The Celle Castle is a fortified centre directly built on rock, in the middle of the ridge which from the Montescalari Abbey reaches Ponte agli Stolli. The first piece of information about it dates...
It is the smallest hamlet of the Municipality of Pontassieve and the farthest away from the main town. The origin of the name Acone is not certain, but according to some it would date back to the name...
Ponte alle Grazie was the third bridge to be built after Ponte Vecchio and Ponte alla Carraia. Its first name was "Ponte Rubaconte" after the Podestà at the time of its first construction (1237). The...
This villa was bought by the Medici family in the XVI Century and was later transformed during the Baroque period. It became residence of the grand dukes after the Pitti Palace.
A book collection belonged to the Sansoni family, who lived in the current Town Hall from 1880 to 1943. The 903 works in 1345 volumes of the collection, mainly from the 1800s, belonged to the private...
Along the regional road which crosses Figline, you can see the Casa del Combattente (Home of the Fighter),a building of the 1930s, made under the direction of the Sienese architect Ezio Cerpi...
Marsilio Ficino square in Figline Valdarno, a trading post since its origins, is to this day the location of the market taking place here every Tuesday morning. The square, named after Marsilio Ficino...
Located in the Castle of San Donato in Poggio is the museum named after Emilio Ferrari, an enthusiastic collector who gathered together various tools and instruments illustrating rural production...
Artworks and other treasures belonging to the Church of Sant’Andrea di San Donnino are housed in the 14th-century loggia and in several rooms of the priest’s house adjacent to the church. Originally...
The original bridge was the second one built over the Arno after Ponte Vecchio, hence the name 'new bridge'. It was also known as the "ponte alle Carra": the work was erected at the behest of the...
