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Short distance tours: Badia a Passignano

Visiting Badia a Passignano, a small village in the countryside of Florence, you'll be amazed by the Badia and the castle, you'll have the feeling to be in medieval times. The small village is quite far from the main roads, over the river Pesa, only 30 km from Florence. Badia a Passignano owes its charm to the distance from the main touristic routes.
To go to Badia a Passignano from your hotel in Florence, you have to take the ring (viali di circonvallazione) follow to Siena, take the highway from Florence to Siena, exit for Tavarnelle, follow for Sambuca Val di Pesa and finally to Badia a Passignano. With normal traffic condition you can have a trip of 40 minutes from the centre of Florence. If you don't have a car or you don't want to hire one you can use a service of car rental with driver to make short distance trip from your florence hotel.

The village is on the ancient "via del Sambuco" that in the past links Florence and Siena, and was in use until XIII century. Badia a Passignano, with a tower house from the XIII century and the church of S. Biagio, is set on an ancient "guardingo" of Longobards (tower guards). The Castle, from the XI century, was one of the most powerful of the river Pesa valley.

In the Badia, in its oldiest part dated from the XI century, was an ancient school, attended by Galileo Galilei too. The Badia is a fortified monastic complex, from the XIV and XV century, with towers.
Within the refectory there is a paint of the "ultima cena" painted by Davide and Domenico del Ghirlandaio. The monastery in the late XIX century was soppressed and the structure was used as private villa, tranformed within the trends of the time in a neogothic castle. From 1986 the monks vallombrosani had re-taken possesses of the monetery that is now open on sunday afternoon with guided tour.

Tuscany offers such wonderful locations like Medieval Castles, Renaissance Villas or private and unique Italian Gardens where Wedding in Florence can organize your wedding ceremony with legal validity and a memorable reception.

 
       
           
 

 

       
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