Fucecchio
A TERRITORY TO BE DISCOVERED
When we talk about Fucecchio and its thousand years of history, our thoughts immediately turn to the Castle, the Florentine towers, the views of the Arno valley seen from Poggio Salamartano, the surprising atmospheres of the Padule, the woods of the Cerbaie. A territory that has been a crossroads of paths, always disputed for its strategic position in garrison of the Arno. Each of these places is part of an environmental, cultural and artistic heritage that is not found elsewhere. Come and find out.
THE PADULE AND THE ITINERARIES IN THE GREEN
A city rich in history in a landscape to be discovered. The journey into beauty begins from the basin of the Padule di Fucecchio, the largest inland freshwater swamp in peninsular Italy...Via Francigena and Romea Strata
If all roads lead to Rome, the Via Francigena is perhaps the most fascinating. Traced in the Middle Ages, approximately 1800 kilometers long - 1000 of which in Italian territory, starting from the Great St Bernard Pass, for a total of 45 stages...
The Civic and Diocesan Museum of Fucecchio
The Civic and Diocesan Museum of Fucecchio (museofucecchio.it), founded in 1969 as a museum of sacred art, was reopened in 2004 in the new headquarters of Palazzo Corsini, with the connotation of a city museum, divided into three sections: archaeological, historical-artistic and naturalistic...PALACES
The Palazzo del Podestà, or Palazzo Pretorio, is a two-storey building bordering on two sides with Piazza Vittorio Veneto...
CHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP
The Collegiate Church of Fucecchio, dedicated to San Giovanni Battista, stands in today's Piazza Vittorio Veneto...THE CORSINI PARK
The suggestive Corsini Park, with its ancient buildings, is located in the historic center of the town. The area includes the palace, the medieval towers, the park and a series of buildings joined by common areas...
THE MEDICEAN BRIDGE
We have news of a bridge near Cappiano since the early Middle Ages when the Via Francigena here crossed the Gusciana canal, an emissary of the Fucecchio Marshes...Il Palio
An ancient contest of medieval origins, a rebirth that, from 1981 onwards, has seen a continuous growth of enthusiasm and interest: the Palio delle Contrade today plays a primary role in the daily life of citizens and in the historical events of Tuscany...
THE CITY OF INDRO
“What I have become I owe to Milan but what I am, what my character is, I owe it to Fucecchio”. With these words, repeated several times, Indro Montanelli (1909-2001) expresses the deep bond with his hometown...``INDRO MONTANELLI`` MUNICIPAL LIBRARY
The Municipal Library named after the celebrated journalist Indro Montanelli from Fucecchio is located in the historic center of the town, in Piazza Vittorio Veneto...
MONTANELLI-BASSI FOUNDATION
Established by the will of Indro Montanelli in 1987, the Foundation aims to preserve, enhance and extend the patrimony of the library with which it is equipped, to promote studies and publications on the history...Nuovo Cinema Teatro Pacini
Housed in a multifunctional building in the central Piazza G. Montanelli, the New Cinema Teatro Pacini was inaugurated on October 18, 2014, almost 30 years after its closure...