Monte Amiata

Monte Amiata relief is an important mountainous dell'Antiappennino place among the Tuscan Maremma, the Val d'Orcia and the Val di Chiana, in the vicinity between the region of Umbria and Lazio. His district includes part of the province of Grosseto and partly that of Siena, in a wide area of relevance of common Abbadia San Salvatore, Santa Fiora, Arcidosso, Castel del Piano, Seggiano, Piancastagnaio and Castell'Azzara.
The name Monte Amiata wants to indicate a major extension of the territory in which we find the centrality dell'Amiata range of mountains surrounded by villages of great historical and artistic, given destination for many tourists who are attracted to its beautiful landscapes and artistic exhibits in a area where, for centuries have found space and power Etrusco the people, the medieval papacy and the Carolingians, the Republic of Siena and finally the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
The inhabited dell'Amiata, shelters were some men who gave the world a symbolic significance of relationship with the mountain with which bring with them their history and their past, reaching back and trying to defend the obstinacy habits, tastes and the same old relationship with nature.
Mount Amiata is located in southern Tuscany, and svetta in the valleys surrounding the names evocative and captivating as the Val d'Orcia, the Maremma, the valley of Lake Bolsena, Chianti.
The mountain was originally in an ancient volcano, now extinct, with attendance of rocks and volcanic lakes. The Amiata is the presence of abundant water diverted and used dall'Acquedotto of Fiora, trasportanto their product in the area Tosacana southern and northern Lazio. In the area there are sources of rivers Fiora, Orcia and Albegna.

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