The Monte Pilli Furnaces
Le Fornaci di Monte Pilli were built by Ubaldini Peruzzi in 1866 for producing mortar and concrete with raw materials from the area and...
Vignalla
Vignalla preserves the characteristics of a medieval fortress with battlements (now blinded) atop a tall and squared building; the arches of a porch can...
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...
Bencistà
The place, indicated in maps from 1774 as the 'working home of Mr Bartolini', now includes some refurbished farms and a restaurant built in...
Church of San Quirico a Ruballa
A stone staircase reaches the front of the church with a simple façade embellished with two terracotta tiles, by the sculptor Nello Bini, which...
Crociferro- Gorioli – Montecucco
On the Gorioli house passage transited, in all probability, the alternate route of the Roman Cassia Vetus also known as Cassia di Mezzo, the...
Antico Spedale del Bigallo
Along the ancient and steep stretch of Via Aretina, just before reaching the Apparita farmhouse, is a grand and austere building.
It is in this...
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...
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...
Val di Lucciole (Valley of the Fireflies)
The name Val di Lucciole refers to the small coleoptera which illuminate our fields in the cool nights of June and that, in this...
