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- He gave us some tips to enjoy a full day in Empoli: Start the day with an energy boost: have a bombolone&cappuccino in an historic pastry shop in the city centre (from the station you can reach it on foot in 10 minutes). Then visit the birthplace of Jacopo Carrucci (the famous painter Pontormo) in Pontorme.
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He gave us some tips to enjoy a full day in Empoli: Start the day with an energy boost: have a bombolone&cappuccino in an historic pastry shop in the city centre (from the station you can reach it on foot in 10 minutes). Then visit the birthplace of Jacopo Carrucci (the famous painter Pontormo) in Pontorme.
- Chiesa Di Santo Stefano
- Piazza Farinata degli Uberti
- Museo Civico Di Paleontologia
- Collegiata Di Sant’Andrea
- Museo Della Collegiata Di Sant’Andrea
- Muve Museo Del Vetro Di Empoli
- Piazza Della Vittoria
Arriving in Empoli by train. one of the first monuments to be encountered is the Church of Santo Stefano degli Agostiniani. Built between the 14th and 15th centuries, the church contains some interesting works including the frescoes by Masolino da Panicale and a painting by Bicci di Lorenzo, San Nicola da Tolentino, which protects Empoli from the p...
Piazza Farinata degli Uberti is the heart of the historic center of Empoli. In this beautiful square surrounded by arcades, we find some of the most important buildings in the city such as the Palazzo Ghibellino and above all the Collegiata di Sant’Andrea. In the center of the square, the nineteenth-century Fontana delle Naiadishows off, designed b...
Housed within the historic Palazzo Ghibellino, the Civic Museum of Paleontologydocuments over two billion years of Earth’s history through a short but interesting journey divided into five thematic rooms. The topics range from the birth and formation of the Solar System to the appearance of man on the Planet. In addition to the exhibition area, the...
The beautiful Collegiata di Sant’Andrea is a real jewel of Florentine-Romanesque architecture. Documented since the fifth century, the parish church of San Martino has a central role in the history of the foundation of the city of Empoli; in fact it is just around this church that, starting in 1119, the castrum Impoli, which is at the origin of tod...
The Museo della Collegiata di Sant’Andreais located a stone’s throw from the Collegiate, in a small square adjacent to the main one. The museum boasts a highly respected collection, one of the largest in the entire area. Organized on two floors, for a total of 9 rooms, the collegiate museum houses paintings, sculptures and ceramics created between ...
From one museum to another, we move on to the MUVE Museo del Vetro di Empoli. Housed in the ancient salt warehouse, this museum focuses on the production and processing of glass in Empoli. This manufacturing activity has been documented since the fifteenth century and had a role of primary economic importance for the city until most of the twentiet...
The last stop of ours in Empoli is in Piazza della Vittoria. Here we find the Casa Museo di Ferruccio Busoni, famous composer and pianist, and the seventeenth-century Santuario della Madonna del Pozzo which houses an important fifteenth-century fresco Madonna with Child and four saints.
In the province of Florence but historically independent, Empoli is one of the main municipalities of the Florentine Valdelsa, and is an interesting place to visit.
Empoli travel guide. Understated and certainly under-visited, Empoli offers a proper glimpse into small-town Tuscany. The centre’s prosperous streets are flat and narrow; everyone who’s anyone strolls out for the evening passeggiata, or just sits in Piazza della Vittoria slurping an ice cream.
The birthplace of Pontormo and the tradition of master glassmakers. Empoli is the most contemporary center among those in Valdelsa, and while it is perfect as a base for exploring the territory of which it is the most significant center, it also knows how to surprise the visitor with some historical and artistic gems, for some perhaps ...
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Empoli is a town in Tuscany, in the plain of the River Arno Valley, north of Arno and west from the river Elsa. While often overlooked by tourists, there is an interesting medieval central square and old town to explore here. Explore Empoli
