Montepulciano top famous landmarks

Monteplucinao top famous landmarks|includes culture,lifestyle & cuisine to help you understand italian people better.

Palazzo Comunale

Welcome to Montepulciano!

Discover the beauty of medieval and renaissance architectural hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy. away from the crowds and busy streets Montepulciano is a high recommended, not just a place but also their famous wine, the vino nobile di montepulciano and rosso di montepulciano a highly reputed wine among the Italy's best.

The Montepulciano main street is approximately 1.5 kilometers from porta al prato (entrance) to the piazza grande (main square) at the top of the hill. Known as a walkable, car free nature.

Montepulciano has received great attention and notable increase of tourists, when Twilight new moon filming in the area.

Montepulciano Top Famous Landmarks

1. Palazzo Comunale - is a gothic style town hall built in late medieval period, still functions as a town hall this days.
The town hall overlooks piazza grande,the main square and from the tower and terrace you can see a splendid view that overlooks the whole area. 

The twilight Saga: new moon - Volterra

Opening hours - 10am-6pm
Entrance ticket - tower ticket 5€/terrace ticket 2.50€
Address - Piazza Grande,Montepulciano

2. Palazzo Tarugi - Tarugi Palace is a majestic renaissance palace. It is one of the most noted and studied in the area for its architectural and characteristics. The Palace is only few steps away from Palazzo Comunale.

3. Duomo of Montepulciano or Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral - is a renaissance cathedral was built 1594-1680. The interior is decorated with many interesting artworks. The Cathedral is also few steps away from Palazzo Comunale.

Directions - Car 2hrs 9mins (176.7km) via A1/E35
Train - there is no direct train from Rome to Montepulciano. It requires a minimum of 1 change train or more specially on weekends and holidays.
Rome to Montepulciano average travel time between 3hours and 49minutes and fastest travel time is 1hour and 53minutes. Check trainline.com limited.

MONTEPULCIANO WINERIES

Montepulciano has two famous wine the Vino nobile di montepulciano and Rosso di montepulciano.

• VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO is  a red wine with DOCG label. Made of primary sangiovese grape variety, blended with canaiolo nero grape variety and some amounts of local varities such as mammolo. The wine aged for  two years, one year in oak barrels and the vino nobile wines labeled riserva must be age for three years. The wine was named after the ancient and scenic hill top town of montepulciano and this wine  has been admired for centuries.
• ROSSO DI MONTEPULCIANO is a red wine with label DOC, a new version of Vino nobile montepulciano with identical production and similar used of variety of grapes. Yields for Rosso di montepulciano are much higher than vino nobile with 70hl/ha compared to 56hl/ha for vino nobile and the alcohol content is 11.5% along with 21 grams/litre of dry extract compared with 23 grams/litre for vino nobile.

CULTURE

Italian culture and society

There's a lot to mention about their cultures, these are only the basics.

• In italian, family is the center of social structure and provides a stabilizing influence for its members.
• In north italy most families consist only nuclear family, while south italy most families live together with their extended family.
• The family supports both financial and emotional to its members.
• They respect more to those who are older, high level of attaintment, who achieved business success and to those come from well connected families.
• Italians base first impression, greetings and respect is important for the first meeting.
• Punctuality is not mandatory.
• It's acceptable to leave a small amount of food in your plate.
• Italian are expressive communicators, often using facial and hand gestures to prove their point.
• Italians often raise their voice to be heard, not just they are angry.
• Dressing well is priority in italy.
• Appointments are mandatory.
• Italy is a large of numbers of catholicism as their primary religion, influence of the church is high although church attendance is relatively low.
• Most of the buildings has a religious statue or cross.
• Greetings are usual with handshake, direct eye contact and smile suffices between strangers while air kissing on both cheeks if friends.
• Don't give red flowers as they indicate secrecy and yellow flowers as they indicate jealousy.
• Gift usually open when you recieved.
• Only a small,percentage of Italian people can speak english.
• Italian has a way of thinking and views such as, first impressions last, you will judged on your clothes, shoes, accessories and the way you carry yourself, clothes and appearance is important and matter, the concept of 'bella figura' or good image is important to them, they can indicate your social status, family background and education level the way you dress.

LIFESTYLE

How does italian way of their livings.

Italian has lifestyle concept, called ''la dolce vita'' it means the sweet life, they enjoying and embracing the beauty of life. taking the time to enjoy good food,good wine and good company. when It comes to food italian are passionate and lives a healthy living, they always prepare to buy fresh food from the market and enjoy three courses meal. when it comes to wine, Italy is one of the world's best wine and they indulging it. Italians drinks one or more glass of wine a day as a natural part of their every meal routine. and when it comes to good company. Italians spend less time alone, usually go out with friends and family or eating together with friends or neighbors. Preparing and sharing food together is usually happens all the time in Italy. They living a life with passion, serenity and enjoyment.

CUISINE

when it comes to italian cuisine each region has own traditional  foods, offers delicious and unique dishes. 

TUSCAN CUISINE known for their cooking concept as a simple meals with high quality ingredients of fresh seasoning that brings out natural flavors in each dishes.

• LARDO DI COLONNATA is a type of salumi made by curing strips of fatback with rosemary and other herbs and spices. Cured for months in basins made of marble. served as appetizer
• CROSTINI TOSCANI is a chicken pate served on a thin slices of toasted bread. Served as appetizer.
• RIBOLLITA it's a potage made of leftover bread and vegetables, such as cannnellini beans, lacinato kale, cabbage, celery, potatoes, carrots, and onion. it's a typical dish during winter seasons.
• PAPPA AL POMODORO is a soup typically prepared with fresh tomatoes, bread, olive oil, garlic, basil and various fresh ingredients.
• CACCIUCO is a fish stew consisting different types of fish and shellfish such as, armored gurnard, red gurnard, scorpionfish,small clams such as, manila or littleneck, firm fleshed fish such as, monkfish, red snapper, john dory, grouper, mussels, shrimp and calamari.
• BISTECCA ALLA FIORENTINA  is a T-bone steak. Delightfully rich, savory rare meat and tender. Comes from chianina breed cattles are the best.
• PANZANELLA is a bread salad, consisting of unsalted leftover bread, tomatoes, red onions, basil, olive oil, vinegar and salt.
• CASTAGNACCIO is a traditional cake made of chestnut flour with pine nuts and raisins. It can be eaten all year around, its good both warm and cold seasons.
• LAMPREDOTTO is a traditional street food sandwich made of fourth and final stomach of a cow, seasoned with herbs and topped with spicy sauce or green sauce (salsa verde).

Discover the montepulciano top famous landmarks|culture, lifestyle and cuisine. Thanks for reading!

Author : Captain Macoy

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