In Montevarchi's palaeontology museum, the Valdarno elephant stares back: tusks two and a half metres long, fished from the Pliocene clays of these hills, where the Accademia Valdarnese has collected fossils since 1804. It is the unexpected treasure of a market town, grown on the Arno between Florence and Arezzo around the Cassero keep and the porticoed centre.
At the table, the Valdarno chicken — a proud-crested Slow Food presidium — is the local pride; nearby, the designer outlets have added pilgrims of another cult. Fossils, chickens and fashion: the Valdarno is never boring.
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Next up: Saint Lawrence, patron venerated alongside the relic of the Holy Milk, Tuesday 10 August
Nearest airport: Firenze Peretola, 43 km away
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📅 Every year, on 10 August; the Festa del Perdono, heir to the Festa del Sacro Latte, is held on the first Sunday of September
Montevarchi celebrates its own patron Saint Lawrence on 10 August in the collegiate church dedicated to him; the church also holds the relic of the Holy Milk of the Virgin Mary, once the centre of the ancient Festa del Sacro Latte, today the Festa del Perdono.
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Outside Montevarchi, but an easy day trip away.
