The religious building, known by the name of Sanctus Bartholomoeus de Bono-Solatio, due to its sunny location, is mentioned for the first time in 1084, but it seems to have been founded by Marquis Ugo...
The Leccio di Faltognano holm oak, located in the middle of a garden in front of the Santa Maria Church, is part of the “ monumental trees” of the Tuscan Region and of Italy. With 15 metres of height...
Not far from Fortezza da Basso, the Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Christ was built at the end of the 19th century, strongly desired by the daughter of Tsar Nicholas I. The crypt (lower...
This church, located in a raised position over the Val di Marina, dates back to the 10th century, probably built on a pre-existing building. The period of rebirth of the Parish church was in 1450...
The Etruscan tomb was accidentally discovered in 1978 and immediately the Archaeological Superintendence performed the excavation and restoration. It owes its name to the huge stele, depicting an...
Le muratine were born in the old building which already existed before 1700 in Pontassieve, when in this place the palazzo Pretorio was located and a wing of it hosted the old prison. Like the whole...
Locally known as Terza Punta, the top of Poggio Casaccia (921 meters above sea level), is one of the three peaks of Monte Morello, the mountain massif that dominates in height the landscape of the...
Valibona is located on the Calvana mountains, a range expanding from the Futa pass north to the Florentine plain, at the border between the province of Florence and the Prato one, marked by the...
The hamlet of Incisa originally developed on the hill, where today still lie the remains, almost indiscernible, of the ancient rectangular-plan Castle and of Casa Petrarca, the place where the poet...
In the ancient halls of the former Murate prison, new business ideas come nowadays to life. Here thrives a new community, united by love for innovation, by trust in the future and by a sense of...
