THE CASTLE OF MONTERIGGIONI

On sunday we went to Siena and then we spent some hours visiting the Castle of Monteriggioni!)

Monteriggioni is a medieval walled town, located on a natural hillock, in the Siena Province of Tuscany - 

built by the Sienese in 1213 as a front line in their wars against Florence.

The town is architecturally and culturally significant; it hosts several squares, 

and is referenced in Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy".

 Both Monteriggioni's exterior walls and the buildings within are some the best preserved in all of Italy, 

attracting tourists, architects, medieval historians and archaeologists. 

The roughly circular walls, totalling a length of about 570 meters and following the natural contours of the hill.

There are fourteen towers on square bases set at equidistance, and two portals or gates.

	"però che, come su la cerchia tonda Montereggion di torri si corona, così la proda che 'l pozzo circonda torreggiavan di mezza la persona li orribili giganti, cui minaccia Giove del cielo ancora quando tuona"
(Dante Alighieri, Inferno - Canto XXXI)

I wear:

jacket - Terranova

denim shirt - Stradivarius

pullover - Sisley MAN, my husband's closet

jeans - Zara

sneakers - H&M

bag - Stradivarius

sunglasses - H&M

watch - Chronotech

headband - handmade scarf from Georgia

ring - from Venice