VISIT TO THE CHAPTER LIBRARY OF THE DIOCESE OF PESCIA
The Capitulary Library of Pescia draws its origins from the will of the canon treasurer Romualdo Cecchi, at the time of his death in 1648, he leaves all his books to the chapter of the provostship of Pescia, so that a library for public consultation can be founded.
The canon also leaves a sum for the purchase of books and the income for the canon librarian.
Recognized in July 1666 with a bull from Pope Alexander VII (Chigi), over the centuries it has reached a library unit consisting of 11,000 volumes. 42 incunabula, 580 sixteenth-century books, 150 manuscripts ranging from a fragment of a 12th-century laudarium to the letters of Monsignor Angelo Simonetti, bishop of Pescia from 1908 to 1950.
The monumental room is full of 17th century desks, with two 17th century globes in the centre.
The vault of the monumental hall is frescoed with ornamental paintings in perspective by the Lucchese painter Pietro Paolo Scorzini (1711).
Among the numerous collections that the library possesses, the collection of prints of the 500-600 of the canon Andrea Buonvicini and the fund of the senator avv. Leopoldo Galeotti.
ONLY BY BOOKING AT 3404106446
SATURDAY 15 APRIL 15-18 guided tour every hour
SATURDAY 22 APRIL 15-18 guided tour every hour
SUNDAY 23 APRIL 15-18 guided tour every hour

GUIDED TOUR OF THE BONSAI MUSEUM
The Bonsai Museum allows you to admire a vast collection of beautiful specimens from all over the world. In the over 550 square meters of exhibition are centenary olive trees, cypress groves, exotic ficuses, conifers and other essences, among the strangest and rarest in existence.
It is a private collection, fruit of the passion and interest of those who have been involved and worked with green areas for generations and it is an opportunity to learn more about the character and variety of activities present in an area such as the Valdinievole, where the nature always remains at the center of every adventure and every experimentation.
In addition to the Museum, you can visit the Bonsai Center, where bonsai and pre-bonsai plants, Chinese and Japanese pots of all sizes, tools, books and highly original Japanese garden plants are available.

THE VISIT DOES NOT NEED A RESERVATION
FRIDAY 7 8-13 14.30-19
SATURDAY 8 8-13 1.30-19
SATURDAY 15 8-13 14.30-19
FRIDAY 21 8-13 14.30-19
SATURDAY 22 8-13 14.30-19
MONDAY 24 8-13 14.30-19
FRIDAY 28 8-13 14.30-19
SATURDAY 29 8-13 14.30-19

GUIDED TOUR OF THE NARDINI DI VELLANO QUARRY, THE LAST PIETRA SERENA QUARRY STILL WORKING IN THE PROVINCE OF PISTOIA
FRIDAY 7 10:00-12:00 / 15:00-18:00
SATURDAY 8 10:00-12:00 / 15:00-18:00
SATURDAY 15 10:00-12:00 / 15:00-18:00
SUNDAY 16 10:00-12:00
FRIDAY 21 10:00-12:00 / 15:00-18:00
SATURDAY 22 10:00-12:00 / 15:00-18:00
SUNDAY 23 10:00-12:00
MONDAY 24 10:00-12:00 / 15:00-18:00
FRIDAY 28 10:00-12:00 / 15:00-18:00
SATURDAY 29 10:00-12:00 / 15:00-18:00

ONLY ON RESERVATION WITHIN THE PRIOR DAY AT N. 3934488443 – MARCO NARDINI
GUIDED TOUR OF THE PIEVE DI SAN BARTOLOMEO, IN THE ANCIENT VILLAGE OF COLLODI CASTELLO
Guided visit to the Romanesque parish church of Collodi Castello, located in the town that inspired Carlo Lorenzini to create the story of Pinocchio, a publication known all over the world.
Sunday 16th April from 3pm to 6pm
Sunday 23 April from 3pm to 6pm
Sunday 30 April from 3pm to 6pm
Tuesday 25 April from 3pm to 6pm
INFO:
COLLODINGETHER CULTURAL ASSOCIATION:
3395698255 r.rossi55@virgilio.it

THE PLACES OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP OF THE CITY OF PESCIA
GUIDED TOUR OF THE MAIN CHURCHES OF THE CITY
FRIDAY 7 10-12 15-18
SATURDAY 8 10-12 15-18
1 MAY 10-12 15-18
Accompanied by a guide, it will be possible to visit the church of SAN FRANCESCO (from where the visit will start, the church of SANT’ANTONIO ABATE, the CITIZEN SANCTUARY OF THE MADONNA DI PIE’ DI PIAZZA, the churches of SAN MICHELE AND SANTI STEFANO E NICCOLAO.

ONLY ON RESERVATION BY 12 PM OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: VITTORUGO FRANCHI 3493618421
VISIT TO THE HESPERIDARIUM – CITRUS GARDEN
It is an international level garden, unique in its kind as it collects over 200 varieties of citrus fruits from all over the world. A real botanical park dedicated to citrus fruits, where it is possible to admire ancient Cultivars from the Medici collections of the 16th century, rare and exotic varieties from the Far East, but also new, more modern varieties originating from the southern hemisphere.
The collection of citrus plants is in fact divided between paths, plant tunnels, fountains and large figures inspired by the fairy tale of Pinocchio. The park of the most famous puppet in the world is in fact only 2 km away from the “Citrus Garden”.

Friday 7 April 8-12 14-18.30
Saturday 8 April 9:00-13:00/15:00-19:00
Saturday 15 April 9:00-13:00/15:00-19:00
Sunday 16 April 9:00-13:00/15:00-19:00
Friday 21 April 8-12 14-18.30
Saturday 22 April 9:00-13:00/15:00-19:00
Sunday 23 April 9:00-13:00/15:00-19:00
Monday 24 April 8-12 14-18.30
Tuesday 25 April 9:00-13:00/15:00-19:00
Friday 28 April 8-12 14-18.30
Saturday 29 April 9:00-13:00/15:00-19:00
Sunday 30 April 9:00-13:00/15:00-19:00
Monday 1 May 9:00-13:00/15:00-19:00

WAITING FOR THE ‘MADONNA DEL BALDACCHINO’ BY RAPHAEL
TEMPORARY EXHIBITION IN THE CATHEDRAL OF THE FAMOUS PAINTING BY RAPHAEL
29 April INAUGURATION OF THE EXHIBITION
April 30 OFFICIAL OPENING
More information can be found on the website www.comune.pescia.pt.it and www.diocesidipescia.it

THE MUSEUMS OF THE CITY OF PESCIA
HALL OF COAT OF ARMS OF THE PALAZZO DEL VICARIO
Visit to the Civic Museum of the City of Pescia, where the whole room on the noble floor was restored, through a precise restoration action under the supervision of the Florentine Superintendency, then proceeding with the relocation of the most significant works: all the Uffizi paintings present in the collections from the early twentieth century as well as paintings useful to recall the connection of the Pescia museum with its territory.
Visit to the Libero Andreotti Gipsoteca, which collects about 250 pieces including sketches, casts, plaster models and fragments of the famous sculptor. Together with the plaster casts there is also the sculptor’s personal archive located on the second floor which contains about 5600 documentary units, which represents a fundamental tool not only for the reconstruction of Andreotti’s work, but also for contributing to studies on artistic and cultural life , nationally and internationally, of the first three decades of the twentieth century.
Visit to the Hall of Coats of Arms of the Palazzo del Vicario, currently the seat of the municipal offices, where the Sala del Consiglio or Hall of Coats of Arms is located, located on the second floor, with beautiful frescoes from various eras that reproduce the coats of arms of the most important podestàs.
The large hall, which overlooks the square and dominates it from above, has two different series, some older and more fragmentary above a stone frame, under which runs a continuous band painted with other coats of arms of successive vicars the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Friday 7 April 10-12.30
Saturday 8 April 16-19

EASTER AND EASTERN 10-12.30 15-18 N.B. THE FRESCO HALL REMAINS CLOSED
Saturday 15 April 4-7pm
Sunday 16 April 10-12.30 15-18
Friday 21 April 10-12.30
Saturday 22 April 16-19
Sunday 23 April 10-12.30 15-18
Monday 24 April 10-12.30
Tuesday 25 April 10-12.30 15-18
Friday 28 April 10-12.30
Saturday 29 April 4-7pm
Sunday 30 April 10-12.30 15-18
Monday 1 May 10-12.30 15-18
INFO: CULTURE OFFICE: 0572492357

VISIT TO THE PAPER MUSEUM OF PIETRABUONA DI PESCIA
08.04.23 from 10 to 17 accompanied visit
11am and 4pm guided tour with Mastro Cartaio (by reservation)

15.04.23 from 10 to 17 accompanied visit
11 am guided tour with the Director (by reservation)
4 pm guided tour with Mastro Cartaio (upon reservation)

22.04.23 from 10 to 17 accompanied visit
11am and 4pm guided tour with Mastro Cartaio (by reservation)

24.04.23 from 10 to 17 accompanied visit
29.04.23 from 10 to 17 accompanied visit
11 am guided tour with the Director (by reservation)
4 pm guided tour with Mastro Cartaio (upon reservation)
inauguration of the exhibition of botanical works on Italian hand emp paper

30.04.23 from 10 to 17 accompanied visit
from 10 to 16 live botanical painting performance in collaboration with on emp paper

Guided tour groups cannot exceed 25 people. For contacts, information and reservations: relatiesterne@museodellacarta.org

HISTORICAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM OF THE MINER AND THE QUARRYER
FRAZ. VELLANO
On the Pesciatina mountain, at 600 mt. above sea level, Vellano rises, this ancient town which is the “capital” of the “ten castles” of the Middle Ages.
The working of pietra serena has always been in the blood of the Vellanesi.
The quarries have always supplied the best quality material which, under the skilful work of the master stonemasons, has been transformed into small masterpieces of ornamentation or flooring, bridge abutments, window sills and cornices famous throughout the region and even outside the continent.
In times gone by there was even a school where stone craftsmen learned the rudiments of the trade. The work took place mainly in the summer and it was very easy to find two or three of these masters on the roadsides who, dusty and serious, undertook to obtain more or less important pieces according to the vein of the stone that their experience indicated as suitable .
In winter, when working in the quarry was impossible, many of them went to work as miners both in Italy and abroad, taking advantage of their skills and experience.
On the Pesciatina mountain, at 600 mt. above sea level, Vellano rises, this ancient town which is the “capital” of the “ten castles” of the Middle Ages.
The working of pietra serena has always been in the blood of the Vellanesi.
The quarries have always supplied the best quality material which, under the skilful work of the master stonemasons, has been transformed into small masterpieces of ornamentation or flooring, bridge abutments, window sills and cornices famous throughout the region and even outside the continent.
In times gone by there was even a school where stone craftsmen learned the rudiments of the trade. The work took place mainly in the summer and it was very easy to find two or three of these masters on the roadsides who, dusty and serious, undertook to obtain more or less important pieces according to the vein of the stone that their experience indicated as suitable .
In winter, when working in the quarry was impossible, many of them went to work as miners both in Italy and abroad, taking advantage of their skills and experience.
In the mine, in addition to the guided tours service carried out by experts, there are around 2000 volumes on the subject and 100 audiovisual cassettes that can be loaned to anyone who requests them.

Friday 7 April 9-13 15-18
Saturday 8 April 9-13 15-18
Saturday 15 April 9-13 15-18
Sunday 16 April 9-13
Friday 21 April 9-13 15-18
Saturday 22 April 9-13 15-18
Sunday 23 April 9-13
Monday 24 April 9-13 15-18
Tuesday 25 April 9-13
Friday 28 April 9-13 15-18
Saturday 29 April 9-13 15-18
Sunday 30 April 9-13
Monday 1 May 9-13
By appointment only: Publio Biagini 330910517 laminieradipublio@libero.it

MEDIEVAL FISH
TWO DAYS OF HISTORICAL RE-ENACTMENT IN THE CENTER OF PESCIA
Sunday 30 April and Monday 1 May, the city of Pescia dives into the medieval atmosphere.
The four districts of the city, Ferraia, San Francesco, Santa Maria and San Michele, will offer visitors itinerant shows, dances, sword fights, and will cheer up the day with street artists, arts and crafts, musicians and flag-wavers.
For the occasion, taverns will be set up where you can enjoy excellent food and drink, stands with ancient crafts and merchandise with clothing, medicine, food, medieval cosmetics and ancient coins.
INFO: LEAGUE OF THE DISTRICTS: Federico Bini 3287815114

GUIDED TOUR: THE MYSTERIES OF THE CHURCH OF CASTELVECCHIO
INCLUSIVE OF VISIT TO THE ORATORY OF SS. ROSARY with 16th century frescoes
Perhaps no village better than Castelvecchio embodies all the aspects of the Valleriana, thanks to the characteristic conformity of a medieval village with ancient origins that it has managed to maintain over time as well as to the presence of one of the oldest sacred buildings in the Valdinievole: the Pieve dei SS. Tommaso e Ansano which, immersed in a verdant and luxuriant landscape, has lost none of its original appearance.
Friday 7 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30
Saturday 8 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30
Saturday 15 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30
Sunday 16 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30

Friday 21 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30
Saturday 22 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30
Sunday 23 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30 – at 16.30

CONCERT OF THE SOPRANO FRANCESCA MAIONCHI,

known to the public for having accompanied Andrea Bocelli in his concerts
Monday 24 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30
Tuesday 25 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30
Friday 28 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30
Saturday 29 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30
Sunday 30 April 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30
Monday 1 May 10.00 /10.30 or 15.00 -15.30
BY BOOKING ONLY: 0572400115 Lario 3483539850 Valeria

GUIDED TOUR OF THE HISTORICAL GARZONI GARDEN, HOUSE OF BUTTERFLIES AND CLOISTER OF VILLA GARZONI
Every day of Open Week 2023
Guided tour at 11.00 and 15.00
no. maximum of the group 30 people
reservation required at least the previous day
from 9 to 13 and from 15 to 18, at no. 3883757108

RING TREKKING
Loop trekking (also suitable for children over 8 years of age), following ancient mule tracks, crossing olive groves, skirting some sections of the city walls. Departure from the city of Pescia and, through a “journey” through time, you will arrive at the town of Monte a Pescia. Visit the old and new oil mills, historic buildings linked to the local community. It will be possible to stop to recognize some edible plants, and halfway through the journey there will be a rich brunch at Podere Vipiana, a family-run Agri-hostel, to delight the palate and taste the pleasures of the countryside.
Technical details: about 7 km, 350 m of altitude difference. Duration of the route approximately 3h excluding stops.
Times: meeting at 9.45 in piazza Ronaldo Anzilotti, return scheduled for 16.00.
How to dress: possibly waterproof studded shoes, clothing suitable for the season, 1L water, change of clothes if necessary, light windbreaker recommended
Monday 10 April (EASTER MONDAY)
Sunday 23 April RESERVATION REQUIRED: Lisa Orsi 3332417268.
A first message is welcome