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Its strategic location between Siena and the Maremma, and the fertile land surrounding it, have made the Castle of Poggio alle Mura a coveted and hotly contested property for centuries.
The complex developed mostly between the 9th and 13th centuries, but its origin is certainly earlier. Some dungeons dug into the tufa and still visible, as well as some stone urns and ceramic vessels found during the last restoration, suggest, in fact, the existence of a settlement already in Etruscan times. The white stone ashlars typically used in the construction of Roman arches inserted...
