The Province of Florence is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy, with an area of 3,514 sq. km and 44 municipatilies.
Much of the province lies in the plain of the Arno river and has thus become an exurban sprawl around the city of Florence The northeastern part of the province, in the Apennines, has escaped this fate and remains unspoiled.
The city or comune of Florence is the capital both of the Province and the Region of Tuscany; particular places of beauty or interest in the province include Barberino Val d`Elsa, Fiesole, Greve in Chianti and Tavarnelle Val di Pesa.
Chianti - Famous the world over for its excellent wine, the Chianti landscape is characterised by a continuous alternation of valleys and gentle hills cloaked in vines and olives but also of harsh peaks covered in woods of oaks, cypresses and pines. The entire area is scattered with ancient hamlets, churches and abbeys, turreted castles and fortresses, farmhouses and tuscany villas . It is an architectural landscape made up of simple and warm materials such as limestone, ... Chianti
Chianti Florentine - The first place we come to following the
Florence-Siena motorway, or the Via Cassia (SS no, 2, which only partially corresponds to the ancient Roman route) is San Casciano Val
di Pesa, now an attractive market and agricultural town. It originally grew up in this hilltop position close to the ancient parish church of
Santa Cecilia a Decimo, already recorded in a document of 1043.
The town still preserves traces of its ring of walls and a keep constructed by the Florentines ... Chianti Florentine
Chianti at the gates of Siena - From Sant`Appiano we can reach the next Chianti site, Castellina in Chianti by heading towards Poggibonsi and taking the S.S. 429 state road, exceptionally panoramic in this stretch. A short detour brings us to the ancient parish church of Sant`Agnese, skilfully renovated after being partially destroyed by cannon fire during the last war. Castellina in Chianti is set in a splendid hilltop position between the valleys of the Arbia, the Elsa ... Chianti at the gates of Siena
Mugello - The territory of Mugello is made up of a broad valley to the north of Florence bordered by the Apennine mountain range to the north, by the Calvana mountains to the west and by the group of Monte Morello-Monte Giovi to the south. In this fine greejn valley, partly traversed by the river Sieve, scattered with wooded hills and with the added attraction of the new Bilancino lake, are the towns ofjVaglia, San Piero a Sieve, Borgo San Lorenzo, Vicchio, Scarperia and Barberino di Mugello Asqending ... Mugello
The mountain of Florence - The territory of the mountain community of the Montagna Fiorentina takes in the municipalities of Dicomano, Londa, Pelago, Pontassieve, Reggello, Rufina and San Godenzo. It extends along the valleys of the Sieve and Comano rivers, the latter being a tributary of the former, which proceed in a diagonal direction from north to south, linking up southwards with the Pratomagno massif, overlooking the upper valley of the Arno. The main state roads of the area are the SS 67 ... The mountain of Florence
Valdarno - The territory of the Upper Valdarno extends between the provinces of Arezzo and Florence It comprises, to the south, on the left bank of the river, the municipalities of Pergine Valdarno Bucine, Montevarchi, Cavriglia and San Giovanni Valdarno in the province [of Arezzo, and Figline Valdarno Incisa in Val d`Arno and Rignano sull`Arno in the province of Florence; on the right bank it takes in the municipalities of Laterina, Castigliori Fibocchi, Terranuova Bracciolini i Loro Ciuffenna .. Valdarno
Empolese Valdelsa - This is a central area of Tuscany located to the south-west of Florence with which it enjoys good connections both by rail (Florence-Pisa or Florence-Siena lines) and by road via two fast highways (the Fiorence-Pisa-Livorno and the Florence-Siena). The Empoli Valdeisa area is currently made up of a district comprising eleven municipajlities, six of them in the zone of Empoli ( Capraia e Limite, Cerreto Guidi, Empoii, Fucecchio, Montelupo fiorentino and Vinci) and five in the Valdelsa .. Empolese Valdelsa
Wine in Tuscany - List Web-Sites of production and sale of Wines in Tuscany ... Wine in Tuscany
