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Guests who wish to stay overnight at Castello Il Palagio will be accommodated at Borgo Montefolchi, situated on top of a hill 3 minutes drive from the castle. From the Borgo Montefolchi you can enjoy a wonderful view which on clear days embraces the countryside all the way to the Appennine mountain range. The village was once a Roman castrum, then a Longobardic castle. It was originally an Etruscan village, as the 7th century B.C. findings have demonstrated. The holiday home is a portion of the farmhouse that looks on its private garden with its own "aia" (threshing-floor) where you can enjoy the spectacular sunsets while dining outdoors. The entrance from the garden leads up the stairs to a large kitchen with a large old fireplace. The rooms of the house have been tastefully restored with care for all modern conveniences, but maintaining the original structure of the "casa colonica", in fact roofing-tiles are typical of the tuscan tradition. |
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Montefolchi is located on a hill 430 meters above see level with a view open on all sides, so it is not sheltered from the wind. You will have magic moments here, during a starry moonlit night or at sunset. On June 24 you can even see the traditional fireworks display for the patron saint of Florence, Saint Giovanni. On August 13 you can enjoy thefireworks in San Casciano. If you are interested we can organise a rustic or an elegant dinner for you in Montefolchi: the garden is ideal placing tables with different kinds of cheese, salami and ham; we can use the old wood ovens to bake rustic bread and cakes; grill in the open, maybe with the supervision of the "kings" of the T-bone steak Mr. Falorni and Mr. Cecchini; we can use old kegs filled with ice cubes for the bottles of sparkling wine.. |
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...we can do this and many other things! The Castle Il Palagio building, which originally had only one storey, has undergone many changes. In ancient times, the tower, which has a square base, used to be lower and without any battlements (this was a feature of many other castles of the Chianti area). The present battlement was added during restoration in 1910. From the XVIth century Il Palagio obtained many works of art. Many portraits of Florentine nobles, pictures with hunting or battle scenes, terracotta from the school of Della Robbia were brought to Palagio to adorn the splendid halls. |
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The gothic chapel is fully decorated and at the centre there is a plaster sculpture dipicting the Madonna with Child. The original was kept here until the beginning of the 20th century, when it was given to the Bargello Museum in Florence. Castle Il Palagio is the perfect place for a wedding party, a business dinner or meeting or a medieval banquet: it's a wonderful place that is truely unique in all of Tuscany. The beautiful gothic chapel looks on to the courtyard and it's also possible to use it for weddings, because it's still consecrated. The building will be completely at our guest's disposal, for two hundred people as well as for only ten people. All around the castle there is a wonderful garden, which can be the ideal place for cocktails, aperitifs and also photo shoots. Il Palagio is not a restaurant, it's an historical building, where catering by some of the best hand picked local chefs can be done by prior arrangement. |
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We can guarantee the highest professionalism and quality. Their cooking can compete with that of the most famous restaurants in all Italy. The kitchen is inside the castle, so that the food is prepared and cooked on the spot. If you want to organise something special, this is the right place for a banquet in renaissance style, with waiters dressed in original costumes serving renaissance food, music played by minstrels, magicians and jugglers... It's possible to play music until late at night, because here we're in the countryside and there aren't neighbouring houses. There is also a theatrical company, which can recite some Boccaccio's tales, perhaps between the courses. Then, at night, candles and torches will create the right atmosphere! History: the very first mention of the Castle Il Palagio dates back to 1252, though it is thought to be much older. |
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"Il Palagio",
Montefolchi-Florence, Tuscany
Italy.