Overview
It is Tuscany's most classic image: a row of cypress trees line a street along a green hillside. This is the Viale dei Cipressi of Bolgheri, a hamlet of the village of Castagneto Carducci. Around 5 kilometres long, it connects the historic centre of the village to the Oratory of San Guido.
The street is a straight line bordered by 2,540 centuries-old cypress trees planted by Count Guido Alberto to connect San Guido to the village. The poet Giosuè Carducci, who lived here for a long time, sang of the tall, upright cypresses of Bolgheri in a poem of 1874. At that time, the cypress trees amounted to half and bordered a dirt road, which was only paved in the mid-20th century. It was Giuseppe della Gherardesca who finished the street and commemorated the poet with an obelisk at its entrance.
The road follows the ancient route of the Via Aurelia and reaches the Castle of Bolgheri a short distance from Castagneto Carducci. Trees will accompany you all the way, a constant up and down that follows the course of the hill in the heart of the Maremma, between vineyards and olive groves as far as the eye can see. A number of scenes from cinematic blockbusters such as Quo Vadis and The Gladiator were filmed here.
57022 Bolgheri I LI, Italia
