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Amedeo Bassi Festival
The Amedeo Bassi Festival, dedicated to the famous Montespertoli tenor who sang in the most important theaters around the world at the beginning of the twentieth century, represents an important opportunity to promote classical music.
Mercagas – Farmer’s market
Mercagas is a farmer’s market where food from the short chain is sold. It takes place every Saturday, from 8am to 1pm, in Piazza del Popolo in Montespertoli. Local handicraft stands and know-how workshops for adults and children are often also available.
Museum of Vine and Wine
The Center for the Culture of Wine I Lecci di Montespertoli in the province of Florence is much more than a museum. It is a structure immersed in the gentle reliefs of the Tuscan hills, among vineyards and olive groves, where you have the opportunity to discover up close and through the story of expert hands the entire production cycle of the vine, from the ground to the cellar.
Sonnino Castle
The Sonnino Castle in Montespertoli is a place rich in history and at the same time a perfectly preserved agricultural / wine company, overlooking the hills of Chianti Fiorentino, only 20. Km. From Florence, on the road to San Gimignano and Volterra.
Landscape Museum ‘Via di Castiglioni’
This is a guided itinerary in the landscape of the lower Val di Pesa, which winds for two kilometers along the ridge road between Castiglioni and Montegufoni – from the chapel of the villa to the small column that commemorates the partisan who fell during the Second World War.
Amedeo Bassi Museum
The museum dedicated to Amedeo Bassi (Montespertoli, 1872-1949) and set up in the heart of the historic center of Montespertoli, collects the tenor’s memorabilia that in recent decades have been donated to the Municipality by the heirs and the many enthusiasts.
Awake on the farmyards
Poppiano Castle
The farm on the hills around the castle of Poppiano was for centuries the center of agricultural activity of the Guicciardinis who, although involved in the public life of Florence, always looked after their possessions in the countryside.
Sacred Art Museum
Located just outside the old town of Montespertoli and housed in the rectory of the historic Pieve di San Piero in Mercato, the museum exhibits works of art, sculptures, furnishings and jewellery of various ages, coming from the local churches.