Manciano is a delightful village that stands on a hill in the heart of the Maremma, at a height of 444 m above sea level. From the top of the hill the view extends over a truly unique panorama, without any doubt capable of surprising and fascinating: the enchantment of nature, the cultivated countryside, the vineyards, the olive groves, the sea, with the coasts of the promontory ofArgentario, and the mountain, with the profile of Mount Amiata, which stands at 1,738 m. On the clearest days, from the top of Cassero you can see the islands of the Tuscan archipelago and, in the distance, even Corsica.

The origins of the inhabited center date back to the early medieval period, even if, in its countryside, there is no shortage of findings and evidence of the presence of the Etruscan and Roman populations.

It’s nice to walk in the oldest part of the town. The narrow streets and alleys tell the story of this beautiful village, where noble Florentine and Sienese families had chosen to keep their summer residences. Traces of it can still be seen, in the coats of arms carved on the architraves that frame the windows. Via Roma was once the place where the shops and workshops were concentrated. The signs of a butcher’s shop and a tobacco shop from times gone by remain to remind us of the intended use of this street. Today, in this part of the country, from spring to late September, the ladies who live there compete to decorate the windowsills and thresholds of their homes with flowers.

Among the streets of the historic center of Manciano there are also some interesting and important monuments, in particular we remember the presence of the Church of San Leonardo, the main religious building of the village; the small one Church of the Santissima Annunziata, which rises just outside the walls; there Fountain in Piazza Garibaldi, a Liberty style monument, built in the early 1900s based on a design by a famous local artist, Pietro Aldi; The Cassero Senese, or the Rocca Aldobrandesca, which is the symbol of the town and the Clock tower, built under the rule of the Republic of Siena.

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