Ill Places 1 Monte Giovi | Acone Summit atop the summit | 10 2 The Hospital of the Knights ofTau | Altopascio An emergency room from the Middle Ages | 12 3 The Via Francigena | Altopascio On the pilgrimage trail | 14 4 Hostel Antico Spedale | Bagno a Ripoli For pilgrims of the third millennium | 16 5 Santa Caterina delle Ruote | Bagno a Ripoli Frescofrenzy | 18 6 The Whale Bone | Barberino di Mugello When the Mugello was underwater | 20 7 Cathedral of San Christoforo | Barga A mysterious inscription | 22 8 The Castle of Calenzano Alto | Caienzano Alto A small fortress with miniature soldiers \ 24 9 Church of the Freeway | Campi Bisenzio Service area for thefaithful | 26 10 The Hermitage of San Viano | Campocatino The most beautiful alpine pasture in Tuscany | 28 11 The Gaetano Bresci Memorial | Carrara The assassin becomes the hero | 30 12 The Mural of Francesca Rolla | Carrara Uprising on the Piazza delle Erbe | 32 13 The Sculptures ofMario Del Sarto | Carrara An open-air museum on the road to Colonnata \ 34 14 Via Carriona | Carrara The ancient versus the Zeitgeist | 36 15 _ Padule di Fucecchio | Castelmartini Italy's largest wetland | 38 16 The Alimentari Forno Giotto | Chiesa Nuova The best schiacciata | 40 1 7 The Romanesque Church | Codipontc Worshipping in the time of the Romans \ 42 1 8 Casa Villa Carlo Pepi | Crespina The Don Quixote of art | 44 http://d-nb.info/106304975X 1 9 The Former Salt Storehouse | Empoli A red house with green bottles | 46 20 Fattoria di Maiano f Fiesole The romantic park of the queen | 48 2 1 Naturalmente Lunigiana | Filattiera Cheese and sausagefrom happy cows and pigs | 50 22 Antica Farmacia Miinstermann | Florence Pioneer of homeopathy | 52 2 3 The Arno and its Valley | Florence A naked couple at the station | 54 24 Bar Marisa | Florence Ale Viola! | 56 , 25 Boutique della Pasta Fresca | Florence Just like Grandma makes | 58 2 6 The Brancacci Chapel's Secret | Florence Masaccio's hidden self-portrait | 60 2 7 Buchette del Vino | Florence Street vending in the 16th century \ 62 2 8 Canto dei Bischeri | Florence A greedy reminder | 64 29 Chiostro dello Scalzo | Florence The stillness of thefrescoes | 66 30 Church of San Leonardo in Arcetri | Florence Dante's pulpit | 68 3 1 Confraternita della Misericordia | Florence Men in black | 70 32 The Face of Michelangelo | Florence The eternal lamenter | 72 3 3 Folon's Suitcase | Florence A love letter to Florence | 74 3 4 The Fortepiano Workshop | Florence The piano doctors | 76 3 5 Fountain House of the Villa Bandini | Florence Cabinet of curiosities | 78 36 Garden of the Vivarelli Colonna | Florence Picnicking with Orpheus | 80 37 Giambologna's Devil | Florence A misleading myth | 82 3 8 Good Friday in San Miniato | Florence Hallelujah! | 84 3 9 The Head of Perseus | Florence A statue's alter ego | 86 40 The High-water Marks | Florence Reminders of thefloods | 88 41 Hotel Granduomo | Florence Rubbing shoulders with the Duomo | 90 42 II Bisonte Art Printers | Florence The power of the bison | 92 4 3 In Fabbrica Restaurant | Florence Dining under the hammer and sickle \ 94 44 The Inverted Balcony | Florence Pitfalls of bureaucracy in the times of the Medici | 96 45 Loggia del Bigallo | Florence The devilish horse | 98 46 Maharaja of Kolhapur Memorial | Florence In honor of the young Indian prince | 100 47 The Marzocco | Florence The lion with the shield of lilies | 102 48 The Medici Coat of Arms | Florence Six balls: five red and one blue | 104 49 The Military Geographic Institute | Florence Exploring the history of Italy through maps | 106 50 Mosaics of the Lastrucci Brothers | Florence Stone by stone | 108 5 1 Museum of Masonic Symbols | Florence Brothers of the apron | 110 5 2 Osservatorio Ximeniano | Florence The stars over San Lorenzo | 112 53 Piazza della Passera | Florence Where the houses of ill repute once stood | 114 5 4 Polyphemus | Florence The giant in the former Orti Oricellari | 116 5 5 The Roster Greenhouse | Florence The history of the Crystal Palace | 118 5 6 The Signs of Clet Abraham | Florence Angels and devils guiding the way | 120 57 Hie Stone of Shame | Florence Rubbernecking in the Middle Ages | 122 5 8 Hie Stork Room in La Specola | Florence A symbiosis of art and science | 124 5 9 Studio d'Arte Valkama | Florence Thefresco rescuer | 126 60 The Tabernacle on Via dei Pepi | Florence George and the dragon | 128 61 The Tower of Santa Maria Maggiore | Florence Berta's watchingyoufrom above \ 130 62 The Vasari Corridor | Florence Panoramic windows for Hitler \ 132 63 Villa Broggi-Caraceni | Florence ArtNouveau in the city of the Renaissance | 134 6 4 Villa Castello | Florence Separating the wheatfrom the chaff | 136 65 Villa Favard | Florence Titans of botany | 138 66 Villa Fontallerta | Florence The lightness of being | 140 6 7 Villoresi's Studio | Florence Perfumer to the stars | 142 6 8 Cheese Throwing | Gallicano The ancient sport of shepherds | 144 6 9 The Ferrucci Monument | Gavinana "Coward, you kill a dead man!" | 146 70 Tizzone, the Black Salami | Giustagnana The "Brunello" of sausages | 148 7 1 Castello dell'Aquila | Gragnola The knight's castle | 150 72 Fonte della Fata Morgana | Grassina Thefountain of youth | 152 7 3 Carbone, the Terra-cotta Artist | Impruneta Apprentice to "the last Etruscan" | 154 74 The Grape Harvest Festival | Impruneta Carnival in Chianti | 156 75 Villa Caruso | Lastra a Signa The love of the "greatest tenor ofall time" | 158 7 6 Ghiacciaia della Madonnina | Le Piastre An early industrialfreezer | 160 7 7 The Giant Cistern | Livorno Oldest working water tank in Europe | 162 7 8 Jhonny Paranza | Livorno Fresh, hot, and delicious | 164 79 L'Ostricaio | Livorno Eating on the wall| 166 80 The Synagogue | Livorno Alien eyes in concrete | 168 8 1 Torteria Da Gagarin | Livorno The best "five andfive" | 170 82 La Venezia | Livorno "A simple and happy life°| 172 8 3 The Boat Harbor | Marina di Pisa Sea, land, river | 174 8 4 EquiLuna Ranch | Moncigoli di Fivizzano Horse heaven with a panoramic view \ 176 85 Teatro dei Rassicurati | Montecarlo La Scala in miniature | 178 8 6 Villa Varramista | Montopoli in Val d'Arno The home of the Piaggiofamily | 180 8 7 Tiziano Terzani's Village | Orsigna Where the tree has eyes |182 8 8 Cantine Basile | Pietrasanta Wine of the sea | 184 8 9 The Labyrinthine Streets | Pisa Getting lost in Pisa | 186 90 Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri | Pisa Battleflags in the house of God | 188 9 1 Agriturismo Le Dogane | Piteglio Where the wild torrent rushes | 190 9 2 The Tower Houses | Ponticello Three-room apartmentsfrom the 14th century | 192 9 3 Santissima Annunziata | Pontremoli A temple within a church | 194 9 4 The Lock at Santa Lucia | Prato An ingenious generator for industry | 196 95 Museo delta Deportazione | Prato A museum of remembrance | 198 96 Monte Forato j Pruno di Stazzema A slap upside the head from the devil | 200 9 7 Castello di Sonnino | Quercianella From the perspective of theforeign minister | 202 9 8 The Ancient Margheri Mill | Ronta The watermill on the rushing stream | 204 99 White-Sand Beaches | Rosignano Solvay Caribbeanflair... with carbonate | 206 100 The Crazy Cart | Rufina 1,400 fiaschi" and not one fiasco | 208 101 Villa Montepaldi | San Casciano Val di Pesa The science of wine | 210 102 The Cerratelli Collection | San Giuliano Terme The tailor's old clothes | 212 103 Hie Pedestrian Suspension Bridge | San Marcello Pistoiese An adrenaline rush 130 feet in the air | 214 104 The Pig Butcher | San Pietro in Campo Pigging out in Garfagnana | 216 105 Fortezza delle Verrucole | San Romano Afishy fortress | 218 106 The Museum of Leprino | Santa Agata in Mugello From the pastor to Pinocchio | 220 107 II Fiore | Scandicci The original Bistecca alia Fiorentina | 222 108 The Hexagonal Tower | Pistoia Masterful military architecture | 224 109 Oratorio della Madonna del Vannella | Settignano A Botticelli among 30 cypresses | 226 110 The Road of the 92nd Battalion | Sommocolonia The sacrifice of John Fox | 228 111 The Prison in the Palazzo Pretorio | Vicopisano Five centuries of graffiti | 230 .