english

  • L'Arabesco Amalfi

    L'Arabesco Amalfi

    Charming Bed and Breakfast, Quality Accommodation, Amalfi Coast Pogerola Amalfi Salerno Campania South Italy

  • l'Amore holiday guest house Amalfi Coast

    l'Amore holiday guest house Amalfi Coast

    Charming exclusive Accommodation appartments on the Amalficoast, Luxury Apartments historical building, Maiori Amalficoast Neapolitan...

  • Villa Armena Relais

    Villa Armena Relais

    Charming Luxury Exclusive Resort De Luxe Rooms and Suites Wellness Gourmet Restaurant Gastronomy Golf Club Buonconvento Siena...

  • Antica Porta Apartments Ravello

    Antica Porta Apartments Ravello

    Apartments Accommodation Ravello Amalficoast Neapolitan Riviera Salerno Campania Italy

  • Conti Zecca Salento Winery

    Conti Zecca Salento Winery

    Wine Farm, Quality Wines, Negramaro, DOC Italy wine, Primitivo from Salento, Malvasia Wines, Chardonnay Wines, Leverano, Salento,...

you are here: Home Tuscany Florence and Surroundings Sesto Fiorentino

Most viewed in Sesto Fiorentino

  • Hotel Villa Villoresi Florence

    Villa Villoresi is more than just a hotel: it's a villa-hotel, retaining the charm and elegance of the noble Tuscan country villas and offering a traditionally warm and welcoming atmosphere. Originally a twelfth century fortress built just outside Florence...

Print this page Send to a friend by e-mail

Sesto Fiorentino

Description

Sesto Fiorentino is located "ad sextum lapidem", that means "near the sixth milestone", referring to the distance from Florence.
The town developed largely during the Roman period, even if many archaeological relics document that the area was inhabited since the Neolithic Age.
During the Middle Age it was subject first to the Archbishop of Florence (who, according to the tradition, excommunicated the population because they refused to pay the expensive taxes) and then to the Republic of Florence.
In 1735 Marquis Carlo Ginori founded the first porcelain plant in Europe, the Manifattura di Doccia.
Among the most interesting monuments to see in Sesto Fiorentino we point out here the Pieve di San Martino (Saint Martin Parish), the Chiesa di Santa Maria a Quinto (Saint Mary in Quinto Church), the Convento di Santa Lucia (Saint Lucia Convent), the Villa Paolina (Paolina Villa), the Villa Solaria (Solaria Villa) and the Museo delle Porcellane (Museum of the Porcelains).

Map

This town web page has been visited 55,064 times.

Choose language

italiano

english