FLORENCE, ITALY – FAI Day of Spring celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year. More than 6.5 million Italian have taken part in this popular festival since its inception. The appointment is scheduled on Saturday March 24 and Sunday March 25.
The event is a national show of art and beauty dedicated to everyone who cares about Italian cultural and natural heritage and is set in hundreds of unique locations, many of which are usually off limits to the public.
To celebrate the twentieth edition of FAI Day of Spring, 670 protected sites will be open across Italy, including the most popular ones of the past. Some of the protected sites in Florence and Tuscany will be open.
Among them the Abbey of San Salvatore and San Lorenzo (Scandicci), few chilometres from Florence. It is considered one of the most important historical sites in Scandicci, and recently restored after the damage of WWII, the origins of the Badia date back to 988 when it was a center of public life.
The monks who lived there were responsible for draining the swamps around the Arno which led to some of the first rural settlers, which eventually led to the growth of Scandicci. From 1236 the Badia was run by the Cistercense of San Galgano, who occupied it until 1732.
They were responsible for fortifying it, and the traces of their work are still visible. The Church of Saints Salvatore and Lorenzo is located within the Badia, where two Ghirlandaio plaques from the XV century can be seen.
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