{"id":1032,"date":"2025-04-15T22:57:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minetuscany.com.\/?post_type=territory&#038;p=1032"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:21:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:21:43","slug":"sassa","status":"publish","type":"territory","link":"https:\/\/www.minetuscany.com\/en\/territory\/sassa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sassa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" autoplay controls loop src=\"https:\/\/www.minetuscany.com.\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Video-La-Sassa.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>Sassa, the village suspended between sky, sea and memory.<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>A charming medieval village perched on the spur of a hill, Sassa dominates the valley of the Sterza stream, facing east with an ancient and silent gaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From the top of the <strong>Poggio al Pruno<\/strong>, which towers above the town, the gaze opens onto an immense panorama: the sea can be seen, much of the Tuscan Archipelago is embraced and, at the foot of the hill, the famous <strong>cypress avenue<\/strong> which reaches from Bolgheri to San Guido, sung in Carducci's immortal verses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The earliest written records of the village date back to the <strong>1008<\/strong>, when Count Gherardo sold half of the masseria houses he owned in a place called Sassa, in the cope of San Giovanni di Casale. In <strong>1208<\/strong>, Sassa came under the rule of the Municipality of Volterra. It was perhaps at this time that the centuries-old dispute between the municipality and the bishop also ignited here, despite the fact that the castle of Sassa had been officially assigned to the Bishop of Volterra by <strong>Enrico VI<\/strong> with a diploma dated <strong>1186<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Even today, the village retains its <strong>ancient architectural structures<\/strong>, dominated by a <strong>massive keep<\/strong>, which probably formed the keep of the ancient fortress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>village church<\/strong>, enlarged at the end of the 18th century, today presents a special <strong>double apse<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The oldest part is the central body with the external apse. Inside there are two altars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The altar of the Holy Rosary<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The main altar<\/strong>, rebuilt in <strong>1963<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Of great artistic interest is the <strong>baptistery<\/strong>, made of mottled pink marble. 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