Monte San Savino

 

Charming Tuscan hill town

Street scene in Monte San Savino

Nestled in the hill

Monte San Savino is a small hill town in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany. Monte San Savino was one of the first urban settlements in Tuscany. It originated around 1100, but a further century had to pass before Monte San Savino could be considered a center of a certain social, political and cultural importance of Tuscany in those times. But it is no longer now.

There once was a thriving Jewish community for over 2 centuries. This small town was also the birthplace of Salamone Florentino, the first Jewish poet to have place in Italian literature in the 15th century.