Boccaccio House Museum
This is the house where, according to tradition, the famous storyteller, whose family was originally from this village, lived his last years. Here, in fact, he died in 1375.
The House was purchased and restored in the early nineteenth century by the Marquise Carlotta Lenzoni de ‘Medici, poetess and friend of many poets including Giacomo Leopardi and Byron: she equipped the building with new furniture and a fresco depicting the Boccaccio by the neoclassical painter Pietro Benvenuti, very popular at the time of the commission.
During the Second World War the house was almost completely razed to the ground by Allied aerial bombardments: the fresco was miraculously saved. Today the house museum is home to the Ente Nazionale Boccaccio and a well-stocked library focused on the work of the illustrious tenant.
On the ground floor a large room welcomes visitors with panels presenting the life and works of Giovanni Boccaccio. It is also possible to see a film.
On the first floor are both the library and the room with the fresco.
Going up to the second floor there is a covered loggia and from here it is possible to continue the visit to the top of the tower, an integral part of the building, from which it is possible to have a splendid view of the Valdelsa.
