In a few miles many jewels of Tuscany to be discovered: this is “Terre di Pisa”. Beyond the Leaning Tower, the Miracles’ Square and the riversides you can discover Volterra, land of Etruscans and alabaster stone, or San Miniato on the Pilgrim Road to Rome and town of the white truffle.
A golden triangle in which less famous villages and hamlets are interwoven, surprising for their genuine beauty. The “Terre di Pisa” give you true experiences and unexpected emotions in an extremely varied territory which from the seaboard touches the Arno plain and rises up to gentle rolling hills, low mountains or rough rocky gullies. A rich artistic and natural heritage, in which flavors and pleasures of good food and drink are combined in a blend of tradition and innovation.
Volterra | Museum of Sacred Art
The Museum of Sacred Art, housed in the Church of Sant’Agostino, (Piazza XX settembre) displays a splendid collection of works…
Volterra | The Roman Theatre
The Roman Theater of Volterra is one of the most beautiful and best preserved in Italy. It is in the archaeological…
Volterra | Pinacoteca Civica (Art Gallery)
The Pinacoteca Civica (Civic Art Gallery) is housed in the prestigious Palazzo Minucci Solaini.Its origins date back to 1842, when…
Volterra, Salt mine Locatelli | Saline Volterra
The salt mines of Volterra have been cultivated since the time of the Etruscans, and have always been considered an…
Volterra | The “Maschio Tower”, Medici Fortress
The imposing Fortezza Medicea, which dominates Volterra and characterises its skyline, was built in 1474, two years after the city…
Volterra | Palazzo Ricciarelli Dello Sbarba
It is a historical residence on the second floor of a 17th-century palace built by the noble Ricciarelli family, a…
Volterra | Eco-Museum of Alabaster
The Eco-Museum of alabaster is an environmental route that leads from the museum points of Castellina Marittima and Santa Luce…
Volterra | Ex Asylum, the “Lombroso” Pavillon
The museum brings together the rich material of the former Volterra mental hospital (Asylum) recovered over the years and of…
Volterra | Cathedral of Santa Maria
The Cathedral was built around 1120 on a pre-existing church dedicated to Santa Maria destroyed by a violent earthquake. The…
Volterra | Baptistry of San Giovanni
The Baptistery was built in the 13th century, although some architectural and decorative elements would date it to an earlier…
Volterra | Museum of Torture
The Museum, also known as the “Medieval Criminal Museum“, displays all the techniques and instruments of medieval torture, instruments of…
Volterra | Palazzo Viti Museum
Built at the end of the 16th century by the Volterra nobleman Attilio Incontri, it was purchased in 1850 by…
Volterra | Etruscan Acropolis and Cistern
The Acropolis was the highest part of the city and the most fortified place, where the most precious temples and…
Volterra | The Pecorino Cheese DOP
Environment, experience and tradition are the essential ingredients of this cheese produced since the eighteenth century and that in 2015…
Volterra | Toscano medieval Tower House
In the historic centre you will come across many tower-houses, the dwellings of the most important families in the Middle…
Volterra | The Camaldolese Abbey
In addition to its monuments and numerous testimonies of art and history, Volterra offers a marvellous panorama of the hilly…
Volterra | House Museum Raffaello Consortini
In front of the large lawn of the Church of San Giusto, just outside the walls of the historic centre,…
Volterra | Porta all’Arco, Etruscan Gate
The Porta all’Arco is the most famous monument of Etruscan Volterra, the only element that remains of the southern stretch…
Pomarance-Volterra | The Berignone Reserve
The Nature Reserve of Berignone covers an area of over 2000 hectares, recognized at European level as a Special Area…
Volterra | The Alabaster stone
Alabaster is a chalky rock originated from the sedimentation of large amounts of calcium sulphate in seawater. These deposits accumulated…
Volterra | Etruscan Museum “Guarnacci”
Founded in the mid-18th century thanks to a donation by the noble abbot Mario Guarnacci, it has been housed in…
Volterra | Palazzo dei Priori (the Priors Palace)
Piazza dei Priori is the centre of the medieval city, whose past splendour is witnessed by the buildings facing it,…