| In the past this villages was important to | | | | Barberino Val d'Elsa was then under the |
| Florence for merchants and pilgrims thanks to | | | | administration of the city of Florence that |
| its position near the Via Cassia. | | | | built the walls of the village in order to |
| | | | trasform it in a military garrison. Nowadays |
| In the 1365, Taddeo di Cecco built the | | | | you can find two Doors, one of them, |
| Spedale dei Pellegrini (Hospital for | | | | Florentine, is a remaking while the other |
| Pilgrims) near the Porta Fiorentina to help | | | | one, Sienese, is the original one, made of |
| the pilgrims and the merchants that passed | | | | stones, with an elegant gothic arch and a |
| by. | | | | little church tower of the XVII century. |
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| When in the 1202 Florence destroyed the | | | | Also original are the difensive towers toward |
| nearby village of Semifonte, Barberino Val | | | | Valle del Drove. Very important are Palazzo |
| d'Elsa became very important. | | | | Porte Pretorio and Palazzo Barberini, too. |
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