When Bacchus arrived in Tuscany. Francesco Redi: poetry, science, art and wine culture in the Grand Duchy of the last Medici and in Medicean Montepulciano
Palazzo Comunale
The conference celebrates the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Francesco Redi, physician, naturalist and man of letters from Arezzo, and his dithyramb "Bacchus in Tuscany", a work that has exalted the prestige of Tuscan wines in the world. The study day brings together scholars, representatives of institutions and the wine world to explore the historical, literary and scientific value of the poem, in the context of the Medici Grand Duchy and seventeenth-century Montepulciano. The initiative is part of the Valdichiana2026 Capital of Tuscan Culture programme and is held at Palazzo Comunale, in the heart of the city of Vino Nobile.
Time: 11:59 PM Date: Friday 9 October 2026 Venue: Palazzo Comunale, Montepulciano Organised by: Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Comune di Montepulciano, with the collaboration of the Fondazione Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano and the Società Storica Poliziana.
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