Montaione overlooks one of the most atmospheric panoramas of Tuscany and is half way between the Valleys of the Egola and Elsa rivers on a 350-metre hill.

Several archaeological sites bear witness to the fact that Etruscan and Roman colonies were found in the area. Of interest are the remains in the Muraccio locality of the Roman Cistern, presumably from the 2nd century AD, measuring 27 metres by 3 metres and divided into three rectangular pools. It is not far from the residential area connected to the Medici villa of Sant’Antonio. There are also traces of the Paleo-Christian age in the church of San Biagio, with a well-preserved crypt, 500 metres from the village.

Civic Museum of Montaione Montaione sightseeing
Address: Via Cresci 15 Montaione.
The recently inaugurated Civic Museum, displays archaeological finds, mineral and fossils recovered in the territory of Montaione, as well as an interesting collection of prehistoric stone objects.

Originating from the area of Santo Stefano, to the north of Montaione, are a large number of archaeological finds, including a two-raced mash in red jasper confirming the human frequentation of this are in the lower Palaeolithic period (about 100.000 year ago).

Donated to the Montaione Town Concil in 1981 by Valeria Morelli Gualterotti, they originate from various settlements in Libya, in particular from the Sahara area of Fezzan (south western Libya) and from the coasts of Cyrene and Tripoli, and include an Egyptian wooden mask datable within the fourth dynasty (3 rd millennium b.C.)

At the entrance to the Museum we find the remains of a whale, discovered in 1980 in Castelfalfi of the type donned as 'Balaena Montalionis' and dating to approximately three and half millions years ago.

The bronze pendulum pendant of Sardinian production, dating to a period between the ninth and eighth century b.C., confirm the existence of important contact between inland Etruria and the coast, where materials of Nuraghic production are known. Hellenistic settlements in the area of Santo Stefano are confirmed by a considerable quantity of black-paint ceramics.