Bistecca alla Fiorentina T-bone cut of Chianina beef, grilled rare over embers
A T-bone cut from Chianina beef, grilled rare over embers with no seasoning at all: Florence's signature dish.
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The line between the Ligurian and the Tyrrhenian Sea runs across the headland at Piombino, and Livorno faces both of them. It is a thin ribbon of Tuscan coast squeezed between Pisa and Grosseto, with the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago offshore, Elba and Capraia among them. Its 19 municipalities are a recent design: in 1861 the province was the port city and Elba, no more, and only in 1925 did it take in the Maremma inland of Pisa.
The shore is signposted Costa degli Etruschi and earns the label: at the Gulf of Baratti the sand runs silver and black with iron, and an archaeological park sits behind the beach. Portoferraio is the way into Elba; on the mainland, Piombino, Castagneto Carducci and San Vincenzo, where a fourteenth-century watchtower still stands. In Livorno, walk the churches: the cathedral, the Dutch-German Congregation temple, the Armenian church of St Gregory the Illuminator.
Towns in the province of Livorno
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The top 9 places in Livorno
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1 🖼️ Museums Museo archeologico del territorio di Populonia 📍 Piombino Piombino's museum on the ancient territory of Populonia, in the Citadel: it holds the silver Amphora of Baratti. 
2 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries chiesa armena di San Gregorio Illuminatore 📍 Livorno The surviving 18th-century Baroque facade of Livorno's historic Armenian church on Via della Madonna. 
3 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries chiesa di San Ferdinando 📍 Livorno Built in 1707 in Livorno's Venezia Nuova district, this Baroque church houses Baratta's slave redemption sculpture. - 4 chiesa di Santa Caterina Livorno · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 5 chiesa di Santa Maria del Soccorso Livorno · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 6 duomo di Livorno Livorno · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 7 Museo civico "Giovanni Fattori" Livorno · 🖼️ Museums
- 8 santuario della Madonna delle Grazie Livorno · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 9 tempio della Congregazione Olandese Alemanna Livorno · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
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Panforte di Siena sweet of almonds, candied fruit, honey and spices pressed into a disc
Almonds, candied fruit, flour, honey and spices pressed into a low disc: Siena's panforte has a recipe documented since 1205.
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Feast of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
📅 Every year, on 25 November
On 25 November Marciana celebrates its patron Saint Catherine of Alexandria, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Saint Barbara, patron of Rio's miners
📅 Every year, on 4 December
Rio celebrates Saint Barbara, patron of miners, on 4 December, in a town tied to Elba's mining history.
Feast of Saint Nicholas
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Capraia Isola celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas; the island preserves the Forte di San Giorgio.
Saint Bartholomew and the Palio delle Botti
📅 Every year, on 13 January; the Palio delle Botti on Easter Monday
Bibbona celebrates Saint Bartholomew on 13 January. On Easter Monday, the Palio delle Botti and the Festa del cedro are held, a historic contest between the town's districts.