Category: History, Art and Culture

Lucardo

Lucardo is probably the oldest settlement in the town of Montespertoli. The castle of Lucardo appears also mentioned in documents dating back to the 8th, 10th and 11th centuries. The oldest document is a...

Santa Maria Church

The castle of Marcialla already existed in the 13th century: the city of Florence,that was controlling the castle, authorized in 1383 the construction of an Augustinian convent with an annexed church. From the fifteenth...

San Gimignano

San Gimignano rises on a place inhabited by the Etruscans, certainly since at least the 3rd century BC. The Hill was chosen for strategic issues, being in dominant position (324 m a.s.l.). The first...

Ponterotto Archeological Area

In Ponterotto, in the valley between the left shore of river Pesa and the hill’s slopes, were brought to light, a series of structures belonging to buildings of different chronology and function, abandoned for...

Archer’s tomb

At the time of the discovery the tomb had already been plundered by unknown, but something had escaped the looting: some precious vases and 0bjects infact, were left there. Among the precious objects were...

Acqua Bolle Source

In and around Baccaiano, in the Valley of the river Virge, lies the “Acqua Bolle source”: the term source is improper because, actually, it is a gaseous mofeta escaping in a small ditch, but the impression...

San Donato Church

  Is one of the oldest churches in the territory of Greve. Consecrated in 1072, was located on the road linking the two vallumbrusian abbeys: Passignano and Montescalari. Today it is used as a...