Off the Beaten Path: Sword in the Stone and Abbey of San Galgano

<p>What&#39;s the point of living in Italy and having a podcast on traveling in Italy if we&#39;re never going to talk about Italian legends? That&#39;s right, today we&#39;re talking about the [somewhat] famous Sword in the Stone, merely 45 minutes away from Siena. Yes, it&#39;s an actual sword in the stone! And yes, we know who put it there! There&#39;s also the fairly strong theory that it influenced the story of King Arthur&#39;s Excalibur. We&#39;re also talking about the nearby Abbey of San Galgano, nearly a shell of the gothic abbey it once was, it sits now a beautiful ruin you can visit. </p><p><br></p><p>If you have any questions about your trip or if you have tips for fellow listeners, you can join our chat on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/theitalytravelpodcast">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> for free or contact us on <a href="https://www.onlyabag.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠onlyabag.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. </p><p><br></p><p>Want to support the podcast? You can join our Patreon! Check out all of our tiers—free and paid—here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/theitalytravelpodcast">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/cw/theitalytravelpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>For articles written by us about Italy, check out our website <a href="https://www.onlyabag.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠onlyabag.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you&#39;d like to support us by using affiliate links, but don&#39;t have the time to hunt them down, we have put them all in one place! Head over to <a href="www.onlyabag.com/affiliate-links">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.onlyabag.com/affiliate-links⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> and you can see all of the companies we have partnerships with and you can use them to support Only A Bag (which we deeply appreciate). </p><p><br></p><p>Thanks for listening! </p><p>xDarcy and Nathaniel</p>