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Santa Maria a Monte is a comune in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region of Tuscany. The town lies about 45 kilometres (28 miles) west of Florence and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Pisa .
Castel del Monte seen from above. Castel del Monte is situated on a small hill close to the monastery of Santa Maria del Monte, at an altitude of 540 metres (1,770 ft). [6] When the castle was built, the region was famously fertile with a plentiful supply of water and lush vegetation. [1]
The Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna is a national park in Italy. Created in 1993, it covers an area of about 368 square kilometres (142 sq mi), [ 1 ] on the two sides of the Apennine watershed between Romagna and Tuscany, and is divided between the provinces of Forlì Cesena , Arezzo and Florence.
Monte Argentario is a promontory stretching towards the Tyrrhenian Sea in correspondence of the two southernmost islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, Giglio and Giannutri. The promontory was an island in the past, but the sea currents and the Albegna river joined it with the mainland through two so-called tomboli (stretches of land), the Tombolo ...
City walls of Monteriggioni. Monteriggioni is a medieval walled town, located on a natural hillock, built by the Sienese in 1214–19 as a front line defensive fortification in their wars against Florence, [4] [5] by assuming command of the Via Cassia running through the Val d'Elsa and Val Staggia to the west.
The church of San Giorgio. San Giorgio (14th century), main parish church of the village, it was built by the Baschi and expanded in 1430. It was restored in 1980. The church contains a Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi by Sano di Pietro (15th century) and the curious Madonna della Gattaiola (Virgin Mary of the cat flap) by the local artist known only as Maestro di Montemerano (The Master ...
Monte San Savino is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany . It is located on the Essa stream in the Valdichiana . Several of its frazioni occupy higher hills, like Gargonza at 560 metres (1,840 ft) and Palazzuolo, at an elevation of 600 metres (2,000 ft).
Mare de Déu del Mont, also known as Serra del Mont, is a mountain range of the Alta Garrotxa natural region, Catalonia, Spain. It has an elevation of 1,123 metres (3,684 ft) above sea level. It has an elevation of 1,123 metres (3,684 ft) above sea level.