Get to know Casole, the reborn village

the village of Casole d'Elsa is still a little-known tourist destination and outside the classic Tuscan itineraries but it reveals a very interesting history of medieval alliances and borders.
Casole preserves valuable medieval works of art, such as the cenotaph of Beltramo Aringhieri made by Marco Romano and the tomb of Tommaso Andrei made by Gano di Fazio inside the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta, as well as fourteenth-century frescoes and period remains Etruscan/Roman. Homeland of Alessandro Casolani, of whom we have a Deposition in the same Collegiate Church, Casole stands out in the Valdelsa area for its artistic and demographic dynamism. Despite the damage caused by the passage of the front during the Second World War, the village still retains the original medieval "egg" structure, the fifteenth-century towers built by Francesco di Giorgio Martini and the fourteenth-century keep with its tower overlooking the surrounding hills. Casole is also embellished with numerous works of contemporary art which have contributed to its demographic and tourist rebirth, also thanks to the targeted promotion policies of the territory of the mayor Andrea Pieragnoli and his predecessors.
Thanks to Mirco Bonfiglio @MircoBonfiglio for allowing us the drone footage of Casole d'Elsa