Gaiole in Chianti Attractions 
Like Radda, Gaiole (13km/8mi; population 3,000) is a picturesque town. The Romanesque parish church of Santa Maria e Spaltenna dates from the first half of the 12th century. Today gourmet meals can be enjoyed in the stylish surroundings of the old cloister.
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Badia a Coltibuono
This once sacred Romanesque building was secularized in the early 19th C and is today a lovely villa.
Castello di Meleto
Castello di Meleto, 4km/2.5mi south of Gaiole, was founded in the 11th century. In the 13th century the castle with its circular corner towers was turned by the Firidolfi family into one of the strongest fortresses in the Chianti League. Thereafter it withstood every siege to which it was subjected until 1498.
