Scarperia

Go and visit Scarperia, an ancient town of the Mugello, famous for its centuries-old production of handmade blades, knives, scissors and various metal tools, etc. Here you can see the Palazzo Pretorio, an important building of the fourteenth century, which became the seat of the Vicars in 1415. The Oratory of the Madonna di Piazza contains a tabernacle attributed to Andrea della Robbia which frames a Madonna and Child by Taddeo Gaddi. A marble tondo by Benedetto da Maiano, a tabernacle by Mino da Fiesole and paintings by Rosselli can be seen in the Propositura while the famous fresco attributed to Filippo Lippi can be found in the Oratory of the Madonna dei Terremoti.