SCARPERIA: This town was founded at the begginings of the 14th century with the name of Castel S. Barnaba, (called "la Scarperia") for the will of the Florentine Republic, to contrast the feudal power of Ubaldini. In the following century Scarperia became seat of the florentine Vicariate and grew from the economical point of view, thanks to its position: this town is in fact located on the main road which in the Middle Ages connected Florence to Imola and Bologna.

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