What to see in Pitigliano, the little Tuscan Jerusalem

THEancient village of Pitigliano, founded by the Romans, is perched on a tuff cliff, providing a particularly evocative view at night, when illuminated from the bottom of the cliff upwards, nothing seems to be suspended. Pitigliano where it is located. Pitigliano is located in Toscana, in the Maremma area, in the province of Grosseto. It has around 3800 inhabitants.

Pitigliano what to see

Pitigliano little Jerusalem. Pitigliano is nicknamed little Jerusalem, due to the presence of one small Jewish community, since the 1500th century and a synagogue from the XNUMXs within the historic center. Also from the sixteenth century are the Cathedral of San Pietro and Paulo , Church of Santa Maria and San Rocco. The deconsecrated church of Sant'Antonio dates back to 1200 and is now used for civil purposes.

Il Palazzo Orsini, noble family that dominated Pitigliano until 1600, when it was handed over to the Medici, it was built on the remains of a Franciscan convent and today houses the Diocesan Museum. The museum displays works of silver and goldsmithery, coins, wooden sculptures, paintings on wood and canvas, precious fabrics, stone material, manuscripts and ancient books. It preserves the fifteenth-century ceilings and decorations of Palazzo Orsini. Inside the courtyard there is a characteristic well from the Renaissance period. Outside the walls, characterized by the vaults of the ancient aqueduct of Pitigliano, nearby there are the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace and Convent of St. Francis.

Pitigliano to see. South of Pitigliano worth seeing is the “Alberto Manzi” open-air museum, an itinerary between art and nature, dedicated to the writer, educator and television host of the RAI program “Non è mai otto tardi”.