by eleonora | Jan 30, 2024
Castello di Oliveto One of the most beautiful castles in Tuscany Il Castello di Oliveto is a manor built in 1424 at the behest of the noble Pucci family of Florence, designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, the famous architect who created the dome of the Florentine...
by eleonora | Jan 30, 2024
Canonica di San Giovanni, Varna A church of late Romanesque design with a single nave. A few kilometres from Gambassi, in the locality of Varna, is the Rectory of San Giovanni. Documents testify to its existence as early as 1230 when it was among the places damaged by...
by eleonora | Jan 30, 2024
Chiesa di Santa Cristina An early 20th century neo-Gothic chapel Along the Volterrana road toward Castagno, a small neo-Gothic chapel stands on a small hillock crowned by a circle of large cypress trees. It is a small brick building, rectangular in plan, twelve by six...
by eleonora | Jan 30, 2024
Chiesa di Sant’Ottaviano in collina What does the mysterious inscription on its façade tell us? Chiesa di Sant’Ottaviano in collina is another recently restored little treasure. It stands on the first burial place of Octavian, who arrived in Italy in the 6th...
by eleonora | Jan 29, 2024
Chiesa di San Pietro, Badia a Cerreto A country church that for centuries has preserved one of the masterpieces of the Florentine Renaissance The former Camaldolese abbey of San Pietro is located along the road from Gambassi Terme to Certaldo. Historical sources...
