Restaurant La Ducareccia

Where now rises the Restaurant La Ducareccia and the Hotel Il Piccolo Castello, in the centuries from 1200 to 1500 stayed the encampments of the soldiers who garrisoned the crossing of the roads that the Castle of Monteriggioni dominated.
Between the people still circulates the legend of the "Ducareccia", a feminine figure living in the encampment who protected the salvation of the soldiers with her magical limbs through rituals and amulets.
The Ducareccia dispensed spring water (now a fountain) and checked its purity, she took care of the gardens with the medical grass and one of her task was to supervise to the food estimating the quality. Many of the ancient recipes of our Restaurant, picked from the local tradition, derive from her experience and preserve the authenticity search. People that divide with us food and rest discover the good magic of the Ducareccia and ,such as in an ancient ritual, feel more protected in the new battles of today.