Montepulciano has very ancient roots. Its origins date back to the times of the ancient Etruscans and legend has it that the town was founded by Lars Porsenna, Chiusi’s Etruscan lucumone. The first actual date of its birth goes back to a written document dated 715 AD, in which the town is known as Mons Politianus.

The little village was disputed for a long time between the cities of Florence and Siena for its strategic position with which it was possible to dominate the neighbouring Valdichiana and Val D'Orcia. From the fifteenth century onwards, Montepulciano was a place of great artistic and cultural participation, house of the great poet Poliziano but also of famous architects such as Baldassarre Peruzzi and Jacopo Barozzi.