“Along the right bank of the Arno about 4 kilometres from Montelupo and 3 from Empoli is  the small and industrious town of Limite, which today counts 1200 inhabitants. In a rather unfortunate geographic location, although not far from train stations, the town of Limite was without any direct links for a time, and thuslanguished in poverty for years.  Limite  lacked a local industry to enliven the town and be source of income for the working class then living in hardship. From 1600 on Limite was home to the Picchiotti family, whose householder, named Filippo, had given himself to refitting the Boats of the Arno River, which was the only trade route for the town of Limite. In a few years, Filippo became a distinguished artist, as indicated by the number of boats that he restored every year.” 

This is how, at the end of the 19^th century, the engineer Giulio Picchiotti described the town in one of his memoires conserved in the museum’s archive. Today, the Municipality of Capraia and Limite, which includes Limite sull’Arno, shares a small-scale manufacturing and services economy with other towns (Comuni) of the Circondario dell’Empolese Valdelsa (Empoli’s administrative district), but is still a town of ship builders, also tied to the Arno by the glorious sporting achievements of the local rowing club, Società Canottieri Limite, originally formed by shipyard workers.