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People have settled in the area of Colle Val d'Elsa since the earliest Eneolithic settlements, dating to the 4th millennium BC, and throughout the Etruscan and the later Roman settlements, but it became a full-scale town at the height of the medieval period, before becoming one of the key sites in the history of the free comuni (boroughs), in the struggles between the Guelfi and the Ghibellini, eventually becoming established later on as an important industrial centre.
It is a long and complex history, which it is not possible to cover in a short summary, and in many ways it resembles not so much a historical account as a fairy tale.
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HISTORY
A brief journey through the history of Colle di Val d'Elsa, up to the present
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FAMOUS FIGURES
Court dignitaries, painters, architects, sculptors and talented men of every description
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HOW TO GET HERE
From cars to hot-air balloons, all the information you need on how to get here
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"The world is a like book, and anyone who does not travel only knows one page of it."
Aurelio Agostino d'Ippona, Saint(354-430)
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