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The Castle
 
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- The massive Meleto Castle rises in the heart of the Chianti Classico, not very far from
the boundary line between the ancient Republics of Siena and Florence, about 1 km far from
Gaiole in Chianti.
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- In the beginning the castle belonged to the Benedettini Monks of the Coltibuono Abbey
and the name "Meleto in Chianti" is mentioned for the first time in 1269 in the
precious "Libro degli Estimi" of the Florentine Guelphs as a property of the
Rainerii de Ricasoli family.
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- Over the centuries the Ricasoli Family has enlarged and improved the structure.
Therefore today the castle keeps not only its fifteenth-century massive fortifications
with the imposing cylindrical tower built against the artillery but also the elegant grace
of the noble villa with its furnished and decorated rooms and the incomparable
eighteenth-century little theatre.
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