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5 unusual facts about San Miniato


A.C. Tuttocuoio 1957 San Miniato

Associazione Calcio Tuttocuoio 1957 San Miniato is an Italian association football club located in Ponte a Egola, a frazione of San Miniato, Tuscany, but playing in Santa Croce sull'Arno, Tuscany.

Gaetano Trentanove

he sculpted the monument of Signora Fraschetti, placing a crown of flowers on the tomb of her husband in San Miniato.

Giovanni Battista Belluzzi

He designed fortifications for Florence, Pistoia, Pisa and San Miniato and also wrote a book on military architecture.

Leonard of Port Maurice

When Cosimo III de' Medici handed over the monastery del Monte (on San Miniato near Florence, also called Monte alle Croci) to the members of the Riformella, St Leonard was sent hither under the auspices and by desire of Cosimo III, and began shortly to hold missions among the people of Tuscany.

Valdarno chicken

It was in the past extensively raised in the lower part of the valley between Florence and the Tyrrhenian Sea and in the plains surrounding Pisa, in the areas of comuni such as Cerreto Guidi, Pontedera, Empoli, Poggibonsi and San Miniato.


Castelfranco di Sotto

Castelfranco di Sotto borders the following municipalities: Altopascio, Bientina, Fucecchio, Montopoli in Val d'Arno, San Miniato, Santa Croce sull'Arno, Santa Maria a Monte.

Emilio Cavallini

Emilio Cavallini (born 1945 in San Miniato, Province of Pisa) is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his hosiery collections.

Montopoli in Val d'Arno

Montopoli in Val d'Arno borders the following municipalities: Castelfranco di Sotto, Palaia, Pontedera, San Miniato, Santa Maria a Monte.


see also

View of Florence from San Miniato

View of Florence from San Miniato is an oil on canvas painting by American artist Thomas Cole.