06/09/2026 @ 9:30 – 20:00 – The re-enactment, now in its sixth year, takes place on Sunday 6 September at the Bastione Stampace (Largo Marinai d’Italia), where the decisive battle between the besieged Pisans and the besieging Florentines took place on 8 September 1499. THE PROGRAM OF THE DAY 9.30 am – Setting up of the encampments. 12.00 – Laying of […]
The Lucca – Pontedera railway was supposed to be the first section of the longer line to Saline di Volterra,…
The name ‘Sardina’ is attested as far back as the 15th century: the present chapel is dedicated to Saint Stephen…
Tre Colli is a hamlet along the provincial road 56 up to the Monte Serra, near Castelmaggiore. Tre Colli, the…
Nicosia is a hamlet in the municipality of Calci near the village of Rezzano, but in reality it is not…
Montemagno is a cozy village of early medieval origin nestling amidst the olive groves of Monte Pisano, where narrow streets…
Castel Tonini is the fortification that dominates and protected the ancient village of Buti and is still the gateway to…
The ‘Francesco di Bartolo’ Theatre was founded in 1842, when a group of wealthy families joined together in an association…
27/09/2026 @ 10:00 – 19:00 – The Italian-style garden, owned by the Venerosi Pesciolini family, offers enchanting geometries and perfect symmetry of spaces, and encompasses the canons of beauty of the late Renaissance classical-inspired style. Inside is an installation by the Roman artist Immacolata Datti dedicated to “Ovid’s Metamorphoses”: eight sculptures in terracotta and wood which, through the voice of the […]
The Romanesque church of San Jacopo stands about 1 km from Vicopisano. It was built in the Longobard era and…
02/08/2026 @ 19:00 – 23:00 – In Bientina, on the weekends of July, Saturday for dinner and Sunday also for lunch, the 23rd edition of the Sagra del Totano Fritto (Fried Squid Festival) will be held with tasty fish specialities in the food stands at the Campo Sportivo di Bientina. Specialities include penne with scampi and grilled king prawns, as well […]
16/07/2023 @ 21:00 – 23:00 – On 16 July Vicopisano remembers the dramatic end of the Pisan Republic, which began with the long siege and capitulation of Vicopisano in 1406 at the end of eight and a half months of siege and bombardment, a ship transported by land and then by Lake Sesto (today the Padule di Bientina) by the Florentines […]