La Fortezza di Montalcino è una fortezza trecentesca nella parte meridionale dell'abitato di Montalcino, non un sinonimo del paese o del territorio vitivinicolo circostante.1
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Construction ordered by Siena began in 1361. The fortress forms part of Montalcino’s defensive history, but it is distinct from the town, its wine denomination and the wider Val d’Orcia landscape. Current access and visitor arrangements require a dated official check.
The fortress documents Siena’s defensive reinforcement of Montalcino. The 1559 capitulation belongs to the wider history of Montalcino and the Sienese Republic in exile, rather than a claim that the fortress alone was the republic’s final refuge.
