History

Main sights

• Monastery and church of San Giovanni Evangelista (1134). Renovated in the 17th century, it has a Baroque portal and a single nave. Artworks include an Coronation of the Virgin by Giovanni Bizzelli
  Giovanni Bizzelli
  Giovanni Bizzelli was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerist period. He was a pupil of Alessandro Allori. He afterwards went to Rome. On his return to Florence he helped Antonio Tempesta in the decoration of the vaults of the Uffizi Corridor....
  
   (1600) and an Assumption by the Master of Pratovecchio (mid-15th century).
• Church of San Biagio, in Ama. Built in the 11th century in Romanesque style, is has a Gothic portal
• Church of Santi Vito e Modesto, in Lonnano (12th century).
• Santa Maria a Poppiena, at Poppiena, documented from 1099, in Romanesque style (notable the facade rose window). The apse is introduced by an arch and has three mullioned windows decorated in alabaster stones. It houses a 15th century Annunciation by Giovanni dal Ponte and fragment of a 14th century fresco of Madonna Enthroned with Child.
• Monastery of Santa Maria della Neve, founded in 1567.
• Pieve di San Pietro a Romena, in Romena. The church was built in the mid-12th century over a pre-existing edifice, perhaps dating to the 8th century. Notable are the capitals decoration of the interiors (1152). The edifice is flanked by the late-Romanesque baptistery. At Romena is also a castle where Dante Alighieri
  Dante Alighieri
  Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...
  
   lived for a short time during his exile from Florence. The castle was destroyed in 1440 by Niccolò Piccinino
  Niccolò Piccinino
  Niccolò Piccinino was an Italian condottiero.-Biography:He was born at Perugia, was the son of a butcher.He began his military career in the service of Braccio da Montone, who at that time was waging war against Perugia on his own account, and at the death of his chief, shortly followed by that of...
  
  's Milanese
  Duchy of Milan
  The Duchy of Milan , was created on the 1st of may 1395, when Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Lord of Milan, purchased a diploma for 100,000 Florins from King Wenceslaus. It was this diploma that installed, Gian Galeazzo as Duke of Milan and Count of Pavia...
  
   troops and later restored under the Grand Duchy of Florence
  Grand Duchy of Tuscany
  The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was a central Italian monarchy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1859, replacing the Duchy of Florence. The grand duchy's capital was Florence...
  
  . It was bombed and damaged by the Allies during World War II.
• Church of San Romolo, at Valiana, founded in 1126. It is in Romanesque style. It houses a noteworthy Pietà by an unknown master, dating from the late 14th-early 15th centuries.

Twin towns - sister cities