Sesto Fiorentino between Villa Gardens, the Etruscans and Wetlands

Sesto Fiorentino can be explored through very different places: historic villas and gardens, sacred art, Etruscan tombs, ceramics collections and restored wetlands. This gives you various points of focus for planning your trip, which you can take into account when choosing your accommodation and putting together your sightseeing itinerary.

Villa Gardens, Ceramics and Sacred Art

The garden of Villa Guicciardini Corsi Salviati preserves stylistic layers and alterations spanning more than three centuries since 1500. Around the middle of the 17th century, Giovanni and Lorenzo Corsi commissioned Gherardo Silvani and Baccio del Bianco to carry out work on Villa Guicciardini Corsi Salviati and its garden. The villa and garden acquired the forms that have been preserved and restored to this day through a comprehensive redesign carried out approximately between 1708 and 1750.

Villa Gerini also combines historical depth with an extensive garden landscape. It has been documented as a suburban residence since the 14th century. The 19th-century park includes a holm-oak grove crossed by paths. Its artificial lake contains two islands; one of them has a pavilion intended to serve as a tea room.

The Chiesa di San Romolo in Colonnata preserves numerous porcelain furnishings. The Chiesa di Santa Maria e San Jacopo in Querceto contains an altar made of imitation-marble terracotta, created by the Manifattura Ginori between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Museo Ginori complements this focus with almost 10,000 porcelain and maiolica objects dating from 1737 to 1990. The Archivio della Ceramica Sestese also preserves thousands of ceramic objects, models, plaster moulds, sketches and historical photographs.

Etruscan Evidence and Historic Sites

The Tomba della Montagnola is one of the most important Etruscan tombs in central Italy. A virtual tour and visits to the exterior and interior of this tomb monument are available. The Tomba della Mula is a remarkable example of Etruscan architecture from the Orientalising period. Its lack of a central pillar is particularly notable. It was built in the middle years of the second half of the 7th century BC as the tomb monument of an exceptionally wealthy princely family.

The Pieve di San Martino and the Palazzo Pretorio provide further historical highlights. The Pieve preserves a shaped wooden cross painted by Agnolo Gaddi around 1390. During the Florentine Republic, the Palazzo Pretorio was the seat of the Podestà of Sesto.

Monte Morello and Restored Wetlands

Monte Morello covers approximately 1,700 hectares within the territory of Sesto Fiorentino and is of considerable landscape and ecological importance. The approximately 50-hectare Parco della Piana represents a different type of landscape. The protected area was established to restore a former wetland ecosystem and lies along an important migration route used by cranes, flamingos and wild geese.

The restored area of the Oasi WWF Val di Rose includes a lake basin, numerous marshes, wet meadows and habitats characterised by trees and shrubs. These areas were restored to preserve flora and fauna. A visitor trail leads through the historic core of the Oasi and through the newer, restored area.

Theatre and Getting Around Locally

The Teatro Limonaia is located in the former orangery of Villa Corsi Salviati Guicciardini. Since 2013, it has been the home of the Residenza Multipla, a theatrical residency recognised by the Tuscany Region. Sesto Fiorentino railway station is served by the Pistoia–Viareggio railway line. In addition, bus route 64 runs from Sesto Fiorentino station to its terminus. You can take these two transport points into account separately when planning your accommodation and routes.

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