Tuscany 🇮🇹 Local Food | Castle | History 🍇

🇮🇹 Discover Capalbio: Italy’s Little Athens in the Heart of Tuscany! 🍷🕍🍇

In this Tuscany travel vlog, we explore Capalbio, a charming medieval town known as "La Piccola Atene" (Little Athens) for its rich cultural and historical significance. Nestled in the stunning Maremma countryside, Capalbio is a hidden gem filled with ancient stone streets, a breathtaking castle, traditional Tuscan food, and sweeping views of the Tyrrhenian coast.

🍝 What to Expect in This Video:

Walking tour through Capalbio’s medieval town center
Visit to Capalbio Castle (Rocca Aldobrandesca)
Traditional local cuisine and authentic Tuscan food tasting
Fascinating Etruscan and Renaissance history
Hidden spots and panoramic views of southern Tuscany

If you're planning a Tuscany itinerary, or love exploring off-the-beaten-path villages in Italy, this video is your perfect guide to Capalbio, one of the most enchanting and peaceful corners of the Italian countryside.

📍 Located just a short drive from Rome and close to the Tarot Garden (Giardino dei Tarocchi), Capalbio is a must-visit destination for lovers of art, history, slow travel, and authentic Italian experiences.

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Here a few facts about this beautiful medieval town:

📍Capalbio is a municipality in the Province of Grosseto in Tuscany, Italy, located about 150 kilometres (93 mi) south of Florence and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of Grosseto.

✨ The name derives probably from the Latin "Caput Album" or "Campus Albus" (White Cape or Field, respectively), due to the white alabaster stone dug in the area.

⚜️ Capalbio is known for the first time in 805 CE, when it was donated to the Abbey of the Tre Fontane, near Rome, by Charlemagne. The possession was confirmed in 1161 by Pope Alexander III.

Later it was under the Aldobrandeschi family, who were followed by Orvieto, the Republic of Siena and the Orsini, who built the Castle.

Conquered by the Spaniards in 1555, it was assigned to Cosimo I de' Medici as part of his new Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

It became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1860, becoming an independent municipality in 1960.

🏰 Capalbio has double walkable city walls: a unique feature of this beautiful town.

The Castle was built in medieval times as a possession of the Tre Fontane Abbey in Rome. During the 13th century it passed to the Aldobrandeschi family who further fortified it; the family had control of it with ups and downs until the end of the fourteenth century, when it definitively lost it to the benefit of the Orsini of Pitigliano.

The permanence of Capalbio and its fortress in the Orsini County was, however, very short, due to the conquest by the Sienese which took place at the beginning of the fifteenth century. Since then it was one of the southernmost outposts of the Republic of Siena. The Sienese carried out renovation works, giving the architectural monument its definitive appearance.

In the second half of the sixteenth century, with the definitive fall of Siena, it passed into the hands of the Medici, entering the borders of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

🎥 In 1989 it was used by director Duccio Tessari for most of the filming of the film "C'era un castello con 40 cani" with Peter Ustinov and Salvatore Cascio.

⛪️ Near the Fortress, in Capalbio’s central square, there is San Nicola’s Church. Built between the 12th and 13th century but renovated in the 15th century, the Church has interesting elements like some frescoes (15th and 16th century) and some capitals engraved with plants’ and animals’ decorations.

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