Things to see and do Montepulciano

A remarkable cellar, housed in a 400-year-old palace, dug in the tuff and spread over several floors, containing more than a hundred oak barrels. Palazzo Contucci, owned by the homonymous family, which has been producing wine since the mid-seventeenth century, stands in Piazza Grande, the city's highest point. After forty generations, Andrea Contucci continues to produce the noble wine of Montepulciano, characterized by great intensity. The vineyard now covers more than 21 hectares and produces 100,000 bottles. Not to be missed!

Since 1957, the Civic Museum has been housed in the Palazzo Neri-Orselli, one of the few examples of palaces in Montepulciano that have preserved its typical 14th century Sienese civil architecture. This palace houses a collection of more than 200 paintings by artists such as Margaritone d'Arezzo, Bicci di Lorenzo, Sodoma, Paris Bordone, as well as goldsmith's pieces and precious terracotta signed Andrea della Robbia. In its archaeological section, the Civic Museum also looks back to the Etruscan period of Valdichiana