Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
Barberino Val d'Elsa is a municipality with 7790 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Florence, located in the Tuscany region.
Geography
The municipality extends over some 56 km ². It is located about 30 km south of Florence in the valley of the river Pesa. The place is also in the area of Chianti.
To the community includes the hamlets ( frazioni ) Sambuca Val di Pesa, San Donato in Poggio and Badia a Passignano.
The neighboring municipalities are Barberino Val d' Elsa, Castellina in Chianti ( SI), Certaldo, Greve in Chianti, Montespertoli and San Casciano in Val di Pesa.
History
Barberino was a Roman station, and was first mentioned as Tabernulae documented in the year 790.
Attractions
- , Also called Badia a Passignano Abbazia di San Michele Arcangelo a Passignano abbey from the 11th century
- Museo di arte sacra, Museum, among other things shows the work Trittico con la Madonna con Bambino tra i Santi Pietro e Giovanni Evangelista Ugolino di Nerio of ( triptych, 109 cm x 119 cm) and Sacra Conversazione, a Madonna with Saints, the unidentified, named after the exhibition of the work of the Master of Barberino
- Pieve di San Pietro in Bossolo, Pieve from the 10th century
- Santa Lucia al Borghetto, Church and Convent of the Franciscans in the 13th century
Rocca dei Dragoni
The Dutch royal family owns outside the town center a document emanating from the Middle Ages estate, the Rocca dei Dragoni. Queen Beatrix bought it in the 1970s as a private possession and had it renovated and modernized. She left the estate later their sons for the use. Crown Prince Willem- Alexander uses the property with his family on a regular basis during the summer holidays, but also other members of the royal family.