Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
# Tavarnelle Val di Pesa

Tavarnelle Val di Pesa is a former comune (municipality) and since 2019 a frazione of Barberino Tavarnelle in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Florence.

## Sights

The main attraction of the territory of Tavarnelle is the Badia di Passignano (Abbey of Passignano), a monastery existing from the High Middle Ages.

Other sights include:

* Church of Santa Lucia al Borghetto, part of a Franciscan monastery known from 1260. The church is an example of Gothic architecture.
* Gothic church of Madonna della Neve, with 14th-15th-century frescoes.
* Church of Santa Maria del Carmine al Morrocco (15th century)
* Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Pietracupa, founded in 1596, with a Madonna image frescoed by Paolo Schiavo.
* Pieve of San Pietro in Bossolo, a Romanesque church known from 990, housing works from Roman, Byzantine and Florentine schools.
* Villa di Spoiano, renaissance villa between Tavarnelle Val di Pesa and Barberino Val d'Elsa
* Villa di Poggio Petroio, outside the town.
* The pieve of San Donato in Poggio (12th century), in Romanesque style, with a basilica plan with a nave and two aisles and three apses. It houses a baptism shell by Giovanni della Robbia (1513) and a triptych by Giovanni del Biondo (1375).
* Bridge over the Pesa River in the frazione of Sambuca.

Tignano is a fortified hamlet whose church of San Romolo houses a terracotta tabernacle by Giovanni della Robbia.

