{"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":"2026-05-14T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:46:08","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-8f761849 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_1.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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of great artistic interest is the <strong>baptistery<\/strong>, made of mottled pink marble. It consists of a rectangular column surmounted by a semi-column, adorned with an <strong>astragal with acanthus leaves,<\/strong>an elegant and refined sculptural detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among stone alleys and horizons that embrace the sea, Sassa narrates centuries of history with the intact charm of a timeless village.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1055,"template":"","class_list":["post-1032","territory","type-territory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minetuscany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/territory\/1032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minetuscany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/territory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minetuscany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/territory"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minetuscany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minetuscany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}