Gaiole in Chianti

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Gaiole in Chianti | official_name = Comune di Gaiole in Chianti | native_name = | image_skyline = Pieve di Spaltenna.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = ''Pieve'' of Santa Maria in Spaltenna | image_shield = Gaiole in Chianti-Stemma.svg | shield_alt = | shield_size = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|43|28|N|11|26|E|type:city(2,600)_region:IT|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Tuscany | province = Siena (SI) | frazioni = Adine, Ama, Barbischio, Castagnoli, Fietri, Galenda, Il Colle, Lecchi in Chianti, Lucignano in Chianti, Montegrossi, Monti, Nusenna, Poggio San Polo, Rietine, San Giusto alle Monache, San Martino al Vento, San Regolo, San Sano, San Vincenti, Starda, Vertine | mayor_party = | mayor = Michele Pescini | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 129.0 | population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.</ref> | population_total = 2756 | population_as_of = 31 August 2017 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Gaiolesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 360 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 53013 | area_code = 0577 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.gaiole.si.it}} | footnotes = }} '''Gaiole in Chianti''' is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about {{convert|40|km|mi}} southeast of Florence and about {{convert|15|km|mi|0}} northeast of Siena. ''Forbes'' named it number one on its list of "Europe's Most Idyllic Places To Live."<ref>{{cite web |title=Europe's Most Idyllic Places To Live |website=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125080149/https://www.forbes.com/2008/11/18/europe-homes-dollar-forbeslife-cx_po_1118realestate.html |archive-date=2022-01-25 |url-status=live |url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/11/18/europe-homes-dollar-forbeslife-cx_po_1118realestate.html}}</ref>

Each year in March, a professional bicycle race is held, known as ''Strade Bianche'' in reference to the white gravel roads of the Siena region. In October there is a public event, using many of the same roads, for vintage bicycle enthusiasts known as L'Eroica. This starts and finishes in Gaiole including a full week of festivities.

{{stack| [[File:Castello di brolio0001.JPG|thumb|Castello di Brolio]] thumb|''Pieve'' of San Bartolomeo a Vertine thumb|Wine-growing holding }} ==Main sights== *Castello di Brolio castle and vineyard (11th century). *Abbey of Coltibuono *''Pieve'' of San Marcellino, of medieval origin. It was mostly rebuilt in the 14th century. *''Pieve'' of San Polo Rosso, dating from the 12th century. It is now part of a 14th-century defensive structure. The interior has a nave with two aisles and an apse. *''Pieve'' of San Giusto in Salcio *Romanesque ''Pieve'' of Santa Maria a Spaltenna, known from 1030. *''Pieve'' of San Bartolomeo a Vertine (11th century). It was once home of an early work by Simone Martini and a triptych by Bicci di Lorenzo, now in the Siena Pinacoteca. Some fragmentary medieval frescoes still remain on exhibit today. *''Pieve'' of San Vincenti. *Castello di Tornano castle and vineyard.

==People== * Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, who created the Chianti recipe of 70% Sangiovese, 15% Canaiolo, and 15% Malvasia bianca

==See also== *History of Chianti

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Gaiole in Chianti}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190801081956/http://www.comune.gaiole.si.it/ Official website] * [http://www.chiantistorico.com Chianti historical site (Tourist Information Office)]

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