The family crest

Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta · San Gimignano · fifteenth century

An identity rooted in the fifteenth century

 
THE FAMILY CREST

A HISTORIC EMBLEM ROOTED
IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY

The identity of the estate is distinguished by the ancient Cetti family crest, an icon mirrored in the frescoes of the Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta in San Gimignano — commissioned in the 15th century by Giuliano di Martino Cetti from Domenico Ghirlandaio.

This symbol, uniting family lineage with the soil of San Gimignano, serves as a hallmark of quality for our exports worldwide.

 

 

Ghirlandaio was one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, a master of a Florentine workshop that trained, among others, the young Michelangelo. Having one’s family coat of arms immortalized by such a hand was no ordinary event: it bears witness to the weight and deep roots of the Cetti family within the social and cultural fabric of San Gimignano already in the fifteenth century.

That ancient symbol still today lies at the heart of the company’s visual identity — on the labels, on the letterhead, in the hospitality of the agriturismo. A thread that has run through six centuries without breaking.

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