The town of Montepulciano has a past linked in part all’essersi found at the intersection of two roads of regional importance (from Chiusi to Arezzo from south to north, from the Val d’Orcia and the Val di Chiana and Lake Trasimeno from east to west) and in part to its strategic location on the border of the area of influence of various potentates low medieval citizens (Orvieto, Perugia, Siena, Florence)