Between art and nature: trekking in Peccioli

On Tuesday 2 April at 9 a.m., a children’s trek (years 8+) with a GAE guide. The route starts from the Municipal Library to the contemporary art work We Rise by Lifting Others. From here, a shuttle bus will take the group near the Ortaglia Woods for a walk with plant and flower collection, to the Church of the Greenhouses where the educational workshop will take place. Each child will be able to produce a personalised diary of plants, flowers and surprises. Refreshments will be provided

Sunday 7 April at 10 a.m. a trek to the Piappina parish church with a GAE guide. The itinerary includes a stop at the Church of the Serre to listen to Mauro Covacich’s story, which is part of the artistic-literary project VOCI. The parish church of San Bartolomeo al Pino, known as the Piappina, is a delightful religious building in Peccioli, with a single hall and apse that preserves the original stone capitals. Of particular importance is the stoup, consisting of an Etruscan reworked marble cippus excavated in the upper part. It is mentioned in documents from the 10th and 11th centuries, but from the time when the church of San Verano di Peccioli, attested from the 12th century, began to acquire greater importance, its slow decline began. In the 11th century, the Pieve di San Bartolomeo al Pino controlled a territory between Peccioli and Ghizzano.