The best city hikes and walks around Foresta della Valle Benedetta

La Barriera Regina Margherita (commonly known as Barriera Margherita) in Livorno was the historic terminus of the Pisa-Tirrenia-Livorno railway, managed by the company STEFET (Società Trazione e Ferrovie Elettriche Toscane). Originally built in 1890 as the city's southern customs gate, the structure was partially converted in 1935 to house the terminal station of this famous electric railway line, active until 1960 and affectionately nicknamed "il Trammino".

La Barriera Regina Margherita (commonly known as Barriera Margherita) in Livorno was the historic terminus of the Pisa-Tirrenia-Livorno railway, managed by the company STEFET (Società Trazione e Ferrovie Elettriche Toscane). Originally established in 1890 as the southern customs gate of the city, the structure was partially converted in 1935 to house the terminal station of this famous electric railway line, active until 1960 and affectionately nicknamed "il Trammino".

We were early at the ferry and went to the old town to get something to eat. It's best to ask someone who already has food about the quality. There are "tourist traps" that serve mediocre food.

Giovanni Baratta came from a family of sculptors from Carrara. He was the son of Isidoro Baratta and nephew of Francesco Baratta the Elder (around 1595–1666) and Giovanni Maria Baratta (around 1627–1675). His brothers Francesco Baratta the Younger (1663–1729) and Pietro Baratta (1668–1729) were also sculptors. His nephew Giovanni Antonio Cybei (1706–1784) worked for him as an assistant and took over his uncle's studio after his death.

The New Fortress is a fortification in Livorno, Italy. It represents the ancient "Bastion of Saint Francis" of the pentagonal city, designed by Bernardo Buontalenti, which originally also included the "Bastion of Santa Barbera" until it was partially dismantled to make way for the second growth of the New Venice district. It was part of the defensive system in the north-east of the city, represented by the symmetrical Fort of San Pietro d'Alcantara and the Rivellino di San Marco, located between the two fortifications, where the ancient Porta San Marco (Piazza dei Domenicani) opened.

Chiesa di San Ferdinando, also called Chiesa della Crocetta. Church from the 18th century, marble decorations by Giovanni Baratta

The Fortezza Nuova in Livorno is a historic military structure located in the heart of the Tuscan city. Built between the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century, the fortress was part of the complex defensive system of the city, designed to protect the port and the city itself from enemy incursions. Its architecture is characteristic of Renaissance fortifications, with star-shaped bastions that allowed for effective defense against artillery attacks. Originally surrounded by a large moat and connected to the sea, today it is immersed in the Venezia Nuova district, one of the most picturesque areas of Livorno.

In Rosignano, in the 19th century, the wealthy Berti-Mantellassi family owned factories, buildings (including two villas and an oratory) and large plots of land (from Pungenti to Caletta, up to the Fine river). When, from 1913 onwards, the first plants of the Solvay factory were built, some land was sold by the Berti Mantellassi family. They also owned the entire coastal strip (from Scoglietto to the current Bagni Trieste) where there was a high sand dune up to 30 metres high that was gradually sold to carters for the construction of what would later be called Rosignano Solvay. Nothing remained of the enormous dune, except the name of a promenade and a square, Monte alla Rena, precisely. Another testimony comes from the paintings of the Macchiaioli who in their paintings have handed down the image of how that coastal landscape must have looked before the Second World War. The villa in the Crepatura area, called the "Villone" to distinguish it from another of their properties located inside the Caletta park (and currently demolished to make way for a large condominium) is immersed in a holm oak forest bordered to the north by the Botro Crepatura, to the east by the Aurelia, to the south and west by the road that divides it from the Coop and the baths respectively. It was built around 1850 and is a beautiful quadrangular building with two floors above the ground, with a large terrace on the side facing the sea; here there is also an entrance, while the main one, with the tree-lined avenue, can be identified on the Aurelia by means of a large wrought iron gate that on the top bears the intertwined digraph B and M, symbol of the double name of the family. Today, following restoration, the villa has been divided into various apartments, some of which are still inhabited by members of the family.