Panforte di Siena sweet of almonds, candied fruit, honey and spices pressed into a disc
Almonds, candied fruit, flour, honey and spices pressed into a low disc: Siena's panforte has a recipe documented since 1205.
Read more →The name comes from the Lombards: a clusa, the fortified post that closed the pass and took the toll, and indeed the mother church is dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel, as was their custom. Here was born Galgano, the knight who drove his sword into the rock: the house is in via della Cappella, and the sword is not far off, in the round chapel of Montesiepi.
In the village museum two reliefs tell his story: Galgano led to Montesiepi and Galgano driving in the sword. Below the village, at the Cetine mine, two minerals were recognised for the first time anywhere, brizziite and batoniite: Chiusdino is their type locality. And the Mulino delle Pile, on the Merse, is the mill of the Mulino Bianco advertisements.
🍝 The flavours of Chiusdino
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Near Chiusdino
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Chiusdino, but an easy day trip away.
Castello Sanfelice 📍 Bagnoli del Trigno · 4.1 km At 783 metres above Bagnoli, the fortress that guarded the Castel di Sangro-Lucera drove road. chiesa di San Silvestro 📍 Bagnoli del Trigno · 4.5 km A church with no façade, wedged between two rocks, and a crucifix with jointed arms. Castello d'Evoli 📍 Castropignano · 9.4 km Legend gives it 365 rooms: the d'Evoli stronghold above the Biferno valley Santuario italico di Pietrabbondante 📍 Pietrabbondante · 11 km The theatre and temples where the Pentri Samnites gathered their senate, above the Trigno. castello D'Alessandro 📍 Pescolanciano · 11 km A drawbridge finished in 1691, relics in the ducal chapel, German officers in 1943. torre di Oratino 📍 Oratino · 12 km A doorway high above the ground and a ladder to haul up: the Norman tower of Oratino.