Terzano
The resort, documented with the name of Terzano since 1066, stretches over the last sunny slopes of the poggio Crociferro and the Poggio dell'Incontro...
Villa le Corazze
Villa Le Corazze rises halfway up and dominates the valley Borro Tommasino (Torrente Rimaggio) below, with a beautiful landscape in which the Dome of...
The Parish Church of San Pietro a Ripoli
The Church of San Pietro a Ripoli was built before the year one thousand, on an ancient pilgrimage route that allowed passage to Rome,...
Croce a Varliano
The name "Croce" (Cross) originates from the ancient Oratorio della Croce (Oratory of the Cross) built, in the thirteenth century, by the Peruzzi, owners...
The Parish Church of Santa Maria
The Parish Church of Santa Maria in the Piazza dell'Antella. The building dates back to the year one thousand as confirmed by an official...
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...
Fata Morgana’s Spring
Io son quella, o lettor, fata Morgana
che giovin qui ringioveniva altrui
Qui dal Vecchietto, poiché vecchia io fui
ringiovenita colla sua fontana.
I am, oh reader, the...
Villa il Tabernacolo
La Torre del Camicia modernly called Il Tabernacolo (The Tabernacle) was originally a medieval noble house which, as shown by a plaque affixed to...
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'...
Torre di Terigi
The high tower, still intact, belonged to the Peruzzi family in the fourteenth century and, in the next century, to the Carucci.
After several...
