The project is built on a simple and powerful idea: this territory holds a layered, rare, often hidden history. Driving through it is not enough. A weekend with a weather app open is not enough. To understand Mugello, you have to walk it. You have to give it time to speak. And you have to be willing to listen, without already knowing what you expect to hear. That’s how 14 routes were created.
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On Saturday, May 23, for the twenty-fifth time, the road from Vicchio rises toward Barbiana: clinging to the slopes of Monte Giovi, about ten kilometres from the town, far from the speed of the rest of the world. A church, a small cemetery, a few scattered houses in the woods. And that school. That story.
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Over the centuries many important people have had a connection with the city. Among them Frederick II of Swabia, who lived his childhood here; Dante Alighieri, because the first copy of the Divine Comedy was printed in Foligno and St. Francis of Assisi, who frequented the city that was the scene of some fundamental episodes of his life.
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Launched as an experimental event dedicated to comics, cosplay, and pop culture, Vernio Comics has grown rapidly to become one of the most anticipated events in the area, with over 3,500 visitors in the 2025 edition
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The largest inland wetland in peninsular Italy
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A place that impresses from the very first glance, thanks to its privileged location and harmony with the surrounding landscape. From here, you can easily reach the heart of the village on foot, while the hotel also serves as an ideal starting point to explore some of the most beautiful cities in Umbria, such as Assisi and Perugia, and in Tuscany, such as Arezzo and Siena.
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Today we are talking about the project espoused by these two territories: ‘The Alps of the Apuan Sea where the sun kisses twice’.
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Campo Base is much more than just a shop but a place of meeting, exchange and passion for nature and outdoor activities. In this interview, she tells us about her story and philosophy of responsible and conscious outdoor use.
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“Joy, Harmony, Fraternity”: this will be the leitmotif of the Festival of the Paths of Francis 2025, a journey through culture, environment and spirituality that for nine years has linked communities and territories of the Upper Tiber Valley, and beyond, in the name of the Franciscan experience.
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“VIAnDANTE – Massimiliano explains – is for explorers, dreamers and the curious who follow a path so as to nourish the body, mind and soul”. We are in the centre of San Quirico d’Orcia, in the middle of the Via Francigena: “We were inspired by the itinerary of Sigeric, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who began the journey in 990 AD and during the journey noted the stages of the route thereby creating the oldest extant record of the Via Francigena”.
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Torrita, once called “Turrita”, is first mentioned in a document dated 1037 where it is listed as the property of the Benedictine Abbey of Sant’Antimo near Montalcino. As a fortified town with a surrounding wall and four towers, it later served as a military outpost for the defense of Siena’s border with neighboring Montepulciano. Later still, the town held Florentine ambitions at bay until it finally fell to the imperial forces of Charles the First in 1554 and the entire area passed into the Florentine Grand duchy.
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The Nature Reserves present in the vallys lend themselves perfectly to this purpose: “The Rognosi mountains with their ophiolites and black pine, the Alpe della Luna with its Sandstone Marl and venerable beech woods, the floodplain of the Tiber, the Alpe di Catenaia and other noteworthy areas have a series of internationally important itineraries and paths passing through them.
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The Castle has been owned since 1964 by the Matta family, who in the 1980s began in the accommodation business with six apartments inside the castle. Currently there are 16 guestrooms, including those inside the castle and the suites in the rectory. Under the walls we find an enchanting swimming pool with a panoramic view over the valley, a delight for the eyes.
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Amongst the great variety of temporal and spiritual potentates that dot the history of Italy, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III passed through here (remembered by the Edict of Fonterutoli of 998 which put an end to the territorial conflicts of the dioceses of Siena, Arezzo and Fiesole), then Pope Leo X who left Rome and stopped in Castellina to meet the freshly nominated King of France in 1515; here came the Guelph troops who came down from Florence for the Battle of Montaperti (4 September 1260) and were soundly defeated; an earthquake for the European geopolitical scenario in favour of the Empire and the Republic of Siena. We also remember how Filippo Brunelleschi passed here to remodel the fortresses of Castellina, Staggia and Rencine. We also recall, for various reasons, various famous personalities who were here for work or residence, such as Niccolò Machiavelli, Jacopo della Quercia, Lisa Gherardini and Michelangelo Buonarroti.
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