{"id":3166,"date":"2018-06-07T09:53:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T07:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/territorio\/montescudaio\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T14:37:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T12:37:40","slug":"montescudaio","status":"publish","type":"territorio","link":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/territory\/montescudaio\/","title":{"rendered":"Montescudaio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Montescudaio<\/strong> has been included among the most beautiful villages in Italy. Its name derives from the Latin &#8220;Mons Scutorum&#8221;, that is &#8220;Monte degli Scudi&#8221;, to testify the important strategic role that the country has played over the centuries.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ancient origins<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-20324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Immagini-interne-TDP-7.png\" alt=\"Montescudaio | il borgo | Terre di Pisa\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/>The village has ancient origins going back to the Villanovan civilization, as evidenced by archaeological finds in the area. The first document (1092) concerns the donation by <strong>Gherardo Della Gherardesca<\/strong> of the Church of Sant\u2019Andrea to the Benedictine Monastery, next to the <strong>Civic Tower<\/strong>, once the gate to the castle.<\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Pisa dominated Montescudaio and the area around for a long time, before it passed under Florence and the Marquis Ridolfi, who maintained control until the 18th century. Its medieval appearance was devastated by the earthquakes in 1846 and 1871.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Oil and wine<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Olive trees, vines, and Mediterranean scrub richly adorn these hills behind Cecina, from which you enjoy a splendid view of the sea, sipping <strong>Montescudaio DOC<\/strong> wine along with cured meats. Extra virgin olive oil, cold cuts, and <em>\u201cpane sciocco\u201d<\/em> (a type of wood oven baked bread) are the specialties of Montescudaio, which is a member of the \u201cCitt\u00e0 del Pane\u201d Association.<\/p>\n<p>Many are the excursions in the surroundings, such as that in the \u201cBosco degli Scornabecchi\u201d Nature Reserve along the Pilgrim Road or to the \u201cSteccaia\u201d. An urban trail between old civic and religious buildings lead up to the Castle and the Civic Tower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27227,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3166","territorio","type-territorio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":[{"locale":"it_IT","id":893,"post_title":"Montescudaio","href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/montescudaio\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/territorio\/3166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/territorio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/territorio"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}