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Old Town Centre at Fivizzano, Tuscany

In the past, Fivizzano was ruled by the Medici Family and in the city it is possible to see traces deriving from this government: i.e. the ancient walls, built under Cosimo de’ Medici in 1540, the Palace and the Tomb of Archade Labindo and the Baroque fountain, built under Cosimo III in 1683.
The large Medicean Square is still today the centre of life in Fivizzano, with the provostal Church, restored after the damage caused by the earthquake of 1920.

The Fantoni Palace, restored by the contemporary citizen of Fivizzano, the doctor and writer Loris Jacopo Bononi, will house the Museum of Printing, to recall that Fivizzano was one of the main centres of this art.
Here, it was that Jacopo da Fivizzano opened one of the first printing works in Italy, here the first typewriter was invented and used.

The Augustinian complex is well worth a visit with its library, collection of fine works of art from churches in Fivizzano, the hostel and, on the outside,the bronze monument recalling the origins of Niccolò V, the great Pope who founded the Vatican Library.

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