Points of interest

The Parish Church of San Pietro a Pitiana (Donnini), in Romanesque style with a 16th-century portico, houses paintings by Ridolfo Del Ghirlandaio (16th century) and offers a wonderful panoramic view...

Among the green mountains of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, isolated on a ridge, lies the Gamogna Hermitage, founded in 1053 by Saint Pier Damiani. The hermitage was dedicated to Saint Barnaba and...

The church of San Michele a Volognano preserves a very lovely Madonna and Child that is attributed to Lorenzo di Bicci, of the end of the 14th century and formerly part of a triptych that was...

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...

The origin of the Medici bridge, which connects the historic village of Pontassieve with the hamlet of San Francesco di Pelago, dates back to the half of the XVI century, when Cosimo I de’ Medici...

One place in Impruneta testifies more than others the traditional working of terracotta and is the Agresti Furnace. Its importance derives not only from the historical value of the building complex...

La Quiete villa (the Quietness) named after the fresco called “La Quiete che domina i venti” painted by Giovanni from San Giovanni in 1632. Former owners were the Orlandini family, then Villa La...

The refectory of the former convent of the Tertiary Franciscans of Foligno is decorated with a 15th-century fresco of the Last Supper with the Agony in the Garden in the background; rediscovered in...

Frescoed with the Last Supper by Domenico Ghirlandaio in 1488, the refectory in the convent of Ognissanti still has the original lavabos and portal, and an early 15th-century Annunciation. The...

Piazza Mino, in Fiesole, is the heart of this hilltop town. It is home to Fiesole's main public and religious buildings, such as the Town Hall, the small church of Santa Maria Primerana, the Cathedral...