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