Monte Ceceri
The Monte Ceceri is a 44-hectare nature reserve in the northeast of Florence . The town of Fiesole is located at its foot , from which the summit at 414 m slm can be reached on foot.
tourism
There used to be stone quarries at the height of Monte Ceceri, the “Cave di Maiano”. Today the mines are closed and the hill is not only a nature park but also a source of archaeological finds.
The early medieval castles Castel di Poggio , Castello di Tignano and Castello di Vincigliata are also relevant for tourism . In a romantic search for the past, they were rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style at the end of the 19th century . In the walls of Vincigliata and Tignano, the events of the "Estate fiesolana" take place in summer.
Nearby is the magnificent Renaissance villa I Tatti , in which the American art scholar and historian Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) lived and worked for forty years. After his death, he left the entire property of Harvard University , which has set up a research center on the history of the Italian Renaissance here.
history
Around 1505 Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) had flight exercises carried out with a self-made aircraft on the slopes of Monte Ceceri. The attempts failed and Leonardo noted in his manuscript Codex about the flight of birds that his assistant Tommaso Masini (1462 / 66-1520) broke a leg or a few ribs.
literature
- Michael Müller: Toscana. Self-published, Erlangen 2010, p. 172
- Wolfgang Heitzmann / Renate Gabriel: Tuscany North: Florence - Apennines - Apuan Alps. The most beautiful valley and mountain hikes. 50 tours. Bergverlag Rother 2010, pp. 54–55M
music
- Sogno di volare, Monte Ceceri is mentioned, by Christopher Tin , theme song in the computer game Sid Meier's Civilization 6 (Angel City Chorale), recorded at Abbey Road Studios in summer 2016
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Meinrad Maria Grewenig: Leonardo da Vinci - artist, inventor, scientist , Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer 1995, p. 169
- ↑ Liana Bortolon: The life, times and art of Leonardo . Crescent Books, New York 1965, p. 62
- ^ Woldemar von Seidlitz: Leonardo da Vinci - the turning point of the Renaissance , Volume 2, Julius Bard, Berlin 1909, p. 234
Coordinates: 43 ° 48 ' N , 11 ° 18' E