Bianca, Francesco and that love story at the beginning of the...
In the historical procession of the Bagno a Ripoli Palio amongst nobles, halberds, musicians, archers, knights and ladies stands the figure of the Bianca...
Della Robbia and the mystery of the first furnace “hidden” in...
After working as a sculptor with Ghiberti and Donatello, Luca della Robbia abandoned the chisel and mallet to commit himself to the land creating...
The Oratorio di Santa Caterina, a treasure trove of rare beauty
Lost in the pleasant countryside between Ponte a Ema and Bagno a Ripoli, on the right bank of the Rimezzano gully, is the Oratorio...
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...
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,...
Quarate, amongst the secrets of the tower and a character honored...
Quarate is a village surrounded by extensive olive groves, probably of Roman origin. It gave name, around the year 1000 A.D., to the powerful...
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...
The Case San Romolo and those miraculous apparitions…
Case San Romolo (San Romolo Houses) is still a small conglomerate lost in the woods near Villamagna, but in the nineteenth century it was...
There was once upon a time “the little window”: how precious...
A large coat of arms of the Venturi in polychrome ceramic with the inscription Belmonte 1847 stands out on the facade of a building...
The Cànova of wine (and others): in San Donato in Collina...
The term Cànova, now completely disappeared, would signify "the shop where they would sell retail wine, oil and other essentials". The Canabae were shacks...
