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Ceppato

Ceppato rose during the medieval period as suburb to the dependeces of the Parlascio castle, It is located over an hill on the road to Sant’Ermo.

HISTORY

It is remembered in the XII century as belonging to Casciana Terme, The most ancient nucleus is composed by some buildings are date back to XIII century and XIV century, whereas the current center of town is remembered in the period between XVII century and XVIII fraction of the community of Lari since 1927, It went to form together Collemontanino, Parlascio and Sant’Ermo the community of Casciana Terme. From 1rst Jannuary 2014 it is flow into the new community of Casciana Terme Lari .

Ceppato

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Ceppato 43.530910, 10.592600 Ceppato, Italy (Directions)

Astronomical Observatory of Tavolaia

History of the astronomical observatory

The observatory was inaugurated the 5th september 1999.

The Group has been formed in 1992, when after years of experiences osservative singly effected, it was born by the will of reunite in a single association.

The group conduct a didactic activity, they conduct an observational activity.

The didactic activity is developed in Santa Maria a Monte and neighboring hamlet, for example Peccioli, They have worked to the restoration of school.

In 2000 the Astrofili group has changed his denomination in “ASSOCIAZIONE ASTRONOMICA ISAAC NEWTON”.
The association has in management the ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF TAVOLAIA it is seated in the territory of Santa Maria a Monte.

The observatory has in equipment:

an reflector of 400 mm of diameter in in double newton and cassegrain optic configuration ( f/5 e f/20)
an sensor CCD Seti 245 NCC.

On the ground floor of the observatory are to disposition two conference rooms for the public and for the schools.

It is also active a fixed placement in the council area of Santa Maria a Monte, It mention: ASTRONOMICAL STATION ” BS-CR ” of Mauro Bachini, It is equipped with a Newton reflector of 250 mm and room CCD Seti 245.

INFORMATIONS:

The Astronomical Observatory of Tavolaia is open to public the second and fourth Thursday of month at 21:30.

Aviosuperficie Valdera – Aero Club di Pisa – Capannoli

L’ Aero Club di Pisa Federico Citi è un’accogliente struttura situata nell’alta Valdera a poca distanza da Pontedera. L’aviosuperficie in erba di 670 metri ricade in comune di Capannoli, a lato della Strada Provinciale della Fila.

I comuni di Capannoli, Pontedera e Peccioli sono consorziati con l’Aero Club di Pisa.
L’Aero Club è operativo tutti i giorni della settimana ad eccezione del martedì. Sul campo è possibile rifornirsi di carburante (benzina verde).

HANGAR

Nell’Aviosuperficie Valdera sono stati costruiti in più riprese un gran numero di hangar metallici destinati al ricovero dei velivoli privati.

Gli hangar accolgono anche i mezzi della Scuola di Volo, un’officina con meccanico certificato Rotax e ospitano la sede della Pipistrel Italia, importatore di velivoli ultraleggeri.

La ristrutturazione di un antico fienile ha permesso la realizzazione di una bella Club house, che ospita i corsi di volo e gli uffici.

I corsi che si svolgono sull’aviosuperficie per il conseguimento dell’attestato VDS riguardano:

– i tre assi (con Tecnam P92),

– i motoalianti (Pipistrel Sinus),

– i deltaplani (Pendolare Pipistrel),

– gli autogiro (ELA),

– ed il volo libero (Scuola n° 51).

Lo staff di istruttori comprende persone di vasta esperienza, non solo nel VDS, ma anche nell’Aviazione Generale e Commerciale.

AREA E ATTIVITÀ PER I SOCI

Un parco giochi per i bambini ed una serie di gazebo attrezzati con tavoli e panche per picnic, un piazzale coperto da una tecnostruttura, una zona recintata con panchine di fronte alla pista completano gli spazi per soci e ospiti.
L’Aero Club favorisce anche le attività di autocostruzione (alcuni soci hanno realizzato il proprio aereo, partendo dai disegni costruttivi e dai listelli di legno) nonché di recupero e conservazione di velivoli storici.

Inoltre è presente sul campo una scuola di modellismo che può accompagnare i più giovani alla scoperta di questa interessante e formativa attività.
Infine ricordiamo che l’Aero Club rappresenta un punto di aggregazione per i soci, organizzando eventi a carattere sportivo (come il campionato italiano VDS), a carattere diportistico (come le gite collettive presso altri Aeroclub), nonché conviviale.

EVENTO GIORNATA DEGLI AQUILONI

Tra le attività di promozione del volo svolte dall’Aero Club ricordiamo “La giornata degli aquiloni”, che si tiene ogni anno (meteo permettendo) nel mese di maggio e porta una quantità di bambini a cimentarsi con la costruzione di un aquilone ed il suo successivo in volo.

Informazioni:

Indirizzo: Aviosuperficie Valdera, Stradone Ricciardi, 56033 Capannoli PI
Telefono: 0587 608124

Sito Web: Aviosuperficie Valdera

‘Monumento ai Caduti’ – Pontedera

Monumento ai Caduti and his rock seats are in Garibaldi square , in 2005 was exposed an important restoration and requalification of the urban area.

‘Monumento ai Caduti per la Patria’ was inaugurate in 1969, but since 1969 it was exposed to others changes, such as etched inscriptions in the marble in memory of the all war’ victims, or the tablet that remember the Liberation’s 60th anniversary.

In the middle of the marble’ complex there is the bronze sculpture: “Pietà laica” of Loris Lanini. The sculpture rapresents a young woman with close eyes, and she’s keeping her sacrificed son on her knees.

On a side there is a raised chain, that culminate with a beam where there is a dove.

The chalk cast was a real ‘Pietà con la Madonna e il Cristo morto’, that today takes place in the first recess in left’ nave of Duomo. “Colomba per la pace” of Nado Canuti is the last monument’ item.

ROCK SEATS’ PROJECT:

The work’ area is defined by a little green area and surrounding by “Rock Seats” which has been made by 17 of the most important international artists of contemporary art.

They’ve called to accept a challenge, “panchine d’autore”, it’s able to combine art and communication with a typology of urban renewal, the “panca”, generally passive and inanimate object of the civiv daily life.

The creators of “Rock Seats” are:

Joe Tilson, Cordelia von den Steinen;

Girolamo Ciulla, Pietro Cascella;

Nado Canuti, Giò Pomodoro;

Jean Paul Philippe e Rinaldo Bigi;

Marcello Aitiani, Mirella Forlivesi;

Yasuda Kan, Viliano Tarabella;

Daniel Couvreur, Venturino Venturi;

Mauro Berrettini, Daniel Milhaud and

Manuele Giannetti.

Lodovico Coccapani Pottery Museum – Calcinaia

Pottery museum is in the historical center of Calcinaia, next to the medieval castle tower, and it is dedicated to Ludovico Coccapani from his 3 brothers Luigi Giuseppe, Andrea Sigismondo e Ercole Ranieri Coccapani. They were members of a potter family, whose managed Montecchi pottery shop since the end of XVII century.
Inside the building there is a museum route which proposes Calcinaia shop history to guests, through his productions, the recover kiln and the tools of the trade, without forget the historical-archaeological area context, and the pottery traditions developed in Valdarno from Midde Age to modern-day.

MUSEUM ROUTE:

Museum route is composed by rooms that describe the history of the area, starting to the old archaeological tracks to the history of Coccapani kiln and his pottery.

The museum route wants to bring the guest to knowledge of the pottery, through the presentation of the tools, production and decorations techniques and through the typical tools that characterize this kind of handmade activity.
The presence of kiln make Calcinaia museum an unique and an amazing place where architectural items and old materials complement each other.

VISIT THE MUSEUM:

Museum has a free entry.

2€ per person for the guided tour.

Museum is open Saturday and Sunday 15.00 to 19.00.

Museum always opens for guided tour and labs to schools, but it is available only with advance reservations.

NOTE FOR GUESTS:

The museum doesn’t have architectural barriers on ground floor and it has a lift to reach following floors to make the route available to everyone.
All rooms and locations have heat.
Museum is a Wi-Fi free zone.

CONTACT:

For info and booking:
Email: museocalcinaia@gmail.com
Telephone: +39 3319895351

More info: here

LODOVICO COCCAPANI POTTERY MUSEUM ALSO OFFERS A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL ROUTE FOR SCHOOLS AND MANY EVENTS.

Trekking Buti-Piavola-Il Sorbo-Quadonica-Buti – Buti

Description of the Trekking:

Buti-Piavola

We leave Buti sport field parking and we’ll going up along Monte Aspro slopes, before through an aspalth road (out 2 KM) and after through a path (‘carrareccia’) ,which is within a pine forest, until the crossroad in Loc. l’Aspro, the panoramic view on Buti valley.

We’ll move on in climb, along the right path until Volpaia Colle, after that we’ll take the left path and we’ll going up Monte Gentivola, walking along Piavola, then we’ll go along Piambello and just out from the wood, we’ll be in front of in a panoramic view, from where we can admire Valdera.

Piavola-Il Sorbo

Itinerary continues until meeting Monte Serra country road, from whom we’ll go for 2 km in descent, until to arrive hairpin turn where on the right starts a ‘pista forestale’ and leading in loc. Il Sorbo (435 m s.l.m.) .

In this suggestive area there are some relays about “Strada Dell’olio Dei Monti Pisani” and different educational trail ,with the possibility of rest area.

From here is possible go along a path that leading to Prato a Giovo, going through Certosa and Montemagno.

Il Sorbo-Quadonica

From Il Sorbo we’ll go along ‘pista forestale’ going through Quadonica for about 2 Km, after that, on the left starts a path in descent, it arrives on the road in Mariotto and below goes to Buti (borgo Castel Tonini, sede della Villa Medicea).

Quadonica-Buti

The itinerary goes inside country historical center until to reach the start point, going through Garibaldi square, Martiri della Libertà square and going along Danielli park.

Technical details:

Start point: BUTI SPORT FIELD PARKING

Start share: 127 m s.l.m.

Arrival share: (Loc il Sorbo): 435 m s.l.m.

Maximum climb: 490 m

Distance: circa 16 Km

Mean time of journey: 6 h-7h

Difficulty: medium- easy

Note: For people who says they can walking for long path

Informations:

Address: Piazza I.Danielli, 5 , 56032 Buti (PI)
Telephone: 0587-722511
Fax: 0587-723784
E-Mail: comune.buti.pi@postacert.toscana.it

Website: Buti itineraries

Gimonda Farm – Terricciola

Gimonda Farm is a small family company with headquarters in Terricciola, a typical country, deep in the green hills of Pisa. Vineyards are expand for 4 hectares, they’ve a mean age of 45 years and they’re set out at East-southeast.

Traditional vineyards are: ‘Sangiovese’, ‘Canaiolo’ and ‘Colorino a bacca rossa’; ‘Trebbiano’ and ‘Colombana a bacca bianca’.

Keeping of plants:

The keeping of plants is Guyot : after plants maturing, they suffer an hard thinning.

The grapes collections happen by hand.

Later there is a fermentation, checked for 15-20- days. All the wine steps happen in inox steel and ‘cemento vetrificato’ containers. Vicerè has a next improvement within barriques.

Buscheto and Viceré:

Sangiovese:

Sangiovese is the main vineyard and it has small parts of Canaiolo and Colorino. Both wines are elegant, solar and tasty. They smell god and they’re rich in fruits and minerals.

The wines attract the flavour of red-meat, the fire feeling, the friends, but also the calm. The former is flagrant, dynamic and cold to drink. The latter is warm, enchanting and it smells so good.

Te wines carry the land in their glasses and they’re made with great passion, respect of the steps making and the attention and patient in the wine cellar.

Informations:

Address: Via Poggiarelli, 61, Località ‘Poggio ai Grilli’ , 56030 Terricciola PI
Telephone: 339 721 200

E-Mail: gmongelli@supereva.it

WebSite: Azienda Aricola Gimonda

Ghizzano Tenuta – Peccioli

Venerosi family arrived in Ghizzano at the end of 14th century. They decided to buy the farm and they produced wine and oil.

For many century Tenuta produced wines, keeping a solid and safe quality.

Veneroso wine:

In the ’80s Pierfrancesco decided to invested in the cellar and in the vineyard because it wanted to try to produce a wine able to keen the name of Tenuta di Ghizzano.

On 1985 born Veneroso wine,Tenuta first wine, it takes the name of Veneroso Venerosi, the man who gave soul and body at the countryside and at the Tenuta.

Tenuta today:

Today it is made up of about 350 hectares of which 20 dedicated to vines, 20 to olives, 150 hectares of cereal and the remaining 150 is made up of woods and poplar groves.

In 2003 we started to move over to organic farming and since 2008 we have been officially recognized as organic by the relevant authorities.

Tenuta products:

The aim is to cultivate a high quality product, limited in quantity and which fully reflects the characteristics of this area without forgetting the style, elegance and rich fragrances of the rolling hills which surround us…

At the same time they are investing in natural winemaking and agriculture which maybe means they produce less but definitely means they produce better.

And we will never stop believing in the wine!

Today Tenuta produces about 70.000 bottles a year, each in his kind;

‘Veneroso’, ‘Nambrot’, ‘Ghizzano Rosso’ and ‘Ghizzano Bianco’, besides an excellent ‘passito’, ‘San Germano’ and a precious extra-virgin olive oil I.G.P.

Informations:

Address: Via Della Chiesa 4, 56037 Ghizzano PI
Telephone: +390587 630096

The Fort of Pietracassia – Lajatico

The Fort of Pietracassia can be considerate one of the most important high medieval monuments in the province of Pisa. The big limestone, at 550 meters above sea level, controls the street that connects Valdera with Valdicecina.

From an open fissure comes the name ‘Pietracassia’.

Monument history:

In 1115, the fort was purchased by Ugo Pannocchieschi, and in 1202 the territory and the fort was conquered by the Pisans.

It remained under Pisan control until 1286, when it was given back to Volterra.

In 1405, the traitor Pietro Gaetani gave the Pietracassia Fort and other castles in the Valdera to the Florentines.

At that time, there was a chapel dedicated to San Bartolomeo in the castle.

In 1434, Florence destroyed the castles of Pietracassia, Orciatico and Lajatico following a series of revolts by the local peoples.

From that moment onward, the Fort would be known solely as a part of the Spedaletto Property.

How it’s made:

The fort features a fortified wall with towers at all four corners. The wall extends along the southern side of the fortification complex, and the north side is protected by a cliff, making it impossible to impenetrate from the north.

The plan of the fort is square, and at each angle there are watchtowers. There is only one entranceway. Inside the fort, there are rooms where the troops slept and ate.

The fort surveilled the territory from the Pianura Pisana and the Verruca at the north to the Sillana Fort at the south The Pietracassia Fort is one of the best examples of military architecture in the area from the late Middle Ages. It dates back to the 17th or the 18th-century, and is one of the first barbaric castles in Tuscany.

The Carducci Museum-Home – Santa Maria a Monte

Giosuè Carducci was one of the most famous poet of the 19th century. He took part at the cultural life as critic, writer and teacher. He was rewarded with a literature Nobel for his first poetical work.

The museum is located in Santa Maria a Monte where Carducci family lived in from 1856 to 1858. The poet’s greatest family tragedy occurred in this house: the death of his second son, Dante, who died of unknown and mysterious causes. The poet’s father also died a few months later, and is buried, along with Dante Carducci, in the old cemetery of the town (today called, Campo della Rimembranza). The city has organized a guided tour of the places in which the Carducci family lived. The tour also recounts the socio-cultural context in which the poet lived through photographs, reproductions of documents, books and other figurative material.The museum also features a permanent exhibition by maestro Possenti (26 paintings and designs). Possenti’s artwork, Il Tenero Gigante, is inspired by Giosuè Carducci’s life and work.

Museum informations:

Opening:

Tuesday to Thursday afternoon, from 3:30pm-7pm;

Wednesday, Friday and Saturday morning, from 10am-1pm.
Saturday and Sunday afternoons, by appointment only (reservations to be made the Thursday prior to visits).

Closed Monday.

Price: 3 euro full; reduced 2 euro (groups of 5 or less)

Disabled access: Yes

Contact:

Address: Via Giosuè Carducci, 29, 56020 Santa Maria A Monte

Telephone: 0587704254 – Fax: 0587705649

Website: Comune di Santa Maria a Monte

E-mail: turismo@santamariaamonte.com