{"id":11696,"date":"2019-07-29T12:01:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T10:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/?post_type=event&#038;p=11696"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:27:50","slug":"guided-visit-to-the-sillana-fortress","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/events\/guided-visit-to-the-sillana-fortress\/","title":{"rendered":"Guided Tours to the Sillana Fortress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-927456625\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-768 \" id=\"em-event-927456625\" data-view-id=\"927456625\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding:0px\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding:0px 15px 0px\">\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t<strong>Data \/ Ora<\/strong>: 31\/07\/2026 - 30\/08\/2026 - <i>16:00 - 21:00<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\r\n\t<strong>Luogo<\/strong><br \/>\r\n\tSan Dalmazio\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t<strong>Categorie<\/strong>\r\n\t\t<ul class=\"event-categories\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/events\/categories\/guided-tour\/\">guided tour<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/events\/categories\/public\/\">public<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/events\/categories\/special-opening\/\">special opening<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding:0px\">\r\n<br style=\"clear:both\" \/>\r\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_20700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20700\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pomarance-Rocca-Sillana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pomarance-Rocca-Sillana-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pomarance-Rocca-Sillana-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pomarance-Rocca-Sillana-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pomarance-Rocca-Sillana-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pomarance-Rocca-Sillana-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pomarance-Rocca-Sillana-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Pomarance-Rocca-Sillana.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pomarance | Rocca Sillana<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rocca Sillana<\/strong> stands isolated on an impassable rise surrounded by dense woodland. According to tradition, its name derives from that of the Roman general Silla who besieged Volterra in 80 BC.\u00a0In reality, it is rather recent, being known until the mid-18th century as the castle or fortress of Sillano, a term first mentioned in a document dated 945.\u00a0Instead, it is very likely that the term Sillano is a transformation of Silvanus &#8216;woody&#8217;, as this was an area very rich in woods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summer opening times:<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday \u2013 Saturday \u2013 Sunday. Access is by guided tour only. Tours depart from the Rocca\u2019s entrance gate at: 4 pm \u2013 5 pm \u2013 6 pm \u2013 7 pm. No booking required.<br \/>\nAdmission: full price \u20ac5; concessions \u20ac4 (over 65s \/ 6\u201312 years).<\/p>\n<p>The Rocca can be reached on foot via an 800-metre path starting from the car park. From the Rocca, there are views over the nearby gorge of the Pavone stream and across a large part of Tuscany.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Night guided tours in July and August SUSPENDED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>31\/07\/2026 &#8211; 30\/08\/2026 @ 16:00 &#8211; 21:00 &#8211; Rocca Sillana stands isolated on an impassable rise surrounded by dense woodland. According to tradition, its name derives from that of the Roman general Silla who besieged Volterra in 80 BC.\u00a0In reality, it is rather recent, being known until the mid-18th century as the castle or fortress of Sillano, a term first mentioned in a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":20691,"template":"","event-tags":[1018,3774,3786,1439,3080,3606],"event-categories":[1064,931,975],"tipo-attrazione":[1457],"filter-who":[1453,1455,1454,1452],"filter-time":[1449],"class_list":["post-11696","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-tags-pomarance-en","event-tags-pomarance-en-2","event-tags-sillana-fortress","event-tags-toscana-en","event-tags-toscana-en-2","event-tags-visita-guidata-en","event-categories-guided-tour","event-categories-public","event-categories-special-opening","tipo-attrazione-attrazione-cultura-en","filter-who-couple","filter-who-family","filter-who-adults","filter-who-single","filter-time-1-2-day"],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":[{"locale":"it_IT","id":11613,"post_title":"Visite guidate alla Rocca Sillana","href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/visite-alla-rocca-sillana\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/11696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-tags?post=11696"},{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=11696"},{"taxonomy":"tipo-attrazione","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-attrazione?post=11696"},{"taxonomy":"filter-who","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/filter-who?post=11696"},{"taxonomy":"filter-time","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/filter-time?post=11696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}