Monteriggioni is one of the best-preserved walled Medieval towns in Tuscany, Italy

Monteriggioni is one of the best-preserved walled Medieval towns in Tuscany, Italy.

The typical fortified village started as a castle in the early 13th century to protect the Sienese from their historical rivals, the Florentines.

The town is architecturally and culturally significant; it hosts several piazzas and is referenced in Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy."