Sarteano Through the Ages
In the heart of a hidden Tuscany, between the crests of Mount Cetona and the gentle slopes of the Val di Chiana, lies Sarteano, a thousand-year-old village suspended between sky and earth. Here, the stones tell ancient tales of vanished civilizations, Etruscan trade routes, mysterious cults, knights, and castles.
Inhabited since the Neolithic era, a strategic crossroads in Etruscan times and a fortified outpost during the Middle Ages, Sarteano is a place where time has left deep traces: in the flint tools shaped by early humans, in the frescoed tombs hidden beneath the ground, in the castle towers that still watch over the valley.
This is not merely a village — it is a stratification of worlds, a mosaic of memory that embraces prehistory, the Etruscan epic, the age of communes, and Renaissance visions. And as the wind rises from the woods of Mount Cetona and brushes the ancient rooftiles, Sarteano still speaks — to those who know how to listen — with its ancient and powerful voice.
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