Greve in Chianti is an Italian municipality of 13767 inhabitants of the metropolitan city of Florence in Tuscany, located on via Chiantigiana, which connects Florence with Siena passing through the suggestive panorama of Chianti. Since the Middle Ages the history of Greve has been linked to its main square which has always exercised the function of a market. The village was a simple dependence of the castle of Montefioralle but thanks to its position, it is located at the point where the connecting roads between the Valdarno, the Val di Greve and the road that from Florence through the Chianti Hills led to the Sienese , could become the main market in the area. The square with the characteristic shape of an elongated triangle is largely surrounded by arcades and in the center is the statue of the sculptor Romeo Pazzini depicting Giovanni da Verrazzano. One of the vertices of the square is occupied by the parish church dedicated to the Holy Cross (19th century). From the historical-administrative point of view, before entering the Province of Florence, Greve was part of the vicariate of San Giovanni Valdarno, although on the border with the vicariate of Certaldo (which included the province of Chianti, currently all included in the Province of Siena).
