PGoing north you reach San Piero a Sieve which preserves in the Pieve a beautiful font by della Robbia. On the top of the hill which dominates the village you are able to visit the Fortezza di San Martino, designed by Buontalenti. Not far from the village you can visit the Castello del Trebbio and the Convento del Bosco ai Frati where a beautiful crucifix by Donatello is preserved.
The municipality of Barberino di Mugello extends to the slopes of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. In the centre of the town you find the Palazzo Pretorio from the 15th century and the Palazzo Medici. Just outside the town, on the top of a hill, lies the Castello di San Piero, from the XII century. Near San Piero a Sieve you should visit the Pieve di San Silvestro and, in the village of Montecuccoli the Pieve di San Michele from the VII century.
Scarperia, famous for the working of stone and knife-making, is located in the middle of a hill and mountain area. It was the seat of one of the Vicariate in which the territory of the State was divided into, and the centre surrounded by a boundary wall, is quadrangular-shaped. Visit the Palazzo Pretorio, with a façade full of armorial bearings and frescoes inside. And the Chiesa dei Santi Jacopo e Filippo which preserves a Madonna with Child by Benedetto da Maiano. Do not miss the nearby Pieve di Sant'Agata with features marvellous paintings from the 14th century.
Borgo San Lorenzo is the biggest town in the Mugello, centre of most of the commercial, tertiary and industrial activities. See the Pieve di San Lorenzo, founded before the year 1000, and in the resort of Luco the female Camaldolite monastery with the Chiesa di San Pietro, transformed into a hospital in 1808 and until few years ago it was the hospital of the Mugello. The Chini family has its origins in Borgo San Lorenzo who produced one of the finest china in Liberty style in Italy. The heirs of the family still manage an important business. At Grezzano you find the Museo della Civiltà Contadina.
Vicchio is located at the offshoots of the valley of the Mugello, on a hill at the foot of the river Sieve. The historical centre still preserves the curious hexagon-shape made by the Florentines who also built the wall, which can partly still be seen. Beato Angelico and Giotto were born here while Benvenuto Cellini often visited the small town. In the homes of Cellini and Giotto you find museums dedicated to the two masters.
Marradi, Firenzuola and Palazzuolo sul Senio form the so-called Alto Mugello, on the Adriatic side of the Apennines, at the border to the Provinces of Forlì, Ravenna and Bologna. Marradi was conquered by the Florentines in 1428 and offers the visitor the possibility to see the nice Chiesa di San Lorenzo, in a Neo-Classic style and the monastery of Santa Reparata in Salto, founded in the XI century. Visit the Teatro degli Animosi in the centre, which was built in 1792, and the Museo Naturalistico.
At Palazzuolo sul Senio, at the resort of Quadalto, you visit the sanctuary Santa Maria delle Neve from the 15th century, with the female Franciscan sisters' convent next to it. In the centre you find the Palazzo dei Caitani del Popolo, which today houses the Museo della Civiltà Contadina e Artigina, and the Chiesa di Sant'Antonio from the 17th century. The "ghetto" testifies the big Jewish community at Palazzuolo.
Firenzuola is the capital of one of the biggest municipalities in Italy. It was founded in 1332 by the Florentines who designed the centre in a quadrangular shape and a boundary wall with four towers, one at each angle and two gates. Only the towers and the gates are preserved due to the bombardment from the WWII, while the town has been completely rebuilt.