To the north of Sieci, in the municipality of Pontassieve, a beautiful valley opens up overlooking the monastery of the Madonna del Sasso. In this valley, in the 13th century, the Alighieri family...
The Empolese Valdelsa and Montalbano territory offers a large series of traditional events, related to both episodes of local history and activities that have always distinguished this area and which...
Located in a strategic position, as the bastion of what, for a long time, was the only bridge on the Arno river after the city of Florence, Signa became world famous for the manufacture of straw, in...
On the occasion of the Christmas holidays the Parish Community of Santa Brigida, under the patronage of the Municipality of Pontassieve, organises the traditional Living Nativity scene, taking place...
Fiesole still keeps many traces of its ancient past that can be discovered with a pleasant walk. One of the main cities in northern Etruria since the 4th century BC, Fiesole became a Roman colony in...
This route winds through a few places, mainly located in the Empolese Valdelsa area, that recall events and characters linked to the Supreme Poet. Let's start with the capital of the Empolese area...
Every year, on May 23rd, a celebration in memory of Fra' Girolamo Savonarola is held in Piazza Signoria. On the same day in 1498, the famous Dominican friar was hanged and burned, along with two other...
The woods around Gambassi Terme guard some evocative treasures, such as the unusually fascinating grottoes of the hermit Maurizio. The history of the Grottoes of Maurizio begins in 1918 when Maurizio...
Among the wonders provided by nature in the Gambassi Terme area, in addition to the large woodland stretches rich with Mediterranean scrub, you can find some thermal springs phenomena, a little over a...
Break down prejudice, promote mutual knowledge, overcome cultural differences using the extraordinary instrument of beauty. All this is at the basis of AMIR, an innovative project of cultural...
