Opening of the museums in Santa Maria a Monte

The Museums Network in Santa Maria a Monte is open to the public in Summertime with the following timetables:

Museum House of the poet Giosuè Carducci
From Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Civic Museum “Beata Giuntini”
Tuesday and Thursday 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m

Archeological Site of the Fortress
Tuesday and Thursday 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m

The Clock Tower
The Tower can be visited only by reservation, by contacting the number +39 333 3495168

Santa Maria a Monte was the birthplace Galileo Galilei’s father Vincenzo, a composer and lute player. The family of the poet Giosuè Carducci lived in Santa Maria, where his father was a rural doctor. The municipality has a very unusual urban structure. The old city centre is one of the most interesting examples of a medieval Tuscan village, with a spiral shape that quite faithfully reflects the three circles of walls that surrounded the castle in ancient times.