From the church of San Romolo a Settimo, that rises up on the highest elevation of the Lastra a Signa area, you can enjoy a sweeping view from the Apennines to Florence, down to the Sienese hills. It...
The Monterifrassine wind mill rises on a ridge that is the intersection of several hills. Built in the first half of the 19th century, it was rebuilt in 2000 and brought back to function thanks to the...
The Spedale was born in a place of transit such as Lastra a Signa, serving as hospitality for pilgrims and wayfarers, walking along the Via Pisana. It was built between 1416 and 1421 by the Consoli...
Along the south-west section of the old defensive wall of Lastra a Signa, stands the Portone di Baccio, the defensive structure and town gate along the road running from north to south inside the...
In the centre of Lastra a Signa, near the tabernacle of the same name, on via dell'Arione, stands the Palazzo del Podestà, ancient seat of the political power of Lastra. On the facade of the two...
It is said that the villa was used as a stopping-off place for Bishops on their way from Florence to Fiesole, hence the name, which translates literally as "bishops' rest". In 1926 the villa became...
The Ghirlandaio Chapel is located inside the private structure Dimora Ghirlandaio, named like this after a long restoration carried out between 2012 and 2018, to celebrate and remember the famous...
The archaeological area of Castelluccio occupies a small hill in the relief overlooking the Valdarno area of Rignano. Given its proven nature as a sealed stratigraphic deposit, the presence of...
Contemporary art in the heart of Florentine Chianti that offers ideas and reflections in harmony and in antagonism with the beauty of the nature and of the landscape. 21 artists show their works.
Devoted to the village’s most illustrious child, the painter Andrea del Castagno, the museum takes visitors on an imaginary journey through the 15th-century master’s artistic career by means of...
