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 [...]
A raft-boat connecting the two opposite banks of the Arno river and, above all, two places separated by the river itself: Capraia e Limite and Empoli. This unusual 'barchetto' connection, which moves [...]
The metropolitan trail of the project Toscana Terra Etrusca, in total about 90 km, begins from the connection with the Via Francigena near Fucecchio and then reaches Fiesole, passing through the [...]
The Etruscan settlement of Montereggi can be dated to between the 6th century and 1st century BC but the archaeological finds prove that there were settlements since the 12th-11th century BC. In [...]
The tomb probably dates back to the 6th century BC and features an ample tambour of about 25 metres in diameter, with an entrance and a podium. On the top of the tomb is an imposing egg-shaped stone [...]
Made famous by the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, the Montalbano is a region rich in hills cultivated with vines and olive trees, enriched by the expert human hand and situated between Florence [...]
Once you get out of Florence the river Arno, in its race towards the sea, brushes the municipalities of Montelupo Fiorentino, Capraia e Limite, Empoli, Vinci, Cerreto Guidi and Fucecchio. We are in [...]
The itinerary takes its cue from the decision of the municipalities of Empoli, Capraia e Limite, Cerreto Guidi, Fucecchio, Montelupo Fiorentino and Vinci, to place a series of stumbling blocks, brass [...]
The Empolese Valdelsa and Montalbano territory offers a large series of traditional events, related to both episodes of local history and activities that have always distinguished this area and which [...]
There is a land, a few kilometres away from Florence, where nature, art and traditions have always coexisted and that, over the centuries, has given birth to illustrious personalities such as Leonardo [...]
During the last years, many museums in Italy developped specific itineraries for people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia and their carers. Musei Toscani per l’Alzheimer [...]
Example of industrial archaeology, the Pasquinucci furnace was built at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century on the site of a previous furnace. Anyway, the founders of this furnace, Antonio and [...]
