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 →Gaiole was born as a market: the people of the castles around — Vertine, Montegrossi, San Donato in Perano — came down to the valley floor, along the Massellone, to trade their goods, and the market appears in notarial acts from 1215. One of those castles is Brolio, of the Ricasoli: Bettino Ricasoli, for years mayor of Gaiole, is the man who fixed the recipe of Chianti.
At the plebiscite of 1860 for annexation to the kingdom of Sardinia, the yes votes here did not reach a majority of those entitled: a great many abstained, and that was a way of saying no. In the village cemetery lies Carla Lonzi, the art critic who in 1970 founded Rivolta Femminile.
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