Points of interest

Set up to preserve local historic roots and with a clear educational mission, the Ethnographic Museum is divided into three sections: geo-archaeological materials uncovered during excavation of the...

The museum is located in the Abbey of San Pietro in Moscheta, founded in 1034, whose history is described in the first rooms of the museum. It charts the way the Vallombrosan monks used the resources...

The Museum of Pietra Serena – a local grey sandstone – is housed in the underground chambers of the medieval fortress, and the entrance is in the moat, which came to light during restoration work...

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...

Jacopo Carucci called "The Pontormo" (1494 - 1556) was one of the most famous mannerist painters. He was born in a three floor Medieval building where objects and works of art are on display, showing...

The Museum occupies part of the Palazzo Ghibellino, which stands on Piazza Farinata degli Uberti, the heart of Empoli city center. Palazzo Ghibellino faces the Collegiate Church of Sant'Andrea and is...

The archeological site revealed the Romanic church of S. Martino al Poggio and various materials that date back to the period between the sixth century B.C. and the first century A.D. It also revealed...

The museum, housed in an Augustinian convent of the 15th Century in the centre of Certaldo Alto, occupies the area of the cloister of Saint Jacob and Saint Philip Church and its adjacent rooms. It...

Limite sull'Arno, a river port on the river of the same name, is home to the oldest rowing club in Italy, founded in 1861, and numerous shipyards: an activity, the latter, that has its origins in the...