A historic village of ancient origins, located in the center of Valdelsa, near Florence, Certaldo is surrounded by rolling hills covered with vineyards and olive trees that are crossed by numerous nature trails suitable for hiking and mountain biking.
A historic village of ancient origins, located in the center of Valdelsa, near Florence, Certaldo is surrounded by rolling hills covered with vineyards and olive trees that are crossed by numerous nature trails suitable for hiking and mountain biking.
From the highest part of the town you can enjoy a wonderful view over the valley and the surrounding countryside, a truly impressive landscape.
Certaldo boasts a medieval and renaissance glorious past which is still imprinted on the defensive walls around the old town and along its main street: the proper town square on which are placed all the civil and religious buildings essential to the public life of the time.
Certaldo is a symbol of the Praetorian Palace, former residence of the city government and it is now possible to visit the prisons, the archive, the audience hall, the chapel and the private apartments.
Certaldo is home to Boccaccio, the author of the Decameron, and in his honor are held every year several events focused on reading his book. The birthplace of this man of letters has also been turned into a museum and study center where are preserved some rare illustrated editions of the Decameron.
A must see is also the former Augustinian convent of the ‘400 that houses the local Sacred Art Museum. Here you can see various paintings, sculptures and sacred vestments of past ages.
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