Poggio a Caiano, located on the banks of the Ombrone river, represents the fascinating crossroads between the cities of Florence, Prato and Pistoia. Despite its limited territorial extension (just 5.97 km²), this Tuscan jewel is an extraordinary concentration of treasures, which welcomes the suggestive towns of Bonistallo, Poggetto and Santa Cristina in Pilli, together with the capital with over 9,800 residents.

The renown of Poggio a Caiano far exceeds local borders thanks to the majesty of the Medici Villa, an authentic world heritage site awarded by UNESCO. This extraordinary residence commissioned by Lawrence the Magnificent has hosted events of historical importance in Tuscany. Inside the villa, surrounded by an enchanting park with a great botanical variety, there is the Still Life Museum, custodian of masterpieces commissioned and collected by the grand ducal family over the centuries.

Adjacent to the villa, the Medici Stables, restored in 2000, today serve as a multifunctional space, hosting the Municipal Library on the ground floor, a room for conferences or exhibitions, and on the upper floor the Soffici and Italian Twentieth Century Museum, dedicated to Ardengo Soffici , an illustrious twentieth-century painter from Poggio a Caiano.

But the history and culture of this fertile land go beyond that. Poggio a Caiano was home to internationally renowned artists and figures. Armando Spadini, a painter exponent of the Roman school, spent a significant part of his life here, leaving an imprint in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with his art. Furthermore, Poggio boasts the birth of Filippo Mazzei, a figure with multifaceted passions, considered one of the fathers of the American Declaration of Independence.

Poggio a Caiano, with its unique history and culture, is an unmissable experience for those who want to savor the authenticity of Tuscany.