Montelupo Fiorentino is just outside Florence, in a verdant area at the junction of the Pesa creek and the Arno River. Numerous finds now displayed at the Archeological Museum attest that the territory was inhabited beginning in the prehistoric age, with successive Etruscan and Roman settlements. Since the Renaissance, it has been a renowned center for ceramics production, where tradition and modernity come together in high-quality products with unique designs.

Numerous ceramics workshops are still open today, carrying on the town’s history of craftsmanship with skill and entrepreneurial spirit; one of the aims of the Museum of Ceramics is to preserve and enhance the memory of this know-how.

Montelupo also boasts the imposing Villa Medicea dell’Ambrogiana, standing on the left bank of the Arno, the river linking Florence with Livorno. Set in a large park, the Villa was once a Medici hunting lodge, and the favorite residence of Cosimo III.