Guided tours to Temple of Minerva Medica | Montefoscoli, Palaia

For the 200th anniversary of its construction, the Temple of Minerva Medica in Montefoscoli (near Palaia) reopens its doors to the public with various events.

It starts on 6 May at 8.30 p.m. with an Indian dance show, continues on Saturday 13 with a concert, then on 29 with a historically themed musical show dedicated to Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri and other Pisan scientists. Beginning at 9 p.m.

A tribute to Minerva
The Temple of Minerva is a building in a grove of holm oaks just outside the village of Montefoscoli. It was built between 1821 and 1823 by Andrea Vaccà Berlinghieri, a physician and luminary at the University of Pisa, who wanted to dedicate a monument to his father Francesco, also a physician, celebrating his profession with a dedication to the goddess of medicine Minerva.