Situated on the top of a hill, to 375 m on the sea level, dominant the river basin of the Cecina river, Pomarance are placed geographically in one of the zones of the High called Tuscany Fen "Metalliferous Hills". The surface of the communal territory is of 22.754 hectares and comprises 8 fractions very, already Medioevali Villages: Larderello, Montecerboli, Lustignano, Libbiano, Micciano, Montegemoli, San Dalmazio and Serrazzano. The Historical Center of Pomarance conserve still the ancient morphology of "fortified Curtes" with Mura Castellane, the Doors (door Massetana or Orciolina and door of Casole), the palaces Medioevali and Rinascimentali, the ancient Romanesque church of San Giovanni Battista, the ancient Cavour public square, already of the Vicariato, where the Civic Tower is visible, the Vicariale palace with coats of arms of the Vicari and, the Marzocco Loggiato Common Pretorio the palace.

In Public square Sant'Anna two more recent works realized from the scultore Mino Trafeli can be noticed (the Tree of Reason (1986) and Partisan (1954)). Moreover some tombe Etruscan (V-IV sec. A.C.) they have been recovered in 1969 near podere Santa Barbara in locality "San Piero". The first leggendarie news goes back to the X sec., when the Castle of Pomarance (already Ripomarance) was offered in gift from Ottone I to Engheramo Inghirami. After 1000, and for three centuries, Pomarance it was, therefore, object of controversies between Common and the Bishops of Volterra. The castle passed under the jurisdiction of the Common one of Volterra, that but the inhabitants of Pomarance sopportarono of good degree a lot that in, 1427, the greater local oppositori was made to behead from the Podestà di Volterra, Arnolfi Batiste. Pomarance had also to endure, in the course of the XV sec., two serious ones, invasions, as a result of which the city heavy was damaged. The first invasion, in 1431, was caused from the Lombardic troops of Niccolò Piccinino, the second one from the army of Alfonso of Aragon in 1447. Been involved in the war between Volterra and Florence, of 1472, Pomarance followed the fates of the common one close, until, entirety, entered to make part of the Mediceo State. In the XVII sec. important cultivation of Gelsi for the production of the worm from silk was developed one, while in the XVIII sec. the art of the hides tannery bloomed begun from ancient families between which the Fantacci that handed on the trade of father in son. Later it was had also the exploitation of mineral and natural products like the Thermal Antimony, Lignite, Copper, Sulfur or Waters was had also presents in the territory, that they increased in the ight hundred new economic resources, above all to work of French or English economic societies. This provoked an increase of the population that determined one substantial transformation urban planning to the inside of the historical center. They came in fact pulled down some you leave of walls medioevali, for giving space to the new nobiliari residences. In a 1818 guided French society from Francisco De Lardarel it believed in the exploitation of the boraciferi soffioni, from which the boric acid could be gained. This was a true fortune for this dynasty that has legacy its name to this earth with the industrial system of Larderello, still today the activity more important than this zone.

The origin of the name of Pomarance

Ignota is the etimologia of the Pomarance name that in antichi documents we find cited like Ripamaranci, Ripomarancie, Ripomaranci and later on the Pomarancie until puts into effect them denomination. Some historians would make to derive its name from an ancient orange culture seccati in the icy winter of 1306; others would make it to derive from "Ripa Marazza" (height on the swamp) or from Ripa Marrancia, that is cliff mancina or cliff on the left of the Cecina river; it could also derive from the denomination of the Etruschi, to we disowned assumed from the mourning of prof. the Rivers. Ripamaranci is cited for before the time in a story of a group of Christian guides to you from San Regolo which coming from Africa and disembarks to Populonia (515 d.C.), headed true Volterra making pause to Pomarance. The legend wants that one of they, Saint Giusto left the own print in one cliff of gabbro, place long the old way Volterrana and called still today "Masso di San Giusto".

S. Michele to the Ants rises in the pressed ones of the most ancient center than Spartacciano or Spartecciano, of roman origin, where the sorgive water presence sulphureous warmth determined sin from the Middle Ages the birth of famous thermal baths. Today they remain only ruderi of the two situated ones, but while the baths remain to go them in the pressed ones of be them, the ruderi of the monastero from their top offer a wonderful sight on go dictate them of the Devil, on the scrub and the Val di Cecina, until monastero Volterra. Il, of the sec. XIV, particular legend tied to its bell is said "to the ants" for one. The last hermit lived them until to the sec. XVI when, abandoned of the all church, the bell of S. Michele was transferred on the bell tower of one near locality. From that time, for the festivity of S. Michele (the 29 september) every year happened a curious phenomenon: migliaia of ants with the wings arriving from all over they glided down on the bell tower and the bell. Here why S. Michele has become "to the ants".

Volterra is one city that contraddistingue in the territory for the extraction and the working of the alabaster. To Volterra the history has left its sign with continuity from the Etruscan period until the ight hundred, with artistic and monumental testimonies of greatest relief, that they can be admired taking a walk for the ways of the historical center, but also visiting the city museums: the Etruscan Museum, the Civic Pinacoteca, the Museum of Sacred Art, the Ecomuseo of the Alabaster. The name is obviously of Etruscan origin (Velathri) and later on adapted the Latin volaterrae. (the suffisso vel prettamente Etruscan it means height)

Larderello is the first experience to the world of exploitation of the geothermal energy for the electric power production. In 1905, thanks to prince Piero Ginori-Conti, have been begun to use the energy of the soffioni for the electric power generation. Larderello for this reason accommodates an interesting Museum of the geotermia. Larderello is found to the center of the so-called one "Goes them of the devil", therefore called because of its landscape characterized from the presence of soffioni boraciferi with the characteristic columns of vapors white men (already famous to the age of Dante ispiratrici Alighieri and he of the landscapes of the "Inferno"), of gigantic evaporative towers (hour not more in use) and of one net of external ducts for the geothermal vapor coming from from several the pools.

Florence (already Florentia and Fiorenza) are the capoluogo of the Tuscany region, of which it is the larger and popolosa city, let alone main historical, artistic and economic-administrative fulcrum. The place of origin of the Rinascimento is considered and is recognized all over the world like one of the cribs of the art and the architecture, with its numerous historical buildings, monuments, and rich museums (between which the Gallery of the Uffizi, the Gallery Palatina, the Bargello and the museums Pitti Palace), city of the world is known like one of the beautifulst and important. Patrimony of the Humanity recognized from the Unesco in 1982, the historical center of Florence, enclosed to the inside of the circles of the tree-lined avenues traced on the old ones walls medieval, collects the more important cultural assets of the city. Delimited from the tracing of circles the building of XIV the century, built up thanks to the power they trades and economic caught up, she knew in the two centuries succeeded to you its maximum splendor. The historical center can be appreciated in its totality from hills around, in particolar way from the Strong Lookout, the Michelangelo Large square with the Romanesque Basilica of San Miniato al Monte and from the hill of Fiesole that offers one of the more evocative panoramas of the valley of the Arno.

Pisa. Between the more important monuments of the city there is - in celebre the public square of the Miracles, declared patrimony of the humanity - the Cathedral constructed in marble between 1063 and 1118, in pisano Romanesque style, with the portale in bronze of San Ranieri di Bonanno Pisano and the pulpit of Giovanni Pisano. In the public square svetta the characteristic hanging Tower, bell tower of XII the century, high 56 meters, that it acquired its characteristic inclination ten years after the beginning of its construction, today one of Italian monuments more known the world.

Livorno is one of the more important carries Italians, it is like port of call trades them that tourist, industrial center of national importance and, between all the from Tuscany cities, usually is thought young, although in its territory survivors to the massive strafings of the second war are present historical testimonies of remote ages mondiale.