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Radda in Chianti was one of
the three founding towns of the Chianti league and is to this day
located within the Chianti
Classico wine zone, surrounded on all sides by
cypress forests and vineyards. Radda in Chianti has a 15 C town
hall, the Palazzo del Podestà, with an interesting facade,
and a number of other features worth a look, including the Church of San Nicoḷ,
the nearby Franciscan Convent of Santa Maria in Prato,
which houses a polyptich by Neri di Bicci (1474), and the
mediaeval Pieve
of Santa Maria Novella. Radda serves as a grocery
shopping centre for the wineries and agriturismi in the Chianti
hills around about. It also has several restaurants, making it a
good place to stop for lunch when touring the Chianti
castles.
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Chianti wine village of Radda. |
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