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Castello di Verrazzano

Castello di Verrazzano from directly overhead

Castello di Verrazzano is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 334 m. Monte San Michele stands 893 m to the east-southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Castello di Colognole, a historic site 0.9 miles away.

The story

The Castle of Verrazzano (Italian: Castello di Verrazzano) is located about a mile from the center of Greve in Chianti in Tuscany, Italy, and sits on a mountain spur above the River Greve. The castle dates back to an Etruscan, and then Roman, settlement. The Verrazzano family held the castle for centuries and the navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano is said to have been born there in 1485. The last Verrazzano died in 1819, and the property passed through various wealthy Florentine families before coming to the Cappellini family in 1958. A monument in New York City at the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge, which was named after Giovanni, includes three stones that were carved from the ancient wall of the castle.

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Wikidata Q2970958, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.60158, 11.28461

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Mezzaluna: 1.0 mi
  • Truspide: 6.3 mi
  • The second Act: 6.3 mi
  • Cervo: 6.3 mi
  • Dea della forza: 6.6 mi
Peaks
  • Poggio Testa Lepre: 1.4 mi
  • Monte Fili: 1.6 mi
  • Poggio la Croce: 1.7 mi
  • Punta Pernano: 2.8 mi
  • Poggio delle Lame: 3.0 mi
Springs
  • La Vena: 1.5 mi
  • Fonte Santa Maria: 1.8 mi
  • Fonte di San Giovanni Gualberto: 2.1 mi
  • Fonte I Medici: 2.7 mi
  • Fonte Calcinaia: 3.4 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • La rotonda di Poggio Borgoni: 3.5 mi
  • Giardino Rita Levi Montalcini: 3.6 mi
  • Parco della Rimembranza: 5.8 mi
  • Parco Botanico del Chianti: 5.8 mi
  • La Barazzina: 6.0 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Castello del Nero: 5.9 mi
  • Giardino Emmeline Pankhurst: 6.3 mi
  • piazzetta Gino Strada: 6.3 mi
  • Giardini di Piazza della Repubblica: 6.3 mi
  • Giardino del Cimitero della Misericordia: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 16
Waterfalls: 6
  • Tonfo del Diavolo: 10.2 mi
  • Cascata del Diborrato: 15.5 mi
  • Pisciolo di Macereto: 15.7 mi
  • Cascata di Meriggioni: 16.0 mi
  • Pisciolo di Sant'Antonio: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 5

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Castello di Verrazzano. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monte San MicheleESE 123°893 m6.3 mi
Poggio CorniESE 121°881 m5.5 mi
Poggio QuerciabellaSE 134°848 m6.8 mi
Poggio alle CosteSE 133°847 m6.2 mi
Poggio al VanoESE 121°831 m5.2 mi
Poggio La SugheraENE 65°791 m5.7 mi
Poggio TondoENE 65°784 m6.0 mi
Poggio La BeccheriaENE 60°776 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2017:4918:27
June solstice05:3420:1721:00
September equinox07:0218:3719:15
December solstice07:4615:5516:42

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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