{"id":3008,"date":"2018-06-07T09:36:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/territorio\/crespina-lorenzana\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T10:48:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T09:48:49","slug":"crespina-lorenzana","status":"publish","type":"territorio","link":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/territory\/crespina-lorenzana\/","title":{"rendered":"Crespina Lorenzana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The first document certifying the existence of <strong>Crespina<\/strong> dates back to 983. In 1115, the town passed under the control of Lucca; it was later occupied by Pisa. In 1431, after a bloody insurrection of the population, Florence dismantled the castle and elected Crespina as a Podesteria under the vicariate of Lari.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Macchiaioli<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Although there is no trace of the castle, it is still possible to admire some beautiful manor <strong>villas<\/strong> from the 18th and 19th centuries, inhabited at that time by <em>Giovanni Fattori<\/em>, <em>Luigi Gioli<\/em> and <em>Giorgio Kienerk<\/em>, leading exponents of<strong> the Macchiaioli art movement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among these are Villa Belvedere, in a panoramic position with oratory, English garden and lemon house; Villa Corsini Valdisonzi, which has two different facades and a beautiful park around it; Villa Il Poggio (a former exhibition site); and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/attrazione\/carlo-pepi-collection-in-crespina\/\">Villa-museo Carlo Pepi<\/a>, the only one currently open to visitors.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lorenzana<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Lorenzana<\/strong> was also part of the Republic of Pisa, until 1406 when it came under Florence. Then, in 1722 it became, together with Crespina, a grand-ducal fief at the behest of Cosimo III de\u2019 Medici. It has no particular historical and artistic attractions other than the 13th-century <strong>Church of Saints Bartholomew and Christopher,<\/strong> monumental in appearance and rebuilt in 1850 following the violent earthquake that hit the Pisan Hills. Crespina and Lorenzana later merged into a single municipality in 2014.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The wine production<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The area of <strong>Crespina Lorenzana<\/strong> has an ancient tradition of excellent wine production, already testified in the Camaldolese Annals. Moreover, <strong>Cenaia<\/strong> is one of the most important viticultural nurseries in Tuscany thanks to the cultivation of vine cuttings for the production of grapes and fine wines.<\/p>\n<p>The surrounding area is characterized by vineyards and woods rich in <strong>spontaneous herbs<\/strong>. Last but not least, the nature trails allow for easy and pleasant walks and mountain bike excursions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29181,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3008","territorio","type-territorio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":[{"locale":"it_IT","id":883,"post_title":"Crespina Lorenzana","href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/crespina-lorenzana\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/territorio\/3008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/territorio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/territorio"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}