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Duomo square

The artistic and historical heart of Pistoia, that encloses the most emblematic buildings of the city.

The Duomo square is dominated by the bell tower which was constructed around a pre-existing Longobard tower. Anyone who climbs its 67 metres and 200 steps is rewarded with a wonderful 360-degree view of the city. The Cathedral of San Zeno is a remarkable building in the Pisan Romanesque style, dating back to 1000 A.D. it offers a wonderful vantage point of the Piazza. Just next to the Cathedral, stands the Antico Palazzo…

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House-museum Sigfrido Bartolini

Family residence, but first of all home and workshop for the various activities of the artist.

The House-museum of the painter Sigfrido Bartolini (1932-2007) houses plaster casts of Venus de Milo and Cyrene, the Friezes of the Parthenon, a collection of amphorae from all of Italy’s regions, 309 black-and-white and colour woodcuts of the Tale of Pinocchio. The Quadreria, which adorns the walls of the house, is essentially a novel journey through the artist’s works. However, it also offers works by such masters as Sironi, De Chirico,…

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Palazzo Buontalenti

The headquarters of Fondazione Pistoia Musei dedicated to temporary exhibitions. In Palazzo Buontalenti.

This palace has been set up as the headquarters of the Fondazione Pistoia Musei, dedicated to temporary exhibitions with a special focus on modern and contemporary art. Palazzo Buontalenti (formerly Palazzo Sozzifanti) is an interesting example of late-sixteenth century Florentine architecture. It occupies an important portion of the Canto de’ Rossi site at the edge of the first circle of city walls. It is imposing in terms of size, but…

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Palazzo de’ Rossi

The home of the Fondazione Pistoia Musei, dedicated to 20th-century art in Pistoia.

As a result of the 2018 refurbishment of the ground-floor exhibition rooms, Palazzo de’ Rossi is a model for learning about the various artistic generations that succeeded each other in the last century. The Palazzo is the outcome of a series of construction procedures, most of which took place in the second half of the eighteenth century, that were intended to testify to the ancient lineage of the family, which…

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Fernando Melani house-studio

The house-studio can be considered an excellent text for the study of contemporary art.

The House-studio of Fernando Melani (1907- 1985) is a special place for understanding this Pistoia artist’s entire experience, as well as his exploratory journey through the key art movements in the second half of the 20th century, from Arte Povera to Conceptual and Minimal Art. A large number of artworks occupy the ceilings, walls and floors of the different spaces, in line with the layout that Melani had given them…

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Palazzo Fabroni Museum of 20th-century and contemporary art

The Museum exhibits the Municipality of Pistoia’s permanent collection of modern and contemporary art and houses temporary exhibitions.

The Palazzo Fabroni Museum of 20th-Century and Contemporary Art exhibits the Municipality of Pistoia’s permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, spanning the art scene from the 1920s to the present day. It houses temporary exhibitions. The museum has been organized chronologically and into homogeneous groups of works, passing through Arte Povera, Conceptual Art, Minimal Art, and Visual Poetry with a complete renewal of language and materials. It begins with…

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Porrettana Railway

For more than 150 years the Porrettana Railway track has been an integral part of the Pistoia Mountains

The first railway line to cross the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine ridge and connect Pistoia to Bologna, this great feat of engineering – with 47 tunnels and 35 bridges and viaducts – was designed by the Frenchman Jean Louis Protche. Officially inaugurated by Vittorio Emanuele II on 2 November 1864, the Central Italy Railway quickly became one of the most important railway junctions in Italy, with up to 80 trains a day passing…

Astronomical Observatory of the Pistoia Mountains

The constellations, the Moon, the planets, the stars, and, by day, the Sun are the most admired celestial objects by visitors.

Due to its highly advanced, technological instruments, the Astronomical Observatory of the Pistoia Mountains has been able to discover many new asteroids and meteors. It is the home of the GAMP - Gruppo Astrofili Montagna Pistoiese, a group of amateur astronomers. Visitors can scrutinize the stars thanks to two 5-metre-wide domes, which rotate at 360°, and to two 40 and 60 centimetres wide telescopes. Opening Hours From September 1st to June…

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San Marcello Piteglio

Black Lake

This mountain lake, dating back to the ice age, is surrounded by majestic Apennine elevations, just shy of 2000 metres high.

The Black Lake stands at 1730 metres above sea level, in the Pistoia Mountains between the Alps of the Tre Potenze and the 'Monte Gomito'. Of ice age origins, it takes its name from its dark waters that flow into the Sestaione stream. You can reach it via footpaths, which are suitable for expert and non-expert walkers, starting off from the Valle del Sestaione, from the Val di Luce or…

Abetone Cutigliano

Cathedral of San Zeno

The Cathedral houses the silver altar, one of the most prominent works of Italian and European Gothic goldsmithery, and a relic of Saint James.

The Saint Zeno Cathedral is one of the buildings which embellish the Piazza del Duomo. The first time we hear about its existence is in 923 A.D. Its present-day aspect is the result of various modifications that have taken place over the years during the 12th, 14th, and 15th centuries. At the end of the 16th century, its gallery was modified to become what we can see today. Inside the…

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City Museum of Antique Art

The Civic Museum can be found inside the Town Hall, the Palazzo Giano, known also as the Palazzo degli Anziani.

The town hall is the 14thcentury Palazzo degli Anziani and home to the City Museum of Antique Art, the city’s first and largest museum. Pistoia’s entire history of art from the 13th to the 20th century is represented here, organized in chronological order with groupings of the Florentine and Pistoia schools. Among the prominent works are the Altarpiece of St. Francis by Coppo di Marcovaldo (13th century), the Lamentation of…

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Rospigliosi Museum e Diocesan Museum

From the sumptuous furnishings of the papal apartment, set up for Clement IX, to the sacred artworks from the churches of the Diocesi.

The Clemente Rospigliosi Museum is located on the main floor of the residence of this illustrious Pistoia family. Giulio Rospigliosi, Pope Clement IX (1667-1669) belonged to a branch of this family. The museum preserves practically intact the sumptuous 17th-century decor of the papal apartment, set up to properly host Clement IX when he passed through the city. Especially extraordinary is the 16th- and 17th-century picture gallery, including twenty-five works by…

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Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi

Housed in the historical bishop’s seat, the museums display a substantial part of the city of Pistoia’s art. One of the Fondazione Pistoia Musei’s centerpieces, this palace is dedicated to ancient and modern art.

The Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi, located in Piazza del Duomo in Pistoia, was first documented in 1091. Initially built as a fortified residence, in the 12th century it began to look more like a stately home. Among its many features, the building houses the sacristy of San Jacopo, built between 1163 and 1170, where Vanni Fucci committed the theft described by Dante in Canto 24 of Inferno. By the 16th…

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Museum of the Spedale del Ceppo

A specific section is dedicated to the Della Robbia Frieze in polychrome glazed terracotta, set on the external loggia

The Museum of the Spedale del Ceppo is located in the historical-monumental part of the former hospital complex founded in 1277, according to tradition. The museum tour illustrates the historical, architectural, and artistic events surrounding the building, with a specific section dedicated to the Della Robbia Frieze in polychrome glazed terracotta, set on the external loggia - a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture. In the former men’s ward of San Jacopo,…

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Cammino di San Jacopo

Main attractions: Firenze, Etruscan archaeological site of Quinto, Castle of Calenzano, Prato, Natural reserve of Monteferrato, Rocca di Montemurlo, Villa di Celle, Pistoia, Serravalle Pistoiese, Thermal baths of Montecatini, Castle of Buggiano, Uzzano, Pescia, Via della Fiaba, Collodi, Lucca, Monte Pisano, Pisa, Basilica di San Pietro a Grado, Livorno.

Along the 170 kilometres of the Cammino di San Jacopo (as Saint James is called in Italian), visitors will discover many of the wonderful art cities of Northern Tuscany while dipping into the distant past and the glorious events that shaped the culture of this region. The Way is rooted in the history of an ancient Roman road built over two thousand years ago – the Via  Cassia–Clodia – that connected Rome and Florence…

Montale, Pistoia, Serravalle Pistoiese

The Forest of Teso

It stands to the north of Pistoia and to the south of the border with the Province of Bologna in the Pistoia Mountains.

The Forest of Teso extends over more than 2000 hectares of land, and ranges from an altitude of 795 metres to 1732 metres above sea level, from Pracchia to San Marcello Pistoiese with its centre at Maresca and Orsigna, from the River Reno to the River Verdiana. It lies to the north of Pistoia and to the south of the border with the Province of Bologna in the Pistoia Mountains.…

San Marcello Piteglio