Situated among the mountains of Chianti and the initial lines
of Greve and Pesa valleys, Greve in Chianti has become, in the
middle ages, an important business and cultural center, as
testified from the presence of numerous parishes and castles.
A perfect simbiosis between the city and the country characterized for a long time Greve in Chianti, favoring in the time of its development.
In the middle ages it developed as “mercatale” due by an intersection of roads that conducted to Florence, high Valdarno, Pesa Valley and to Chianti.
In the market of Greve, situated in the suggestive triangular plaza surrounded by porticos, the affairs of the many castles converged in the outskirtses, among which the most important were Montefioralle, Panzano and Lucolena on the opposite slope of the mountains of Chianti.
Many castles of this jurisdiction were subsequently turned into villas and farms. Five are the parishes that attest the ancient religious organization in this territory: Robbiana, Cintoia, Sillano, San Cresci and San Leolino, each of which preserve numerous testimonies of romanesque age. Contrarily, the big part of the a lot of churches checked by the communities of the zone have lost their medieval structure.