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Trequanda
Trequanda is located on the border between the Val d’Orcia and the Crete Senesi. The municipality received the orange flag of the Italian Touring Club and in 2018 was included in the national register of historic rural landscapes.
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Trequanda is a small medieval village perched in the hills of the Val di Chiana. Recently, the country has not only been included in the national register of historic rural landscapes but has also been awarded the Touring Club’s prestigious Orange Flag.
Access to the medieval village is through two gates that have been preserved over the years: Porta al Sole, which overlooks the Sienese countryside, and Porta al Leccio, which instead observes the woods. The hub of town life is Garibaldi Square where the Romanesque-style church of Saints Peter and Andrew can be visited. The interior houses valuable works including an urn containing the remains of Blessed Bonizzella Cacciaconti, a figure who lived between 1230 and 1300 to whom some extraordinary events and various prodigies are attributed. From Piazza Garibaldi it is easy to reach the Rocca di Trequanda also known as the Cacciaconti Castle of which little remains of the original construction but which retains its grandeur. Not far from the historic center, we find the Windmill Tower, a very distinctive building consisting of three floors connected by a spiral staircase.
Historical events
Feast of the Blessed
In the first week of May the municipality of Trequanda celebrates the patron saint Blessed Bonizzella Cacciaconti. The festivities begin on Saturday with the opening of the urn of the Blessed and conclude on Monday of the following week with the ritual closing of the urn and fireworks.
Oil festival
Usually in mid-October, the "new" oil festival is organized, an occasion to celebrate this quality product that is already excellence and bears the Terre di Siena PDO.
How to get to Trequanda
Trequanda is 29 km from Chianciano Terme and can be reached either by car or with the service offered by the Valdichiana Gran Tour active only in summer.