Arriving at Bolgheri along the famous Avenue of Cypresses, immortalized by the famous poem "In front of San Guido" by Carducci who lived here from 1838 to 1848, is already in a state of mind ready to accept a vision of incomparable beauty. Predicted by a well-cultivated country, is located just opposite the Castle of Bolgheri, with its red brick to create a very impressive color contrast with the silvery green olive trees and the dark green of cypress trees and woods that surround it. The country, which is accessed by a single arched doorway, over the years kept its original appearance and the feeling is that time has stood still: here the passing of the seasons is still marked by the changing colors of the fields and hills extending all around. The old town seems to have kept its old original urban structure, characterized by concentric articulation of the roads, which wind their way, counterclockwise, where the streets, historic architecture, old buildings and quaint craft shops recreate the atmosphere of the times. In addition to the historical aspect, Bolgheri is of considerable importance to the beauty of its landscape and its natural resources environment.
History
medieval village, known since mid-1100 under its present name, is the foot of the metalliferous hills, surrounded by lush vegetation typical of the Mediterranean. It was completely destroyed in 1946 and rebuilt a short distance from the original site. The origin of the name, not yet entirely clear, seems to derive from Bolgheri, the name of a famous jurist local rights defender, while it is certain that up to 900 AD the town was known as the Duke's Hall Allone. Ancient feud of the gherardesca, Bolgheri did not undergo big changes by up to 800, a period in which they took away the great public works including the famous avenue of cypress trees. The former castle, located not far from the, was destroyed in 1496 by the troops of Emperor Maximilian I who had laid siege in Livorno. The Emperor of Germany had the dubious habit of not pay its troops, in contrast, were free to raid the neighboring areas.
In this case, Bolgheri paid for all robbed, so that was easier and more prudent to rebuild it in its current position, safer, and perhaps already with today's church and a large convent. Apart from a few stable around the palace of the counts, Bolgheri completed its current structure in the second half of the eighteenth century to the second half of the next century, the castle of the Gherardesca (a branch distinct from those of Castagneto) and the parish church in front of the driveway, the characteristic internal roundabout anti-clockwise, the old factories in the village of counts: the tavern, craft shops, hospital, farm stores, stables of the palace. The front of the castle with a tower above the gateway and the characteristic merlons symbolically linking the castle and the church, the Church of Saints James and Christopher, very decorative, is a remake of the late nineteenth century. The strip of pine forest that separates the beach from the back country rose from 1837, long after the construction (1786) and the progressive reduction of juniper dune to make piles of vines and cork trees of rare species that survive. Next plantazioni pine and the maintenance of the existing Mediterranean, led to mature pine forest, crossed by numerous streams that lighten the load river: from the northern Fossa Camilla (the mouth is called Cioccaie), the pit Bolgheri (the seat) and other. Most of the pine forest is private, then is accessible only in part. The polling station is the terminal part of the higher of existing streams, the Fossa di Bolgheri, which divides the territory from that of Bolgheri Castagneto. Historically it was an important port, where they were boarding and landing of almost all kinds of goods on arrival and departure, even abroad.
How to get
To achieve Bolgheri you take the SS1 Aurelia exit from north to Cecina - California or South exit at Donoratico. Outside the four-lane
you enter the old Aurelia in this section is parallel to both the new and Aurelia is the railway.
After a few miles is the junction for trees Bolgheri. From the junction part
the avenue of cypresses immortalized in the aforementioned poem by Carducci in Bolgheri and lived from 1838 to 1848.
And at the end of the straight avenue is the first on the right, the chapel of San Guido, built in 1686 by Simone Maria della Gherardesca to commemorate the liberation of Budapest from the Turks, and then finally arrive at the Red Castle of Bolgheri between whose walls lies the small village.
History
medieval village, known since mid-1100 under its present name, is the foot of the metalliferous hills, surrounded by lush vegetation typical of the Mediterranean. It was completely destroyed in 1946 and rebuilt a short distance from the original site. The origin of the name, not yet entirely clear, seems to derive from Bolgheri, the name of a famous jurist local rights defender, while it is certain that up to 900 AD the town was known as the Duke's Hall Allone. Ancient feud of the gherardesca, Bolgheri did not undergo big changes by up to 800, a period in which they took away the great public works including the famous avenue of cypress trees. The former castle, located not far from the, was destroyed in 1496 by the troops of Emperor Maximilian I who had laid siege in Livorno. The Emperor of Germany had the dubious habit of not pay its troops, in contrast, were free to raid the neighboring areas.
In this case, Bolgheri paid for all robbed, so that was easier and more prudent to rebuild it in its current position, safer, and perhaps already with today's church and a large convent. Apart from a few stable around the palace of the counts, Bolgheri completed its current structure in the second half of the eighteenth century to the second half of the next century, the castle of the Gherardesca (a branch distinct from those of Castagneto) and the parish church in front of the driveway, the characteristic internal roundabout anti-clockwise, the old factories in the village of counts: the tavern, craft shops, hospital, farm stores, stables of the palace. The front of the castle with a tower above the gateway and the characteristic merlons symbolically linking the castle and the church, the Church of Saints James and Christopher, very decorative, is a remake of the late nineteenth century. The strip of pine forest that separates the beach from the back country rose from 1837, long after the construction (1786) and the progressive reduction of juniper dune to make piles of vines and cork trees of rare species that survive. Next plantazioni pine and the maintenance of the existing Mediterranean, led to mature pine forest, crossed by numerous streams that lighten the load river: from the northern Fossa Camilla (the mouth is called Cioccaie), the pit Bolgheri (the seat) and other. Most of the pine forest is private, then is accessible only in part. The polling station is the terminal part of the higher of existing streams, the Fossa di Bolgheri, which divides the territory from that of Bolgheri Castagneto. Historically it was an important port, where they were boarding and landing of almost all kinds of goods on arrival and departure, even abroad.
How to get
To achieve Bolgheri you take the SS1 Aurelia exit from north to Cecina - California or South exit at Donoratico. Outside the four-lane
you enter the old Aurelia in this section is parallel to both the new and Aurelia is the railway.
After a few miles is the junction for trees Bolgheri. From the junction part
the avenue of cypresses immortalized in the aforementioned poem by Carducci in Bolgheri and lived from 1838 to 1848.
And at the end of the straight avenue is the first on the right, the chapel of San Guido, built in 1686 by Simone Maria della Gherardesca to commemorate the liberation of Budapest from the Turks, and then finally arrive at the Red Castle of Bolgheri between whose walls lies the small village.
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