Villa Baciocchi museum offers the opportunity to discover all of their secrets: there will be guided visits inside the zoological and archaeological museum every first Sunday of the month.
You could even visit the Villa Baciocchi subterranean and you could also discover its history.
The precise era of the constitution of Santo Pietro Belvedere is not clear, but we can collocate them around the II century d.C.. The first testament of his existence are date back to 1165.
The hamlet was known because there was a castle, with a triplex surrounded building and a tower. His position was tall respect for the surroundings countryside, it was an excellent vantage point. In 1510 all the Pisan territory passed to the control of Florence and to Medici’s family. Except of an epidemic of plague in 1631, we haven’t informations of relevant events happen in Santo Pietro since the Napoleonic conquest (1796). In this period the hamlet passed to the community of Capannoli.
In 1861 Santo Pietro becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy. In 1870 becomes part of Italy’s unification. We have font of fallen citizens of Santo Pietro in both World War. During the World War II the territory of Valdera was scene of bombardments and battles between Germans and Americans. During these bombardments the oratory of “Compagnia del Santissimo Sacramento” was destroyed. Between the surrounding hills we can notice the shelter of citizens where they can be protected during the bombardments: many of these shelters was used successively as basement.
The toponym Belvedere was added to the name of the hamlet during the Fascist regime, 18th October 1929 because the government had decided to call “Santo Pietro” the post office of Mussolinia in Sicily(Catania), and the name of the Tuscan hamlet had to be changed in order to prevent misunderstandings.
Now the Villa masi is private, the villa Masi is along the road that conduce from Capannoli to Santo Pietro Belvedere.
HISTORY
The villa is registered in the valuation of Capannoli in 1580 as property of the noble Florentine Berzighell’s family, and it constitute the most remarkable building of a village that developed between XVI and XVII century. The villa own the annexed chapel of Annunziat’, it was realized by the architect Felice Palma.
AT the begging of 1600 the farm was transformed into villa. The aspect of the actual villa is the result of restoration ordered by Francesco Del Rosso and it was done by the Pisan architect Niccolò Stassi. To him the exaltation is owned by the central part of front, it is remarked by the vertical tendency by lesene and by finial with the clock, it remember the internal front of Certosa di Calci. The chapel have a central symmetry in the project, it remind various Renaissance architectural typologies. The altar as Filippo Baldinucci remember, it house a bas relief designed by the famous sculptor Desiderio da Settignano, it describe the Beata Vergine con nostro Signore e l’arcangelo Gabriele.
You have to see the roman sarcophagus under the portico and there is also a bas relief of marble on the front of chapel. Inside of it there are statues in terracotta attributed to “Cieco di Gambassi” and one copy of the Greek statue called dell’Arrotino.
The Villa Baciocchi was built in the place where the ancient nucleus of castle developed itself, it have the High Baroque style and neoclassical style. It was completely restructured in the middle of XVIII century by the Senator Alessandro Orazio Pucci.
In 1833 the building was bought by the Marquess Baciocchi, as remember the inscription on the architrave of the access gate. of that new owner remain few testimony of paintings at mural tempera, where are recognisable by the Count Felice Baciocchi and his consort Elisa Bonaparte, sister of Napoleone Bonaparte. In the various squares that they remake to the tradition of painters of 1700, there are also represented some buildings belonged to various noble families of Lucca and Pisa, the they were owner of Villa. Between these the Della Gherardesca, and the Ludovisi, the Gambicorti, the Pucci.
Today the community is the owner of Villa Baciocchi and it house a Zoological Museum and a Center of Archeological Research.
PARK
There is also an ample park annex to the villa that isolate the villa from the residential area, thanks to the trees. The garden is date back to the second half of 1800s when the Baciocchi entrust the reorganization of practicability, of the entries, of the enclosures and furnitures to Luigi Bellincioni, he studded the park with a series of plus varied stylistic characters: little aedicule with panoramic frescos, and neo-gothic buildings.
Today the park contain 160 rare botanical species, and some of them are centuries-old, they come from various parts of the world. Each plant was classified and you can read his characteristics in a sign fixed at his feet. The centuries-old plants are particularly important like the giant redwood, the bamboo and the taxus.
L’ Aero Club di Pisa Federico Citi è un’accogliente struttura situata nell’alta Valdera a poca distanza da Pontedera. L’aviosuperficie in erba di 670 metri ricade in comune di Capannoli, a lato della Strada Provinciale della Fila.
I comuni di Capannoli, Pontedera e Peccioli sono consorziati con l’Aero Club di Pisa.
L’Aero Club è operativo tutti i giorni della settimana ad eccezione del martedì. Sul campo è possibile rifornirsi di carburante (benzina verde).
HANGAR
Nell’Aviosuperficie Valdera sono stati costruiti in più riprese un gran numero di hangar metallici destinati al ricovero dei velivoli privati.
Gli hangar accolgono anche i mezzi della Scuola di Volo, un’officina con meccanico certificato Rotax e ospitano la sede della Pipistrel Italia, importatore di velivoli ultraleggeri.
La ristrutturazione di un antico fienile ha permesso la realizzazione di una bella Club house, che ospita i corsi di volo e gli uffici.
I corsi che si svolgono sull’aviosuperficie per il conseguimento dell’attestato VDS riguardano:
– i tre assi (con Tecnam P92),
– i motoalianti (Pipistrel Sinus),
– i deltaplani (Pendolare Pipistrel),
– gli autogiro (ELA),
– ed il volo libero (Scuola n° 51).
Lo staff di istruttori comprende persone di vasta esperienza, non solo nel VDS, ma anche nell’Aviazione Generale e Commerciale.
AREA E ATTIVITÀ PER I SOCI
Un parco giochi per i bambini ed una serie di gazebo attrezzati con tavoli e panche per picnic, un piazzale coperto da una tecnostruttura, una zona recintata con panchine di fronte alla pista completano gli spazi per soci e ospiti.
L’Aero Club favorisce anche le attività di autocostruzione (alcuni soci hanno realizzato il proprio aereo, partendo dai disegni costruttivi e dai listelli di legno) nonché di recupero e conservazione di velivoli storici.
Inoltre è presente sul campo una scuola di modellismo che può accompagnare i più giovani alla scoperta di questa interessante e formativa attività.
Infine ricordiamo che l’Aero Club rappresenta un punto di aggregazione per i soci, organizzando eventi a carattere sportivo (come il campionato italiano VDS), a carattere diportistico (come le gite collettive presso altri Aeroclub), nonché conviviale.
EVENTO GIORNATA DEGLI AQUILONI
Tra le attività di promozione del volo svolte dall’Aero Club ricordiamo “La giornata degli aquiloni”, che si tiene ogni anno (meteo permettendo) nel mese di maggio e porta una quantità di bambini a cimentarsi con la costruzione di un aquilone ed il suo successivo in volo.
The Zoological museum in Capannoli is located in the ground floor of Villa Baciocchi. The museum is composed of five rooms, it exposes taxidermied animals: invertebrates, birds, reptiles and fishes from all over the world.
The museum exposes over 1400 exemplaries of fauna.
Some rooms proposes environmental reconstructions with dioramas, it exposes tigers, bears and lions.
The museum is located in Villa Baciocchi in Capannoli and it is composed of five rooms which propose a guided archaeological tour about Valdera’s history and revolution:
1- Prehistory in Valdera;
2-Etruscan in Valdera: settlement;
3- Etruscan in Valdera: necropolis;
4- Roman Valdera;
5- Middle Age in Valdera.
The museum collects archaeological material from excavations in Valdera. The exposition is enriched from a series dioramas of some settlement types.
Free entry
Museo Archeologico della Valdera Address: Villa Baciocchi, Piazza Castello, 1-4 Capannoli Tel: 0587607035 Email:valderamusei@unione.valdera.pi.it
Opening time: 9.30-12.30/16.00-19.00. All the days except Tuesdays and Wednesdays afternoon.
Leaving from Peccioli , we go down the steep via di Greta. In less than a kilometer we get to the gravel bed of Era River characterized by spontaneous vegetation, large and rich variety of birds.
So we continue along the river up to the Molino di Ripabianca . From Le Piagge, where the suggestive vision of tuff cliffs that run along the municipal road Peccioli-Fabbrica follows us on the left, we can make a road variation of up to Ripabianca , to be used in case of flooding of the river.
After approximately four kilometers we start to go up to reach the municipal road with which we reach the charming town of Montecchio and continue, still with the dirt road, in the countryside of the area of Serre, which has varied crops and is natural habitat of various game species. There are two ways of traveling to this area; one is from Costie and the other takes you back to Peccioli through the road of Madonna delle Serre , named after the namesake church in this area, and characterized by a fresh and hospitable little forest, place of pilgrimage the first Sunday of May.
EVENT
Randonnée ARI patent, Randonnée Mountain Bike patent.
INSPIRATION
The event, in line with the directives of ARI, will pursue the following purposes: self-sufficiency, affordability, simplicity, security, contact with nature.
The event was inspired by the slow travelling on nature trails
ORGANIZATION
The ownership of the event is the GSRC Galimberti, with the patronage of the Municipality of Pontedera and the collaboration of G.S. Treggiaia, POL la Perla “Razzi e Mozzi” and Borra Bike with ARI audax randonnée Italy.
The event will adopt the Regulation ARI / MTB.
THE EVENT
DATE
Sunday, August 31st, 2014.
Preliminary checks from 07.00 to 08.00 at the Club Galimberti in Via Galimberti, Pontedera.
Start from 8:00am to 08.10am from GSRC GALIMBERTI.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
Cyclists and cycle tourists members with papers in order for the year 2014 ARI, or bodies recognized by CONI UISP; ACSI; CSAIN; ASI; CSI; ENDAS; FITRI, and also free hikers equipped with medical certificate, bike Mountain bike and helmet (mandatory). after filling the release paper ARI.
REGISTRATION
We accept MAX 300 people. The registration fee is € 10.
Entries close automatically when we reach the number of 300 paying cyclists, there is no possibility of pre-registrations.
Registration opens from June 20th, 2014 at the Club Galimberti in Via Galimberti n° 4, Pontedera. – or online via the website www.audaxitalia.it (REGISTRATION)
Registration fee: (10 €) to be paid by bank transfer before you sign up.
Description of payment (“causale”): you have to write “Iscrizione Randonneè della valdera.”
Account name: G.S.R.C Galimberti.
Bank: “Banca di Pisa e Fornacette”.
Bank account details: IBAN – IT37 Z085 6271 1310 0001 0375 939 – SWIFT BIC: BCCFIT33
Registration deadline Sunday August 31st, 7.30am
We recommend the use of RandoCard ARI (cyclist card ARI) to sign up, the preparation of the release of responsibility, which will have to be delivered to the preliminary checks, the validation steps at the start, the control places along path and at the finish.
RACE DOCUMENTS
Road Book route map with street guide (town refreshments and fountains), Paper ARI / MTB / RG as travel validation step in places of control. GPS path track.
THE ROUTE
40 / 70 / 115 km, short, medium and long, as for the ARI / MTB standards.
The “randonnée valdera” will make a great added value to the event, as it allows cyclists to follow paths and roads of GPN and horse trail through hills, woods and streams.
The route is marked as “Randonnée valdera”.
NB: Hikers enrolled arriving at the refreshment / control “LE SERRE” after 13:00pm will not be allowed to continue in the long route.
“We remind that the long path requires a good physical condition.”
Refreshments:
There are 4 food spots on the path next the checkpoints. (Terricciola, Le Serre, Castelfalfi and Legoli) – and a pasta party at the finish.
RECOGNITION
The GSRC Galimberti will distribute to all the cyclists who will get the approval ARI / MTB (40 – 70 – 115 Km) a scroll by the artist Giancarlo Calamai reproducing the logo of the event.
STREETS GUIDE
Roads / dirt roads of Randonneè:
A) PONTEDERA starting 8:00-8:10am from Via Galimberti – towards Ponsacco on the bike path parallel to via roma – underpass in Viale Europa – the street in front of cemeteries – bike path until “La Borra” – path levee Era River.
A) PONSACCO (time 8:15 to 9:15) Trail embankment ERA – via Melegnano – Viale Primo Maggio – via xxv aprile – Via Roma via dei mille – via cesare Battisti – via Era – Roundabout – dirt road to Camugliano.
A) CAPANNOLI (hours 8:45 to 9:45) via Camugliano – dirt road near “Solaia” – via delle pinete – via provinciale 26 – via del Pino – dirt road up to via dei Pontini – via delle case – dirti road via dei monaci – via di badia.
A) TERRICCIOLA (9:15 to 10:30 via di badia – dirt road via taneto – via della cascina – via terricciolese –
Via Bagno “A / R” – (First Food Spot.) dirt road via delle colline.
A). CHIANNI. Dirt road via delle colline – strada provinciale 14 “Miemo” –
A). LAJATICO (10 am – 11.30 am) “Fontanelle” . Dirt road from strada provinciale 14 to strada provinciale 45 – Via Pietro Nenni – unpaved local road via dell’uccelliera “theater of silence” – via Volterra SR 439.
A) PECCIOLI / MONTAIONE (11am – 13:30)
SR 439 – gravel road lake Gattero – municipal road of Montelopio – via di mezzo – Fabbrica – via della chiesa / towards Fabbrica – via delle case nuove – Montecchio – via Aldo Neri – dirt road, via madonna delle serre (2nd Food Spot). – GPN dirt road up to strada della bonifica – via della bonifica – via della bonifica gravel road towards Castelfalfi – dirt road and golf courses. – Castelfalfi (3rd Food Spot) Via SP 26 – via di mezzo / via Poggetta – via di monti – dirt road GPN towards via Libbiano Legoli -.Legoli – (4th Food Spot).
A) PALAIA (12.30 – 15:00) via SP 11 – dirt road up to municipal road Toiano – via Toiano – dirt road collelungo (agliati) until SP36 – Chiecinella – dirt road via della costa towards Marti.
A) MONTOPOLI (13.30 – 16:00)
Via della costa – via fontanelle – via della croce – MARTI – (WATER SPOT) via Mazzana – Varramista – via di ricavo – highway underpass – Castelbosco – dirt road via val di frigoli – via della falce.
A) PONTEDERA (-13 hours – 18) via della falce – municipal road Palaia / La Rotta – via del pietriccio – via di montecastello – cycle path of Braccini lakes – via Enrico de Nicola – cycle lane in Viale Italia – back, through cycle path, in the Era river embankment – arrival via galimberti.
R) FROM TERRICCIOLA (return on short course) – time 10:30 to 11:30 the road of Chianti towards Morrona – Stibbiolo – via dei cipressi – San Pietro Belvedere – via vignoli – via Corsica – provincial road 26 via san rocco – dirt road for Solaia – via Camugliano – Ponsacco – cycle lane on levee Era river – arrival via Galimberti.
R) FROM PECCIOLI (return middle course) (11:00 – 13:30) from madonna delle serre – Municipal road poggio al pino – provincial road 41 – via San Sebastiano – via dei cappuccini – cycle path towards Forcoli – via la bianca – via SP26R, via di santo pietro belvedere – sarzanese valdera – via Baciocchi – Piazza Castello – via san rocco – dirt road under the cemetery towards Camugliano – via Camugliano – via valdera – cycle lane levee Era river – arrival via Galimberti.
A) roads of the long route R) roads of return short and medium course.
Here you can see the video made for the 2014 edition:
You can spend extraordinary days of touring following the state highway Sarzanese that runs through the Valdera from Massa Marittima to Pontedera . From the beautiful old town of Massa Marittima you take the state highway 439 , called “Sarzanese” towards the North to Monterotondo Marittimo.
In Monterotondo Marittimo there is the very charming Park Biancane in which the force of nature shows itself in the form of steam emissions from the ground, fumaroles and geothermal wells. Again on the Sarzanese, you can reach the medieval town of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina where you must walk in the old town centre and pass the Chiassino the alley which, with its 50 cm. width, is the narrowest street in the world.
Just beyond Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, on the right there is the town of Larderello where you can really get surprised watching the giant geysers . Back on the main road 439, we go up towards Pomarance where you can enjoy beautiful views over the Cecina Valley. A bit forward the town of Saline manages to offer some beautiful views of the nearby Volterra .
With gentle bends and ups and downs, the Sarzanese leads us first to Capannoli, then to Ponsacco and eventually in Pontedera.
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