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Abbazia di san Salvatore (Abbadia San Salvatore-Siena, Italy)
Abbazia di San Salvatore (Abbadia San Salvatore)
Cataste di legna a forma piramidale chiamate Fiaccole, che vengono incendiate il 24 dicembre per le vie del borgo di Abbadia San Salvatore in Toscana, per la celebrazione della Notte di Natale. le Fiaccole di Abbadia San Salvatore e la loro festa sono una antichissima tradizione che ha la provenienza da riti pagani e cristiani.
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Abbadia San Salvatore

Tuscany, Italy · Europe

About Abbadia San Salvatore

Abbadia San Salvatore works well as a base: 5 minutes from Piancastagnaio, 29km from Cascate del Mulino, Saturnia.

Abbadia San Salvatore is in Tuscany, Italy, with about 6,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Piancastagnaio, about 4 km away.

Abbadia San Salvatore is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 110 kilometres (68 mi) southeast of Florence and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Siena, in the area of Monte Amiata. The town is named after the Abbey of the same name. The area was once

Read more important for the extraction of cinnabar. Attractions in the town include the medieval borough, the Palazzo della Potesta (15th century) and the church of Santa Croce. Abbadia San Salvatore borders the following municipalities: Castel del Piano, Castiglione d'Orcia, Piancastagnaio, Radicofani, San Casciano dei Bagni, Santa Fiora, Seggiano.

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What is there to see near Abbadia San Salvatore?

Within an hour or so of Abbadia San Salvatore: Abbey of Sant'Antimo (18 km), Pienza (22 km), Val d'Orcia (22 km), Val d'Orcia (Gladiator's Elysium fields) (22 km).

Are there any good drives near Abbadia San Salvatore?

The nearest famous roads are Strada Chiantigiana (SR222), Autostrada del Sole and Appian Way.

Where is Abbadia San Salvatore?

Abbadia San Salvatore is in Tuscany, Italy, about 4 km from Piancastagnaio.

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Quick Information

Population
6,364
Continent
Europe
Country
Italy
Region
Tuscany
Timezone
Europe/Rome
Coordinates
42.8812, 11.6722

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Italy

Police
113
Ambulance
118
Fire
115
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.

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Worth the detour from Abbadia San Salvatore

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

cathedral

Abbey of Sant'Antimo

Luminous Romanesque abbey of pale travertine and alabaster standing alone among olive groves below Montalcino, founded: legend says, by Charlemagne. Time a visit for the canonical hours when chant fills the 12th-century nave.

18 km · about 20 min drive

landmark

Pienza

A tiny Tuscan town redesigned in the 15th century as an ideal Renaissance city and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

22 km · about 25 min drive

scenic viewpoint

Val d'Orcia

A UNESCO-listed Tuscan valley of rolling hills, cypress-lined roads, and golden wheat fields that define the Italian countryside.

22 km · about 25 min drive

film location

Val d'Orcia (Gladiator's Elysium fields)

The cypress-lined wheat fields of southern Tuscany are Maximus's home and the afterlife he walks toward in Gladiator.

22 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Montepulciano

A Renaissance hilltop town in southern Tuscany celebrated for its Vino Nobile wine and elegant Piazza Grande.

26 km · about 30 min drive

landmark

Pitigliano

Tufa-rock town rising sheer from the Maremma canyons, riddled with Etruscan cave cellars and the sunken 'vie cave' walkways carved into the cliffs. Known as 'Little Jerusalem' for its historic Jewish quarter and synagogue.

27 km · about 30 min drive

waterfall

Cascate del Mulino, Saturnia

Free natural thermal terraces of warm turquoise water cascade beside an old mill in Tuscany's Maremma.

29 km · about 35 min drive

landmark

La Scarzuola

Surrealist 'ideal city' of stacked theatres, towers and esoteric symbols built by Milanese architect Tomaso Buzzi from 1958 inside a Franciscan convent's grounds. Deep in rural Umbria and visitable by reservation only, it feels like walking into a dream.

39 km · about 45 min drive

Driving roads near Abbadia San Salvatore

4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.

  • 22 kmVal d'OrciaA UNESCO-listed Tuscan valley of rolling hills, cypress-lined roads, and golden wheat fields that define the Italian countryside.
  • 79 kmStrada Chiantigiana (SR222)The classic Chianti wine road winds between Florence and Siena past vineyards, castles and cypress-lined ridges.

Driving in Italy

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.82/litre
Motorway tolls
~€8.50/100km

When to drive here

April to October

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