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Casciano Val di Pesa is a pretty town perched on top of
a hill to the south of Florence in the direction of Siena,
was under Florentine rule from 1272; San Casciano Val di
Pesa, on the northern edge of the Chianti Classico zone,
is the first major town on the Chiantigiana route from Florence
Vittorio Veneto a Mercatale plaza Val di Pesa church of
Santa Maria
Later Arrigo VII used it for his headquarters and it was
occupied and sacked more than once. Its fortifications date
from 1343 while the city walls were built in 1355 and strengthened
in the XVi century under Cosimo I.
The Collegiata, the Compagnia del Suffragio
and the Church of the Misericordia or S. Maria del Prato
contain several important works of art.
It is also the largets town (pop.16,000)
in the area. Parts of the 14th century walls still remain,
and the town is home to an interesting church, Santa Maria
del Prato, housing works by Simone Martini, Ugolino di Neri,
Taddeo Gaddi and Fra Bartolomeo.
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