Montecatini Alto

The small village of Montecatini Alto is located 300 meters above sea level, has medieval origins and still shows the traces of the ancient walls destroyed in 1554 by the Florentines of Cosimo I de' Medici who were preparing to conquer the area.

In the upper part we find the Rocca and the Torre del Mastio. On the central Piazzetta Giusti there are the medieval remains of the Palazzo del Podestà with the Loggia del Parlascio, originally the seat of public assemblies and the market. Going up a steep road you reach the Church of S. Pietro, attested since 776 AD, damaged during the Florentine siege, it was remodeled in the eighteenth century.