Main Sights
- Palazzo Mazzoleni
- Palazzo Niccolini
- Palazzo Dovizi, built by Cardinal Bernardo Dovizi, who is usually known as "Bibbiena", He was born in Bibbiena and served as secretary to Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici (later Pope Leo X).
The religious buildings include:
- the church of San Lorenzo, famous for the glazed terracotta reliefs by the Della Robbia school
- the Pieve di Sant’Ippolito (former chapel of the Tarlati Castle)
- the Rococo Oratorio of San Francesco
- the Sanctuary of Santa Maria del Sasso, one of the most important Renaissance buildings in the Casentino area.
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