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Figline ValdarnoLet yourself be rocked by the natural beauty of Figline Valdarno: enchanting village that lies at the foot of Mount Chianti, close to Florence. This charming town, situated at 126 metres above the sea level, boasts the important presence of precious fossils dated at the Pleistocene Era. During the stone age, the area of Valdarno was already populated, as displayed in the extremely rich collection of tools and flints found nearby Soffena, San Giovenale, Cascia and Cancelli. Anyway the Figline Valdarno's history starts around the year 1008: there is a document that attests the existence of the stronghold of “Fegghine”, belonging to the rich feudal family of Uberti. One hundred years later, some locals founded the “forum” of Figline: a commercial outpost overworking the closeness of river Arno, where people suddenly built houses and warehouses. After the destruction of Fiesole, at the hand of Florence, Figline increased more and more its strategical and economical importance. The town drew up with the pro-imperial Ghibellines, during the long contest among free Tuscan communes, and for that reason it was burned to the ground by the Florentines, in 1250. Between 1353 and 1375, Figline got fortified and became the ideal hideout for refugees coming from the ancient feudal castles barricaded and pulled down by Florence. In 1800, Napoleon founded the Kingdom of Etruria in Tuscany and chose Figline as seat of “Accademia Valdarnese del Poggio”: a real temple of naturalism collecting and exhibiting many fossil's collections found in the area of Valdarno. In that period the village was even frequented by Georges Cuvier, one of the founders of paleontology. The fossils have been later moved to Montevarchi, whose museum is still preserving them. Figline Valdarno is a small village and nonetheless offers an appreciable range of lovely tourist attractions, like:
Events in Figline Valdarno
Other towns in the area: Arezzo, Asciano, Badia a Ruoti, Badia Agnano, Bagni di Lucca, Barberino Val d'Elsa, Bucine, Campo nell'Elba, Camucia di Cortona, Carrara, Casciana Terme, Casole d'Elsa, Castelfiorentino, Castellina in Chianti, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Castiglion Fiorentino, Castiglioncello, Certaldo, Cetona, Chianciano Terme, Chiusi, Civitella della Chiana, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Cortona, Empoli, Fabbrica di Peccioli, Florence, Foiano della Chiana, Forte dei Marmi, Gaiole in Chianti, Gambassi Terme, Ghizzano, Grassina, Greve in Chianti, Grosseto, Iesa Palazzo, Impruneta, Lamporecchio, Laterina , Livorno, Loro Ciuffenna, Lucca, Lucignano, Marciano della Chiana, Marina di Grosseto, Empoli, Masotti, Massa, Moggiona, Molazzana, Monsummano Terme, Montaione, Montalcino, Monte San Savino, Montecatini-Terme, Montefollonico, Montelopio, Montepulciano, Monterchi, Monteriggioni, Montevarchi, Montisi, Nievole, Panzano in Chianti, Pian di Sco', Pienza, Pietrasanta, Pieve Fosciana, Pisa, Pistoia, Pitigliano, Poggibonsi, Pontassieve, Poppi, Porciano di Lamporecchio, Porciano di Stia, Pozzo della Chiana, Prato, Radda in Chianti, Radicofani, Rapolano Terme, Reggello, Rignano sull'Arno, Rigomagno, Riparbella, Rosignano Solvay, San Baronto, San Casciano dei Bagni, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, San Gimignano, San Giuliano Terme, San Miniato, San Quirico d'Orcia, Sarteano, Saturnia, Scandicci, Segromigno in Monte, Seravezza, Serre di Rapolano, Sieci, Siena, Sinalunga, Sorano, Staggia Senese, Subbiano, Tirrenia, Torre del Lago Puccini, Torrita di Siena, Trequanda, Vagliagli, Viareggio, Vinci, Volterra |
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