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  The stone of the Chianti, that stone with which castles, farmhouses, churches and important abbeys were built for a long period in the Middle Ages, is Alberese, a sandstone which is not the only stone used but one which distinguishes the building heritage of this territory.

Alberese is a rock, containing a large amount of calcite that can be easily recognized by a very fine, friable grain and a whitish colour, often

 heightened by dark streaks varying in tone that range from ivory white to iron grey. The medieval building fabric was constructed with this stone. Hence, the pointed and rounded arches of the early Romanesque churches, the resistant fortresses, attenuated by the light