Buonconvento

Known as the village of terracotta, brick, and the Crete Senesi, and pilgrim stopover on the Via Francigena. The village is still enclosed by a wall built in the 14th century. THe Socini palace houses the Val d'Arbia Municipal Museum of Sacred Art, the Podestarile palace with its 14th-century civic tower, the Palazzo Comunale with its beautiful brick front, and the 18th-century palace of the Grisaldi del Taja family. Housed in the restored premises of the old 'tinaia' of Palazzo Taja is the Museo della Mezzadria Senese.