San Giovanni Valdarno locates itself to the center of the Superior Valdarno (high valley of the Arno) and is one of the main localities of the aretino Valdarno. San Giovanni Valdarno locates itself to the center of the Superior Valdarno (high valley of the Arno) and is one of the main localities of the aretino Valdarno.
San Giovanni is surrounded by hills and mountains and ² extends in a territory of 21 km surroundings to the borders of the Arno river that crosses this population.
In this earth they were born Tommaso Guidi, Masaccio call (1401-1428), great innovator of the painting of the 1400 and his Masolino teacher (1383-1440) and, two centuries later, another great artist, Giovanni gives San Giovanni (1592-1636). In San Giovanni the Church can also be visited I gave Santa Maria delle Grazie, the Museum and the parish of San Giovanni Battista.
In the heart of the city is the Palazzo Pretorio, more known eats Palazzo d' Arnolfo, by the name of Arnolfo architect I gave Change that has projected it. In the environs the Badiola can be visited I gave to S. Maria in Mamma, in the right border of the Arno, one old church of the Benedictine ones of Nonantola.
The Valdarno is a special earth that has its origins in prehistory. Florence and Arezzo have disputed from the Average Age this earth that today offers a full scene of colors.
In these beautiful earth the spots of the pines, green dark of the oaks and the silverplated color of the olive trees that mix themselves with green the clear one of the vines.
The naturalísticos itineraries to cross are several:
The Park of the Cavriglia of than 600 hectares of extension, surrounded more by forests of there are and brown where they live muflones, corzos and gamos.
In the zone to the south, the Natural Reserve of the Valley of Hell and Bandella with 526 hectares covered by a varied vegetation formed by forests with oaks, oaks of Turkey, willows and chopos.
Finally, near Arezzo, the Natural Reserve of Ponte Buriano and Penno, other 665 hectares of black chopos, willows and elm trees.
