That “Crucifix of the Light”, an object of faith and legends...
In the middle of the Pian di Ripoli fields is a quadrangular building covered by a rounded tile scale dome. This is the Oratory...
Jacopo Soldani and the “Tirsi”, poetry, heresy and the ‘bella vita’...
About the various owners who have succeeded over time have arisen some legends which, however, bear some truth. It seems that Bartolomea Nasi was...
That ‘Casina’ (little house) in Fonte Santa the crossroads of the...
On 15 September 1935 the Mountain Refuge (Rifugio Montano) di Fonte Santa was inaugurated at an altitude of 580 meters with a great concourse...
The centuries-old secret of the Sasso Scritto (written stone). That’s what...
That which is known as the Sasso Scritto lies along the via Maremmana at the Poggio Firenze and, watching it attentively, provokes disturbing mysteries.
On...
The tabernacle of Annigoni a San Martino and that time Churchill…
The tabernacle dell'Ugolino is located along the Via Chiantigiana, not far from Grassina, on the corner of the road leading to the ancient church...
Vespasiano da Bisticci, the refuge on the hills of Antella and...
From far away you see on the green olive tree slope of the Belmonte hill only one white building with elegant windows in stone...
Once upon a time there was a windmill. In San Donato
- What are you talking about? Windmills on the hills around Florence? So far from the sea?
- Sure! Simply go to San Donato in...
The Bigallo Hospital, serving pilgrims for over eight centuries
"Along the ancient, steep stretch of Via Aretina, just before reaching the Apparita farmhouse is a grand and austere building."
It is the ancient Spedale...
The Palazzaccio: guarding the road of transhumance for over 8 centuries
Along the Via Maremmana which crosses the Bagno a Ripoli area, on the wooded slope of Poggio Florence, are the evocative remains of an...
That gigantic holm oak that safeguards Villa di Belmonte for more...
On the crest of the hill that divides Grassina from Antella begins the park of Villa di Belmonte. At the panoramic viewpoint overlooking Florence,...
