The first mention of the Pieve di San Giovanni Battista a Remole, located in the heart of the village of Sieci, dates back to the year 935. Between the 12th and 13th century, in the place of the old [...]
Porta Filicaia, originally known as the "Porta a Sieve", was renamed around the 16th century when it was rented to the Da Filicaia family. This gate represented the access to the south of the ancient [...]
“Porta Fiorentina” represented the westward access of the ancient Castel Sant'Angelo built in 1357 by the Florentine Republic. It is one of the gates that still retains the original structure, despite [...]
Porta Aretina (also known as the Clock Tower) is the only one of the three gates of the historical center that has maintained much of the original structure of the 13th-century fortification. It [...]
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 [...]
The Park, named to the artist and musician Fabrizio De Andrè, is located along the Arno River in the southern part of Pontassieve, in a safe place, away from traffic and houses, which allows you to [...]
The "Sala delle Eroine", inside the Town Hall of Pontassieve, houses the cycle of frescoes by Ferdinando Folchi, a Florentine painter of the 1800s. He was entrusted by the Sansoni Trombetta family to [...]
The Palazzo Sansoni-Trombetta, now home to the Town Hall of Pontassieve, is a building built in the mid-18th century. Once the center of economic, religious, political and social life under the [...]
Initially destined by the Sansoni Trombetta family as a coach house and later used as a chapel of worship following the acquisition by the parish of the right wing of the Palazzo Comunale, the [...]
The perfect map and guide to discover the city and its surroundings with the little ones. You can find the whole Firenze for Families kit for free at the tourist info points in the city. The kit [...]
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 [...]
The Antique Scagliola Collection of Bianco Bianchi originated with the priceless private collection of over 150 artistic creations and works, recovered in fifty years of activity by Bianco Bianchi [...]
Passionate about travelling, photographer Eugenio Geo Bruschi has visited more than 130 countries and has donated his collection of photographs and works of art to the Municipality of Pontassieve. The [...]
