Lying in the heart of the province of Florence, Le Terre del Rinascimento is a tourist circuit and museum system with a wealth of well-preserved historic sites and artworks dating to the period of the Italian Renaissance.
The circuit takes in the councils of Capraia e Limite, Cerreto Guidi, Empoli, Fucecchio, Montelupo Fiorentino and Vinci. The legacy of the area’s history and artistic heyday can be seen everywhere, and there are many zones of great natural beauty.
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| Visitors to the Terre del Rinascimento will find plenty to do: there are sites associated with the Medici family at Cerreto Guidi and Fucecchio, namely the Medici villa and its collections and the Ponte Mediceo di Cappiano; paintings and sculptures dating from the 14th to 16th century at the Museo della Collegiata in Empoli; the ceramics of Montelupo Fiorentino and Capraia e Limite, part of a tradition going all the way back to the 16th century; and finally Vinci, the birthplace of one of the Renaissance’s most illustrious figures, Leonardo, whom visitors can learn more about by touring the Museo Leonardiano and various places associated with him. |
