Montevarchi

Robert Katz, an American writer who was known for chronicling violent episodes in modern Italian history and for accusing Pope Pius XII of silent complicity in the Holocaust, died Oct. 20 of complications from cancer surgery at a hospital in Montevarchi, an Italian community south of Florence.

Robert Katz, 77, wrote history of WWII massacre in Italy Emma Brown 2010

Mr. Agnolucci points out that Montevarchi was a crucial way station on old trade routes until the 1800s, and long-forgotten traces of Florence ' s powerful past lay hidden everywhere, including in one of the Medici ' s most important granaries, currently hidden away in the basement of a local bank.

Tuscany Joel Weickgenant 2010

One of Montevarchi ' s central arteries, Via Isidoro del Lungo, pushes past a number of churches and museums to a stretch of old buildings that host six workshops of furniture and antiques restorers.

Tuscany Joel Weickgenant 2010

Not to be missed is the six-day-a-week market on Piazza dell ' Antica Gora in Montevarchi, an open-air market that only offers stands to small-scale agricultural producers with an aim for high-quality merchandise.

Tuscany Joel Weickgenant 2010

In Montevarchi, the new Cassero museum for sculpture on Piazza Veneto displays three floors of work by contemporary Italian sculptors.

Tuscany Joel Weickgenant 2010

Go early, advises local filmmaker and Montevarchi native Beppe Mangione.

Tuscany Joel Weickgenant 2010

" On this street alone there are three museums, " pointed out Mr. Mangione, the Montevarchi filmmaker.

Tuscany Joel Weickgenant 2010

A recent exhibition at the Collegiata di San Lorenzo, located in a church on Piazza Varchi that is considered to be one of the best examples of Tuscan baroque, reflected on the work of Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, a Montevarchi sculptor whose fame as a Baroque artist reached Rome in the 18th century, and whose works adorned the facades of Florence.

Tuscany Joel Weickgenant 2010

The doctor we see works mornings at the new state-of-the-art hospital in nearby Montevarchi.

Christina Ritch: Health Care Under the Tuscan Sun 2009

We have had a few occasions when we needed the Pronto Soccorso (emergency room) at the immaculate new hospital in Montevarchi.

Christina Ritch: Health Care Under the Tuscan Sun 2009