The fortified Tuscan village of Lucignano with its elliptical shape and concentric roads is a charming place to visit. You can’t really see the shape when you are on the ground, so here is a map we found in the information centre.
We found a park just outside the walls an entered the town through one of the arched portals.
Like most Tuscan towns the streets are lined with interesting stone buildings, churches and piazzas.
There are pretty gardens and sleepy cats.
We were there just a day before their annual Maggiolata ( May festival) was to take place and the town was decorated and buzzing, waiting for the action to happen. The population of around 3,500 people swells enormously to see the flower filled floats. They take months and thousands of geraniums to create.
We clearly need to return next year to see the fun. Here a a couple of photos from the town’s website…it really is a lovely little town, and quite close to Siena, Cortona and other great place to visit.
