Category: History, Art and Culture

It is one of the oldest churches in the Diocese of Fiesole;The original church was built near the Castle of Cintoia, exactly in the place called Old Footer, in the twelfth century and then It...

Mugnana Castle is one of tourist’s favorite starting point for excursions in the hills and surrounding valley, the Sezzate River valley, along which there are visible remains of the ancient Roman road that connected...

The origins of Rietine are not quite sure ,but the discovery of a tomb would indicate it as an Etruscan settlement (3rd century BC.).  The village of Rietine was once owned by the Ricasoli...

The Coltibuono church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, according to a legend, was founded by Jeremy of the Firidolfi family. It existed since the 10th century and had always been linked to the Firidolfi family....

The origins of the castle should date back to just after the year 1000,in fact in 1167 the Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) took it off from the control of Guarnellotto of Mezzolombardi to assign it to...

The castle, was a bastion fortified,it was destroyed several times and several times was rebuilt. it was partly destroyed by the army of Charles V around 1530 and since then his skeleton rises from...

Built around the year one thousand, the Castle of Mugnana is situated within the estates of the Bardi of Vernio.In the fourteenth century the Parish church of Mugnana was renovated in a Romanesque style, but underwent further renovations in the seventeenth...

 This church, born as a parish, located in the main square of impruneta,was first mention in an old document, most precisely, an offer of goods written in the Badia Fiorentina on May 11, 1032. On the facade there...

Sant’Eufrosino, originally from Cappadocia, it was one of the evangelist of the Chianti region, so that in the Chianti area were built two places in his name, one is the present and the other is...

Monteriggioni is a medieval walled town, located on a natural hillock, built by the Sienese in 1214–19 as a front line in their wars against Florence. During the conflicts between Siena and Florence in...