Category: History, Art and Culture

Capital of the municipality and formerly called Il Borgo alla Strada, to distinguish itself from Borgo alla Collina, was born as a market place of the whole Solano Valley, built near Castel San Niccolò....

The territory of the municipality of Chitignano, the least extensive, with its 15kmq. Among all those of Casentino, it reproduces in its borders the district of one of the few rural Tuscan lordships preserved...

The construction of the castle of chitignano, known as the castle of the ubertini, dates back to the X century. The manor, at the beginning of the XIII century, belonged to the Counts of...

The town of Castel Niccolò known as Castello rises on a rocky spur located on a hill formerly called Ghianzuolo, and is constituted by the Castle that gives name to the town and by...

The first residents of the area are the ancient Etruscans, whose presence is testified by the many monuments present in the area. It is established historically that in Etruscan language the word ” etruscan”...

The municipality extends on the slopes of the pratomagno towards south and on the right bank of the Arno and historically coincides with the domains of the ancient Abbey of San Gennaro at campoleone....

GpsCoordinates Museum of the Anghiari Battle Welcome to the only museum that celebrates and recounts the Battle of anghiari and the lost painting of Leonardo da Vinci, together with the history of this ancient...

The area of the reserve is home to numerous arboreal, shrub and herbaceous plant species. The rugged nature of the mountain territory, the frequent presence of outcrops rocks and steep slopes determine tree formations...

A Lombard castle was built in the 7th century, on pre-existing Roman times (presumably a farm, as can be seen from the wine cellar in Palazzo Pretorio), which was contested by the Byzantines. The...

The museum is divided into six rooms and gathers material from the archaeological excavations of Casentino to illustrate the history of the valley from the prehistoric period to the Middle Ages. Each room deals...