The Church of St. Nicholas

The church is of Romanic origin, although only the apse, resting on a rock, dates from this period; the bell tower and part of the church were instead subject to subsequent alterations in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. The church has a triangular tympanum...

The Church of St. Sylvester

The San Silvestro’s (St. Sylvester’s) Church has a Roman origin and traditionally it is said that in the same place, up to the beginning of the 4th Century AD, there was an old heathen temple transformed into a church during the pontificate of Pope Silvestro I (313 –...

Castelmartini

The name is derived from an ancient fortress of the XII century. In 1297 Martinus Jacobi Admannati built a “domus” and a “castrum”. Not far from here was an ancient port which linked with the canals the marshes to the Arno river, connecting in this way the Pistoia...

The Church of St. Donnino

The church of St. Donnino, in the hamlet of Castelmartini, today shows a triangular gable facade and a bell tower along the left transept. Inside, at a single nave, a painting of the first half of the eighteenth century representing St. Joseph with Saints Anthony...

The Church of St. Roch

The San Rocco’s (St. Roch’s) Church, in neo-Renaissance style, has reached its current aspect as a Latin cross after many interventions. At the back of the building, next to the apse, stands the bell tower with a square base, whose cell opens to the outside with a...