The castle of San Leolino was probably built on a pre-existing fortification, perhaps Roman, and was property of the Counts Guidi fromBattifolle and Poppi until at least the 11th century. The first historical information comes to us thanks to a donation act made by...
During the millenarian history of the Via Etrusca, many people have passed through it and among them one of the greatest generals of antiquity: Hannibal Barca. It is the Second Punic War: After the winter victories of 217 BC in the Po Valley, Hannibal has Rome as his...
The ancient church of Londa was San Michele a Moscia, located along the bank of the Moscia river, in an upstream position from the current town of Londa. Its existence is attested as early as the 13th century as a parish church in the district. Today nothing remains...
The power of the Guidi Counts, who dominated these territories for long centuries, began to falter with the division into “family branches” as early as the mid-thirteenth century; in the same period, the Emperor Frederick II of Swabia died, the stupor...
