Certaldo

Certaldo is a medieval hill town in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, situated in the Elsa Valley approximately 30 kilometers southwest of Florence. It is historically significant as the adopted hometown and burial place of Giovanni Boccaccio, author of the Decameron, and administratively divides between the modern lower settlement of Certaldo Basso and the walled hilltop quarter of Certaldo Alto, a compact borgo of Romanesque and Gothic architecture representing a well-preserved example of Florentine medieval civic and religious heritage.

Medieval Tuscany, Elsa Valley, Boccaccio Heritage, Chianti Region, Florentine History, Italian Hill Towns