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Antonio da Sangallo (the Elder) 1455-1535, was a member of an exceptional family of Florentine Renaissance architects. He began as a military architect in his younger years but is best known for the major work of his life, the pilgrimage church of the Madonna di San Biago at Montepulciano, which lies directly under Montorio. Agnolo Poliziano was born on July 14, 1454 in Montepulciano and died in Florence on September 28/29, 1494. He was a poet and humanist, the friend and protégé of Lorenzo the Magnificent and one of the foremost classical scholars of the Renaissance. Saint Roberto Bellarmino was born on October 4, 1542 in Montepulciano and died on September 17, 1621 in Rome and Canonized in 1930; feast day September 17. he was an Italian cardinal and theologian, an opponent of the Protestant doctrines of the Reformation and he took a prominent part in the first examination of Galileo. Bellarmino took a personal interest in the poor, to whom he gave all his funds. He died a pauper. During his lifetime he gave impartial attention to Protestant works and was regarded as one of the most enlightened of theologians. Pope Pius XII named him a doctor of the church in 1931. Saint Agnese Segni was born in Gracciano, a small village just outside of Montepulciano, in 1268. She became a nun at the age of nine and was elected abbess of the abbey of Prosceno in Viterbo. Her life was one of continual contemplation of heavenly matters. In 1306 she founded the Dominican monastery of Montepulciano where her embalmed body is laid out. Saint Agnese died on April 20, 1317, leaving behind memories of her holy life and her miracles. She is one of the patron saints of Montepulciano. Francesco Redi was born on Feburary 19, 1626 in Arezzo and died on March 1, 1697 in Pisa. He was an Italian physician and poet who demonstrated that the presence of maggots in putrefying meat does not result from spontaneous generation but from eggs laid on the meat by flies. As a poet Redi is known as a poet chiefly for his Bacco in Toscana (1685; "Bacchus in Tuscany") where he describes the wine of Montepulciano as "the king of all wines". |
The Sangallo is the largest of our five apartments having a square footage of circa 90 m˛. The uniqueness of this apartment is its magnificent 360˚ panoramic view of the underlying valley. Access to the apartment is from an external flight of stairs. The main entrance opens into a spacious sitting room with a living room and dinning area. Adjacent to this is a fully equipped kitchen inclusive of all utensils including a dishwasher. Mounting two steps one enters the sleeping quarters. There are two bedrooms; one is a double room and the other can have double bed or twin beds. There is a large bathroom with a shower and an ample lumber-room for luggage and whatever other personal belongings.
The Poliziano is approximately 60 m˛ and is accessed by its exclusive small courtyard that makes it a haven of privacy. The main entrance opens directly into the living room/dinning area with the adjacent fully equipped kitchen that includes a dishwasher. The two double bedrooms are entered from the living room. There is a bathroom with a shower.
From an external flight of stairs one enters an exceptionally intimate and cosy lodgings of about 40 m˛ positioned to the southeast. The entrance opens into the living room with its kitchenette and dinning area. In the next room there is the living room. Going up two steps one enters the sleeping quarters with a double bedroom with a mezzanine and a bathroom with a shower.
This comfortable one-roomed apartment is 35 m˛ and is positioned to the south. Due to its particular ubication within the Montorio country house, this snug little jewel benefits a singular climatic advantage over the other apartments by being the coolest in the summer and the warmest in the winter. The entrance opens into an ample room where both the sleeping area with its double bed and dinning area are to be found. Next to this room there is a bathroom and a spacious kitchen.
This is the smallest of our apartments. It is 28 m˛ and is beautifully decorated and very inviting. The Redi lends itself best to the traveller who is just passing through for a short sojourn and wishes to dedicate his day to visiting and discovering the natural and architectural wonders of the valley. The Redi is entered via external flight of stairs where its door opens to the sitting/dinning room with a kitchenette. Next to this is a bedroom with a queen size bed. Going down two steps there is a bathroom complete with a shower. |
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