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Barberino Val d'Elsa is a frazione of Barberino Tavarnelle which was until December 2018 a sovereign comune (municipality). Barberino Val d'Elsa is located above the valley from which it takes its name. The centre of town is still ringed by its original fortifications.
Barberino Tavarnelle is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Florence. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Statue of Pope Urban VIII sculpted by Bernini and his students between 1635 and 1640, and on display at the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome. A consequence of these military and artistic endeavours was a massive increase in papal debt. Urban VIII inherited a debt of 16 million scudi, and by 1635 had increased it to 28 million.
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa is a village (Italian: frazione) in Barberino Tavarnelle in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany. Before 2019 it was a municipality (Italian: comune). It is about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Florence.
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It is part of the Chianti Hills, between the valleys of the Arbia, Pesa and Elsa rivers. The territory of Castellina in Chianti borders the following municipalities: Barberino Val d'Elsa , Castelnuovo Berardenga , Greve in Chianti , Monteriggioni , Poggibonsi , Radda in Chianti , Tavarnelle Val di Pesa .
The Barberini family was originally a family of minor nobility from the Tuscan town of Barberino Val d'Elsa, who settled in Florence during the early part of the 11th century. [1] Carlo Barberini (1488–1566) and his brother Antonio Barberini (1494–1559) were successful Florentine grain, wool and textile merchants.
Barberino may refer to places in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy: Barberino di Mugello, a municipality; Barberino Tavarnelle, a municipality Barberino Val d'Elsa, a frazione of Barberino Tavarnelle