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Marian shrine dating back to the 15th century, built on the site of a pre-existing medieval monastic oratory from the 10th/11th centuries. It was later expanded in subsequent centuries, reaching its current 19th-century structure. Beautiful view of the valley below.

Refill water at the small fountain.

"The Feast of the Assumption is a warning sign: detach yourselves a little from the earth! And Mother Church reminds us that on this feast we should ask God for the grace to strive for the things of heaven. But this day also answers a question that many people ask themselves today: don't we also have a right to the things of this earth, a right to rest, to pleasure, a right to follow the latest fashion if it pleases us? Yes, we have this right, but within certain limits!" (Albino LUCIANI / Pope John Paul I.)

With a steep climb you quickly reach this beautiful sanctuary located in a panoramic position over the Sieve valley. The Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie al Sasso is part of the Parish of Lubaco - Diocese of Fiesole - and is located above the town of S. Brigida, Municipality of Pontassieve. On 2 July 1484 the Madonna appeared with Baby Jesus in the arms of two little sisters named Ricovera, on the rock adjacent to a tabernacle near a hermit settlement (later incorporated into the Sanctuary), which was the refuge and oratory of Saint Andrew of Scotland (actually of Ireland, also called Andrea Scoto), brother of Saint Brigid of Ireland, the Saint who chose as a place of hermitage a cave not far away, about 2 km, where the town that will take the name of Santa Brigida will later arise. Between 1484 and 1485, the Madonna appeared several times to the Ricovera shepherdesses, asking that a church be built in that same place because, she told the two Ricovera shepherdesses: "Here I like to be venerated and from here to pour out graces on those who ask me for them". But it was the great apparition of the Madonna with the Baby Jesus in her arms in front of all the people, several hundred people who were gathered there to pray on 22 August 1485, that definitively resolved the doubts about the previous apparitions and gave the final push to the construction of the Sanctuary, which was completed in 1504. Between 1615 and 1675, the large portico facing the facades was also built, so that the numerous pilgrims could find refuge there in case of bad weather.

Beautiful panoramic point with ample parking and Bar/Chalet

The Parish Church of Stia is not only a place of high historical and architectural value. Very valuable works of art of various kinds are also preserved here, spanning a period of five centuries. The oldest and most valuable work is a Madonna and Child on a panel dating back to 1280/90. (From the beautiful Casentino https://www.ilbelcasentino.it/pievedistia.html#:~:text=La%20Pieve%20di%20Stia%20non,su%20tavola%20databile%201280%2F90.)

In the main square of Stia there is the beautiful Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta

Located at the end of the road that goes up from Tosi or Reggello, the Vallombrosa Abbey, founded by San Giovanni Gualberto, is located in the center of the forest of the same name in a pleasant and fascinating place.