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- GUESTS OVER 6YRS OLD WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY TOURIST TAX IN CASH ON SPOT 0.50€/NIGHT/PERSON (UP TO 10 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS)
- GUESTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW A STRICT RULE OF DAY-BY-DAY SEPARATE WASTE COLLECTION
- UTILITIES (GAS, WATER AND POWER) TO BE PAID EXTRA ON SPOT IN ACCORDANCE TO CONSUMPTION.
CARMIGNANO
Having resisted to the joint Florentine and Prato siege up until 1154, the castle was destroyed a first time in 1228 by the Florentines, who demolished the stronghold’s tower. It was regained by Pistoia in 1242 and its fortifications rebuilt. In the first part of the 1300’s Carmignano was again sold to Florence, who subsequently demolished the stronghold and its fortified walls. After another Pistoian interlude (1315 – 1324), the castle was again in Florentine hands, then besieged and conquered by Castruccio Castracani, who turned it into a personal fortress until 1328, when it returned definitively to Florence.
In the 19th century the last remains of the castle were demolished, today the only remaining fortified walls can be seen at the Carmignano hilltop, accessible via ...