View of Castellina in Chianti
Castellina Wedding Certificate
The Rocca
The Rocca Wedding Hall
Castellina in Chianti
During the Middle Ages the Chianti area was theatre of battles and struggles between the two powerful city-state of Florence and Siena.
Castellina, at dominion of one of the main road of communication between the two cities, was one of the most advanced Florentine strongholds and became strategically very important.
The Florentine Republic decided to strengthen the defences of the town with the construction of more wide and thick town walls, having the form of irregular hexagon, alternated by numerous square towers, gifted of two gates and crowned in the highest point of the inhabited area, by a mighty rectangular Keep with crenelate walls.
Our days a large part of the town walls, towers and a gates still remains. On the northern side of the walled enclosure, the leaning of the houses against the walls has given origin to a particular "sotterranea" (underground) street, the so called "volte" (vaults).
Civil ceremony
The Rocca
The beautiful ancient Rocca is the place where the civil ceremonies take place. The wedding hall called “sala del Capitano” has really medieval ancient walls dating over 800 years. From the Rocca you can enjoy wonderful views of the countryside.
