Toscana · September
Tuscany events in September
4 events in September across 229 communes (10 provinces).
Aug 29 – Sep 13·Cortona
Cortona Antiques ExhibitionCortona Antiquaria
Italy's oldest antiques exhibition runs for two weeks at the end of August and into early September. Around eighty curated dealers fill Palazzo Casali — high-end furniture paintings sculpture religious silver — while a wider street market spills through the centro storico. Non-shopping visitors come for the building access alone.
Sep·Pitigliano· verify before attending
Memories of Little JerusalemMemorie di Pitigliano
Each September Pitigliano commemorates its centuries-old Jewish community with concerts kosher dinners in the old ghetto guided tours of the synagogue and the underground bakery mikveh and dyeworks carved into the tufa rock. The town earned the nickname Piccola Gerusalemme — Little Jerusalem — for sheltering Jewish refugees over centuries.
Sep·Pienza· verify before attending
Cheese Fair of PienzaFiera del Cacio
On the first Sunday of September Pienza closes its small Renaissance piazza for the Palio del Cacio Fuso — the rolling-cheese contest that gives the fair its name. Local pecorino producers bring fresh aged truffled and ash-rinsed wheels; the cheese-rolling itself is a balance of skill and luck on the cobbles. Piazza Pio II hosts long communal tables and a Sunday market that doubles as a tasting course in Tuscan cheese.
Sep·Greve in Chianti· verify before attending
Chianti Classico Wine FairRassegna del Chianti Classico
Every September the second weekend Greve's triangular piazza fills with around 70 Chianti Classico producers pouring under canopies. A single tasting glass with lanyard buys access to all stalls; small plates of crostini cinghiale and pici come from the surrounding restaurants. The scale is small enough to actually meet the winemakers — many pour themselves.