Monticello Amiata

Geography

History

Main sights

• San Michele Arcangelo, main parish church of the village, it was entirely re-built in the 13th century after the fire which destroyed Montepinzutolo in 1240. It contains some paintings of Bartolomeo Neroni and Rutilio Manetti.
• Oratory of San Sebastiano, it contains a painting of Domenico Manetti.
• Sanctuary of Madonna di Val di Prata, situated in the Parco della Rimembranza outside the city walls, it was restructured in the 19th century. It contains several paintings and an altarpiece by Giuseppe Nicola Nasini.
• Chapel of Madonna del Lampino, little church in the hamlet of Ripe.
• Palazzo Comunale, former seat of the municipality of Monticello Amiata, it was built in the 17th century. It was then used as a courthouse after 1783. It hosts now the ethnographic museum.
• Walls of Monticello Amiata, old fortifications which surround the village since 13th century, after the fire that destroyed the first walls. The walls have two main gates: Porta Grossetana and Porta Senese.
• Casa-Museo, ethnographic museum of Monticello Amiata, it describes the rural context in an everyday life-typical house of the 19th century.