Montaione

History

Main sights

• The church of San Regolo houses the Madonna del Buonconsiglio by Guido da Graziano
• Church and convent of San Vivaldo. The church has works attributed to Giovanni della Robbia, Benedetto Buglioni, Raffaellino del Garbo and Andrea Sansovino
• Castles include those of:
• *Iano
• *Camporena, destroyed by the Florentines in 1329.
• *Vignale
• *Collegalli, now a patrician villa
• *Figline, known from the 12th century. It is owned by the Filicaja family.
• *Pozzolo, known from the 11th century. It contains murals by Giuseppe Bezzuoli and Augustus Wallis.
• *Barbialla, owned in the Middle Aged by the Cadolingians and the della Gherardesca families, then by the bishops of Volterra, the commune of San Miniato, the Republic of Florence and the Republic of Pisa.
• *Castelfafi, allegedly founded by the Lombards in the 8th century. It was a possession of the della Gherardesca and then of the bishops of Volterra. Later it was acquired by the Caetani. In 1554 it was sacked by the troops of Piero Strozzi.
• *Tonda
• *Sughera
• *Scopeto
• *Santo Stefano

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