Category: History, Art and Culture

Sammezzano Castle

  Ferdinando Panciatichi Ximenes of Aragon, though unjustly little known, was a man of vast culture, protagonist of the cultural, social and political life of Florence, in particular in the period from 1850 to...

San Giustino Parish Church

The Church of San Giustino (Ar) is not visible from the Setteponti road, it is infact hidden from homes,so you need to make a slight detour as indicated by the cartel. Its appearance does not...

Buriano Roman Bridge

You must stop to admire this beautiful Romanesque bridge with its seven arches over the most important river in Tuscany. The bridge was constructed in 1277, and  it seems that the building was founded on the pillars of a...

Palazzo d’Arnolfo

History According to the Florentine historian Giorgio Vasari, the project of the Palace Arnolfo can be attributed the famous architect Arnolfo di Cambio. He would have planned the structure of the city, giving it...

Le Balze del Valdarno

The spectacle of the crags in the water path Zolfina A Castelfranco di Sopra  (Ar) is a loop trail ,  already  marked by the CAI and called ” water Zolfina ” where you can see...