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...
Tabernacles
Bagno a Ripoli is full of tabernacles located throughout the territory.
The tabernacle is a sacred aedicule which protects a sacred image or an object...
Osteria Nuova
The village lies 225 meters high on the slopes of Monte Pilli (491m) and arises from the second half of the eighteenth century on...
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...
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...
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,...
Il Poderino, Il Misciano and il Miscianone
The first building on the right, called il Poderino, belonged to the church of San Quirico. Here for nearly a century has lived the...
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...
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...
