Tag: Cosimo I de’ Medici
Florence: The Duomo
Florence: Palazzo Medici Riccardi
Florence: Santa Trinita
Florence: Ognissanti
Florence: San Miniato al Monte
Tuscany: Pontassieve
The pleasant town of Pontassieve owes its existence to Florence. In the middle of the fourteenth century, the Signoria of Florence (i.e. the city government) decided to build a castle at this strategic location, where the river Sieve joins the river Arno. Construction of the castle commenced after a government…