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Montalcino in Tuscany's Wine country

For a small city, Montalcino has a large share of history. Her citizens were proudly anti-fascist in the 1920s, and they stubbornly resisted the Germans during World War II. But her proudest moments occurred during the frequent clashes of the Renaissance's great city-states.

Historical Background - Italy was not then a nation but a territory warred over by powerful foreign neighbors and her own city-states. Montalcino, like many other small towns was a pawn in their struggles, useful as a base from which to protect themselves and harass their enemies. Montalcino's star turn came in the 1550s, at the end of the serial warfare between brilliant Siena and the tyrannical, power-hungry Medici princes of Florence.

Montalcino had prospered and grown during her long alliance with Siena; her people had won Sienese citizenship and built their mighty walls and fortress. In 1553 the armies of Cosimo de' Medici and his Spanish allies attacked. Their assault on the fortress failed and the Mon ... Read More...