Things to see in Reggello

Reggello is a city of 16,000 people (2016) in Tuscany. It's famous for extra virgin olive oil production, and is home to the Abbey of Vallombrosa, and the Castle of Sammezzano.

Reggello is a municipality in the Province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, about 25 km southeast of Florence.

Divided between the famous hills of Chianti and the beautiful mountains of Pratomagno. Reggello offers a wide natural conformation.

The most famous point of interest is the Abbey of Vallombrosa, located in the famous Vallombrosa forest, 10 km (6.2 mi) from the city's downtown. The abbey of Vallombrosa is in the splendid created forest and taken care of in the centuries by the monks and declared in the 1973 Natural Biogenetic Reserve. Vallombrosa is a Benedictine abbey in the comune of Reggello, in the Apennines, surrounded by forests of beech and firs. It was founded by Giovanni Gualberto, a Florentine noble, in 1038 and became the mother house of the Vallumbrosan Order. It was extended around 1450, reaching its current aspect at the end of the 15th century. In 1529, after the looting of Charles V, the east tower was built, in the 17th century followed the wall and in the 18th century the fishing ponds. Today, the monastery is open for tourists and is selling local product

The Balze were formed from sediment deposited by a lake in the Pliocene and Pleistocene, this lake was about 21 km long, occupying the current Valdarno.