Church of Santa Maria della Visitazione

The church of Santa Maria della Visitazione incorporates part of the ancient medieval church of the castle and houses what remains of the fifteenth-century frescoes which decorated it. Recent renovation works have restored the figures of San Rocco, a pilgrim to Romeo, and the martyr Saint Sebastian, both of the Arezzo school, to their original beauty.

Subbiano Castle

Located close to the Arno and the Palbena rivers and probably built as a fortress to control the Via Romea Germanica, over time it has lost its original military function to become a small fortified village whose houses surround the main tower and are encircled by a wall. Going along the very old picturesque alleyway to enter the castle from the square, you come out right under the central tower. From there it is possible to continue the walk along the Arno river to the remains of the sixteenth-century mill owned by the Palazzeschi family.

Via Romea Germanica

Subbiano, as reported in the manuscript of the Annales Stadenses, written in 1236 by Abbot Alberto, a Franciscan friar of the convent of Santa Maria di Stade, is indicated as a stop off point for pilgrims travelling from Germany to Rome. Having crossed Vallesanta, the route enters the Subbiano area near Valenzano Castle and from there descends towards the town of Subbiano passing through it, along Via dell'Arcipretura, where the Archaeological Documentation Center is located, to arrive at Subbiano Castle.

Pieve a Sietina

The Parish Church of Santa Maria Maddalena in Sietina, located in the village of the same name, in the area of Capolona, ​​has been considered "a rare building built between the 9th and 10th centuries", even though some scholars suggest the existence of an older church, on whose ruins the current one may have been built. The internal walls show paintings dated to different periods. The fourteenth-century fresco cycle, which runs along the walls of the central nave, includes a fresco with Four Saints, of which Pietro, Lorenzo and Stefano are recognizable. San Benedetto is depicted In the last pillar of the central nave and in the following pillar the Bishop San Biagio is found. On the left side, there is Saint Christopher carrying the Christ child on his shoulders, a Magdalene in the desert receiving the Eucharist from the angel and, to follow, Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Other frescoes, in the arch between two pillars, depict an enthroned Madonna with child, the praying Saint’s Catherine and Magdalene and a Trinity, consisting of a body with three different heads. Spinelli's mural triptych with Abbot Saint Antonio, Madonna and Child Enthroned and the Martyrdom of Saint Agata follows the fourteenth-century frescoes and is datable to the early fifteenth century. At the end of the fifteenth century, an Annunciation was depicted in the right hand counter-façade as one enters from the main door, on which an inscription,111111 on the lower part of the frame that delimits the painting, informs us that QUESTA NUNTIATA FECE FARE MONNA GNIALDA DONNA FU DI MASGIO.

Mills of Falciano

At Falciano, in the area of Subbiano, there is a characteristic and particular mill complex which has been operative since the 16th century and is owned by the Mattesini families. Until a few years ago it consisted of four mills, today just two are still in operation. They are arranged in succession, so as to exploit the same water which comes from the nearby Chiassa river, brought to the first ‘bottaccio’ by means of a ‘berigno’ to then continue into the following mill.