Val d’Orcia
The Val d'Orcia or Valdorcia is a region of Tuscany, central Italy, which extends from the hills south of Siena to Monte Amiata. Its gentle, cultivated hills are occasionally broken by gullies and by towns and villages such as Pienza, Radicofani and Montalcino.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Pienza and Montalcino.
Pienza
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Pienza is a city in the Val d'Orcia region of Tuscany. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is considered the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism". It had a population of about 2,100 people in 2017.
Montalcino
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Montalcino is a quiet hill top village in Tuscany, Italy. It is known above all for its exquisite wine, Brunello.
San Quirico d’Orcia
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San Quirico d’Orcia, named after Saint Quiricus, is based in the Val d'Orcia natural park at the northern edge of Val d'Orcia area in southern Tuscany.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Radicofani and Castiglione d’Orcia.
Radicofani
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Radicofani is a city in the Val d'Orcia region of Tuscany, Italy. Positioned at the southern edge of the province of Siena, bordering with Lazio and Umbria, it sits on top of the mountain of Radicofani.
Castiglione d’Orcia
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Castiglione d'Orcia is a comune in the Province of Siena in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 90 kilometres southeast of Florence and about 40 kilometres southeast of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia, not far from the Via Cassia.
Bagno Vignoni
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Bagno Vignoni, is a village in the commune of San Quirico d'Orcia, 45 km to the south of Siena. Whilst the buildings in this small centre date from the mediaeval period, the first settlement in the area was during the time of the Etruscans and ancient Romans, as attested by numerous archaeological finds.
Bagni San Filippo
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Bagni San Filippo is a village within the municipality of Castiglione d'Orcia in the Val d'Orcia region of Tuscany.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torrenieri-Montalcino and Cipressi di San Quirico d’Orcia.
Santa Maria Maddalena a Torrenieri
Church
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Santa Maria Maddalena a Torrenieri is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torrenieri and Vergelle.
Torrenieri
Village
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Torrenieri is a town in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Montalcino, province of Siena. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 1,239.
Vergelle
Hamlet
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Vergelle is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, in the comune of Montalcino, province of Siena.
Val d’Orcia
- Type: valley
- Description: valley and cultural landscape in central Italy; a World Heritage site
- Category: cultural landscape
- Location: Siena, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
43.0667° or 43° 4′ northLongitude
11.55° or 11° 33′ eastWikidata ID
Q217449
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Val d’Orcia” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վալ դ’Օրչա”
- Basque: “Val d’Orcia”
- Catalan: “vall de l’Orcia”
- Catalan: “Vall de l’Orcia”
- Chinese: “奥尔恰谷”
- Chinese: “奧爾恰谷”
- Chinese: “柯慈亞谷”
- Chinese: “瓦尔道尔契亚”
- Croatian: “Val d’Orcia”
- Czech: “Val d’Orcia”
- Dutch: “Val d’Orcia”
- Dutch: “Valdorcia”
- Finnish: “Val d’Orcia”
- Finnish: “Valdorcia”
- French: “Val d’Orcia”
- Galician: “Val d’Orcia”
- Georgian: “ვალ-დ’ორჩა”
- German: “Val d’Orcia”
- Hebrew: “ואל ד’אורצ’ה”
- Hebrew: “ואל ד’אורצ’יה”
- Hindi: “वैल डी‘ओर्सिया”
- Hungarian: “Val d’Orcia”
- Italian: “Val d’Orcia”
- Japanese: “ヴァル・ドルチャ”
- Japanese: “オルチア渓谷”
- Japanese: “オルチャ渓谷”
- Japanese: “オルチャ谷”
- Korean: “발도르차”
- Latin: “Vallis Urciae”
- Lithuanian: “Val d’Orča”
- Luxembourgish: “Val d’Orcia”
- Maltese: “Val d’Orcia”
- Mingrelian: “ვალ-დ’ორჩა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Val d’Orcia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Val d’Orcia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Valdorcia”
- Norwegian: “Val d’Orcia”
- Persian: “وال دورچا”
- Polish: “Val d’Orcia”
- Portuguese: “Vale de Orcia”
- Russian: “Валь-д’Орча”
- Serbian: “Вал д’Орча”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Val d’Orcia”
- Slovak: “Val d’Orcia”
- Slovenian: “Val d’Orcia”
- Spanish: “Val d’Orcia”
- Spanish: “Valle de Orcia”
- Swedish: “Val d’Orcia”
- Turkish: “Val d’Orcia”
- Ukrainian: “Валь-д’Орча”
- Vietnamese: “Val d’Orcia”
- Western Frisian: “Val d’Orcia”
- Yue Chinese: “柯慈亞谷”
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