The Oak Grove chain
The road is still lined with a thick hedge of bushes, on which some tower some oaks (downy oak, quercus pubescens). These, in the...
The Bigallo Vegetable Garden
A big stone wall of limestone partially covered by ivy surrounds the Bigallo vegetable garden. A place that hosts numerous olive trees, fruit trees,...
Paterno and the Church of Santo Stefano
The name Paterno, very popular in Tuscany, dates back to the Middle Ages and even to Roman times; it comes from the Latin 'Paternus'...
Casa la Croce or Palazzaccio
On the left side, half-hidden by a green hedge, is a beautiful building of medieval origin used as a farmhouse in the past and...
Oratory of Beato Gherardo
The Oratory of Beato Gherardo takes the name from Gherardo Mecatti, a man of humble origins with a troubled life yet full of adventures.
Born in...
Church of Santa Maria a Quarto
The Church of Santa Maria a Quarto owes its name to the fact of being built on the fourth Roman mile of the ancient...
The caserma dei Carabinieri (the police station)
Via I° Maggio touches the back of the police station.
The building was built as a People's House in the first half of the...
Villa Medicea di Lappeggi
The history of Villa Medicea di Lappeggi is closely intertwined with the figure of Cardinal Francesco Maria, the younger brother of the Grand Duke...
Villa Il Riposo
Villa Il Riposo is a fifteenth century residence built by Bernardo Vecchietti, a Florentine patron and collector, on an existing mansion. Bernardo, not only took...
Villa la Torre
On the right we find the vast complex comprising the ancient Peruzzi villa which some old inhabitants still call "The Figna", the surname of...
