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…
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Vicopisano | Parish Church of Santa Maria
Set just outside the old village, the parish church of Santa Maria is a well-preserved example of the Pisan-Romanesque style:…
Vicopisano | The Brunelleschi Fortress
The Fortress of Vicopisano: Brunelleschi’s project After the conquest of Vicopisano in 1406 under Florence, the Medici commissioned the famous…
Vicopisano | Pretorio Palace and Gaols
Palazzo Pretorio is one of the most representative buildings of medieval civil architecture along the Tuscan coast. The oldest part…
Vicopisano and the Medieval tower houses
Vicopisano lies on a hill at the eastern foot of the Pisan Mountains, on the border between Pisa and Lucca,.…
Santa Maria a Monte | Astronomic Observatory
The observatory, run by the Isaac Newton Association, has an environmental laboratory and a large garden equipped for astronomy with…
Santa Maria a Monte | Civic Museum
The museum is next to the Archaeological Area. On the ground floor, the room dedicated to the patron saint, the…
Santa Maria a Monte | Carducci House Museum
The Carducci House Museum is hosted in the house in which the poet’s family lived when Michele, father of the…
Santa Maria a Monte | Fortress and tunnels
The area della Rocca (Fortress) constitutes the original nucleus of the medieval village of Santa Maria a Monte. The presence…
Santa Luce | The Alabaster Eco-museum
Santa Luce is home to one of the three centres of the Alabaster Eco-museum, which also involves Castellina Marittima and…
San Miniato | The “Via Angelica”
On Piazza del Popolo, to the left of the Church of San Domenico, a small wrought iron door transports the…
San Miniato | The Museum of the Writing
The collection of the Museum of the Writing reconstructs, with original finds and reproductions from national archaeological museums, the stages…