Lastra a Signa is a little city near Florence. It was created by Romans and it has become important in the Middle Ages for its tactical position and used as a defense by the Florentine Republic. To remember the importance of the time, the old town is enclosed in the walls made in the fifteenth century and viewed even by Brunelleschi., the medieval walls are In good condition and they are interspersed with seven towers and three gates. Within the wallsthere is the castle of Lastra with inside the church of Santa Maria alla Lastra.
Even outside the city walls Lastra a Signa offers many places of interest with churches, villas and castles, and in particular the Church of San Martino in Gagalnadi, located in the homonymous village. The districts on the hills of Lastra is rich in woods and pine forests with a wonderful view of the valley of the Arno river. To visit is the castle of Malmantile, founded as a military outpost along the road to Pisa, and the heart of a medieval festival during the summer.
Choose a hotel in Lastra a Signa allows you to live a stone's throw from Florence in a well-preserved medieval areawith a good liveability.
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DUOMO
SANTA MARIA NOVELLA
FORTEZZA DA BASSO
PONTE VECCHIO
UFFIZI
PIAZZALE MICHELANGELO
PORTA ROMANA
ISOLOTTO
FIRENZE NORD AEROPORTO
SANTA CROCE
CAMPO DI MARTE
FIESOLE
RIFREDI
PALAZZO PITTI
SAN MARCO
SAN LORENZO
PORTA AL PRATO
SAN FREDIANO
GAVINANA
CALENZANO
SCANDICCI
SESTO FIORENTINO
CASTELFIORENTINO
CAMPI BISENZIO
POLCANTO BORGO SAN LORENZO
BARBERINO VAL D'ELSA
GREVE IN CHIANTI
SIGNA
TAVARNELLE VAL DI PESA
LASTRA A SIGNA
SAN CASCIANO VAL DI PESA
RIGNANO SULL'ARNO
VAGLIA
MONTAIONE
EMPOLI
PRATO
PISTOIA