{"id":3282,"date":"2023-03-15T14:14:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T13:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gargonza.it\/?page_id=3282"},"modified":"2023-10-16T09:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T07:23:48","slug":"the-village","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gargonza.it\/en\/the-village\/","title":{"rendered":"The village"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3282\" class=\"elementor elementor-3282 elementor-1160\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15ae2b6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"15ae2b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96034ac\" data-id=\"96034ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4139041 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4139041\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 17-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE CASTLE VILLAGE<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d870a9 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d870a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historic residence in Tuscany<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a412d2b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a412d2b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbe3392\" data-id=\"cbe3392\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-440ee96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"440ee96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT US<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f0a5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f0a5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Small Tuscan village<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ca71b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ca71b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 17-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>GARGONZA, located in the heart of Tuscan hills, is a thirteen-century fortified medieval village reminescent of the toy forts that children enjoy building on the floor, spending hours moving around the tower or the well, enclosing houses inside a thick wall which no enemy can break through\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>From Psychanalyse de la maison- Olivier Marc<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4845b90 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"4845b90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/gargonza.it\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/Video-borgo.mp4&quot;,&quot;background_video_start&quot;:0,&quot;background_video_end&quot;:0,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted elementor-html5-video\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75fc958\" data-id=\"75fc958\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90c42a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"90c42a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Surroundings of Gargonza<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb524de elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bb524de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE GEMS OF TUSCANY<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecc2c95 elementor-align-right animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-button\" data-id=\"ecc2c95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"raven-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-widget-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"raven-button raven-button-widget-normal-effect-none raven-button-text-align-left raven-button-link elementor-animation-none\" 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data-id=\"77dbdf9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a831f07\" data-id=\"a831f07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-105df6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"105df6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f06a0cf elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f06a0cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the thirteen century<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db12cf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db12cf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom the 1300\u2019s Castello di Gargonza was a fortified village in the hands of the \u201cGhibellini\u201d and from 1444 it became for 300 years an agricultural community dedicated to the forest and \u201cgoverned\u201d by sage civic status. Then at the end of 1700 it became a farm.\n\n<em>\u201cSentito Dante la ruina sua, subito parti\u0300 da Roma, dove era imbasciadore, e camminando con gran celerita\u0300 ne venne a Siena; quivi intesa chiaramente la sua calamita\u0300, non vedendo alcun riparo, delibero\u0300 accozzarsi con gli altri usciti: e il primo accozzamento fu in una congregazione delli usciti, la quale si fe\u2019 a Gargonsa, dove, trattate molte cose, finalmente fermaro la sedia loro ad Arezzo, e quivi ferono campo grosso, e crearono loro capitano generale il conte Alessandro Da Romena, ferono dodici consiglieri, del numero de\u2019 quali fu , e di speranza in speranza stettero per infino all\u2019anno 1304.\u201d <\/em>\n\n(Leonardo Bruni \u201cLa vita di Dante Alighieri\u201d)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87b1f1e\" data-id=\"87b1f1e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c9ca81 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5c9ca81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bar2\">\n\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n.bar2 {\n  background-image: url(\"https:\/\/gargonza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Gargonza-NL-5859.jpg\");\n  background-repeat: no-repeat; \n  background-size: auto 90vh;\n  width: 0;\n  height: 90vh;\n  transition: width 2s;\n  \n}\n\n.bar2.open2 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n\n@keyframes open2 {\n  0% {\n    width: 0;\n  }\n  100% {\n    width: var(--img-width);\n  }\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n<script>\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n\n    function isScrolledIntoView(elem) {\n    var $window = $(window),\n        docViewTop = $window.scrollTop(),\n        docViewBottom = docViewTop + $window.height(),\n        elemTop = $(elem).offset().top,\n        elemBottom = elemTop + $(elem).outerHeight();\n    return ((elemBottom <= docViewBottom) && (elemTop>= docViewTop));\n}\n\n$(window).on(\"scroll\", function() {\n\n    \/\/ Example 2\n    $('.bar2').each(function() {\n        if (isScrolledIntoView(this)) {\n            $(this).addClass('open2');\n        }\n    });\n\n});\n\n});\n\n<\/script>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ffc460 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ffc460\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4b6a9c\" data-id=\"c4b6a9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4116133 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4116133\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 17-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/gargonza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Gargonza-NL-5903-1024x769.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1284\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gargonza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Gargonza-NL-5903-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gargonza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Gargonza-NL-5903-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gargonza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Gargonza-NL-5903-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gargonza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Gargonza-NL-5903.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f8be9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f8be9a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-805d124\" data-id=\"805d124\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d833b85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d833b85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1150\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a55fc27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a55fc27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The earliest records of Gargonza as a fortified village of the Val di Chiana date back to a 1150: a quotation that mentioned a fortified castle along the road from Arezzo to Siena: which is the same castle where Dante spent as his exile. Sought after by Guelfi and Ghibellini, during the XV century the Castle of Gargonza was known as the village which dedicated itself to cultivating the woods as well as wool production.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-358f1dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"358f1dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">XVII sec.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dcdd22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dcdd22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During the XVII century, the Castle became an organized 900 hectare share cropping farm with thirty-three farms and homes for farmers and their families. The village already had, besides guestrooms, a parish, a house of canons, a school, an oil mill, stables, and four bread ovens (still functioning).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af9613d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af9613d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1970<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79f5f7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79f5f7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-5\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"p1\">After two hundred prosperous years, during the first half of the Twentieth century, the Castle was abandoned by a community who left for a better life in the city. Around 1970, Roberto Guicciardini Corsi Salviati, began the restoration process with the aim to save a village trying to preserve it\u2019s original architecture and bring back it\u2019s community. No longer a community of farmers but a community of travellers!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d436784 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"d436784\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca26fb2\" data-id=\"ca26fb2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02c9b53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02c9b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gargonza\u2019s houses<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7dae9a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7dae9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apartments and rooms<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a3ab9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a3ab9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-5\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"p1\">No wonder Gargonza\u2019s houses and apartments bear the names of its former inhabitants: Argentina, Boccio, Niccolina and those of many other special characters. Their truthful existence lives on their ancient dwellings. Enclosed inside the medieval wall, the carefully restored houses have retained the simplicity of rural life. If you experience steep wooden staircases or rooms excavated in the rock, blackened fireplaces or tiny windows looking out on the woods, remember this is our history\u2019s added value. Today, Gargonza is directly managed by Neri Guicciardini and his wife Elisa (foto). With the same passion of their parents, Elisa and Neri together with all the staff at Gargonza, will do their best to make your experience at Gargonza a superb holiday in our historic tuscany accommodation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c9b94e elementor-align-right animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-button\" data-id=\"4c9b94e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"raven-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-widget-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"raven-button raven-button-widget-normal-effect-none raven-button-text-align-left elementor-animation-none\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-button-overlay\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"raven-button-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-text-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-button-texts-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"raven-button-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDiscover our accommodations\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82a1252 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"82a1252\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-168b05f\" data-id=\"168b05f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aab5f2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aab5f2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gargonza\u2019s houses<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fee36b1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fee36b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apartments and rooms<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b92cac4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b92cac4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-5\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"p1\">No wonder Gargonza\u2019s houses and apartments bear the names of its former inhabitants: Argentina, Boccio, Niccolina and those of many other special characters. 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