Renovations for maintenance purposes

Le piazze e l’oliviera

LOC. ABBADIA A SICILLE
TREQUANDA, SIENA

RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING COMPLEX “LE PIAZZE” AND “L’OLIVIERA” IN THE LOCALITY OF ABBADIA A SICILLE, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TREQUANDA.
THE ANCIENT HAMLET OF “ABBADIA A SICILLE”, ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S GREATEST HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC TREASURES, IS SITUATED ON A RIDGE SEPARATING THE VAL DI CHIANA FROM THE VAL D’ORCIA. THE CHURCH AND MONASTERY HAVE VERY ANCIENT ORIGINS: THE FIRST INFORMATION ABOUT THE “BADIA DI S. MARIA A SICILLE” DATES BACK TO THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND A.D. FROM THE MALTESE CROSSES SCULPTED AT THE SIDES OF THE PORTAL IT CAN BE DEDUCED THAT THE CONVENT ONCE BELONGED TO THE ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, SUBSEQUENTLY PASSING TO THE OLIVETANS WHO OWNED IT UNTIL 1810. TODAY, THE 18TH CENTURY FARMHOUSE CALLED “LE PIAZZE”, HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO APARTMENTS WHILST RESPECTING THE ORIGINAL STYLE OF THE BUILDING.