The Medieval village of Chitignano

The village of Chitignano rises in the green belt of a rich wooden vegetation and for this it is an ideal place from which to take naturalistic paths, along which it is possible to reach the thermal springs rich of sulphure waters, being this latter characteristic of the place.

Of its ancient buildings it is possible to see still today the remains of the ancient Ubertini Counts' Castle and the Podestà's seat, being this latter built during the XV-th century.

Very interesting to visit is also the "Museum of the Gunpowder and of the Robbery", whose inside it is possible to admire a permanent exhibit on the twentieth-century activity of production of the powder.

Photo © Municipality of Chitignano

During the visit it is possible to take the suggestive "Course of the powder magazine of the Hell", where it is possible to see all the tecniques to pulverize the powder by using specialized machinery.