Category: History, Art and Culture

The Church is situated in the proximity of the  of the via Cassia and is mentioned as a possession of the parish of Impruneta in a bull of Pope Adrian IV, 29 November 1156. Externally it...

Originally called water tower, is an old water tower, located in the municipality of San Casciano in Val di Pesa (Firenze) in Viale San Francesco. The tower was built with a wooden structure in...

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) was secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power, and he is considered the founder of...

. The particularity of this sky observation centre is that is located within an historic building, that is the Tower Luciana ; a tower of Lombard origin and dating from the ninth century, located in the municipality...

The church of San Pancrazio Is already mentioned in notary documents dating back to the 10 and the 11th century. Inside,On the right wall of the church, we can admire a fresco of the early 16th century depicting...

The importance assumed by the castle was a direct consequence of his position.It is located on a rocky outcrop near the border between the Republic of Florence and the Republic of Siena on the southern slopes...

The Church has belonged to the Diocese of Fiesole since the 11th century and was included in the parish of San Leonino in conio. This building has always been at the center of military strifes because...

The Church is characterised by stone façade in “alberese” stones and features a single nave with a semicircular apse. The apse is decorated by the Lancet window; it is the only Romanesque church structure remained intact.  ...

The castle was built on the ancient Roman route that passed through the Valley of Cintoia and is it mentioned for the first time in 1176, in a document of the Abbey of San Cassiano...

The existence of this church is attested since 1015, in fact, there is still a plaque that recalls the consecration of the Church in 1077 by Cardinal Peter Igneus and Bishop of Fiesole. The Romanesque building,...