Foiano is located in Valdichiana, an area full of hills and the distinctive flavours of its typical dishes. With the reddish colours of its terracotta buildings, the town is a small, deeply historic gem, drenched in Etruscan and Roman history. Foiano was even illustrated by Giorgio Vasari when he depicted the Battle of Scannagallo, fought in 1554 between the French-Sienese troops and the Spanish-Medicean army, in a fresco inside the Hall of the 500 at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.