For a tiny town, Monticchiello has an interesting history including one event from World War II.

On April 6, 1944, the Prefect of Siena, during the Fascist Republic,
dispatched 450 available men to Monticchiello
to confront a small group of partisans camped around the town.

The Fascists were forced to retreat, but revenge was on their mind.
The next morning at dawn, a German division reached Monticchiello
with orders to find and shoot all the inhabitants.

Soldiers broke into the houses, rounded up the people
and lined them all up against the wall outside the town gate for execution.

Thanks to the intervention from the German wife of one of Monticchiello's landowners,
and the help of a priest, Don Marino Torriti, the execution was averted.

This subtile four foot monument now commemorates the event, which is on the wall intended for their executions.

Monticchiello, Tuscany, Italy