on the right-hand wall of the corner house is a sign
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT lived here 1910
After 150m the road levels out again for a second view across the valley as far as the eye can see. Via Montececeri ends after a minute and at the branch we take the road downhill to the right, Via degli Scalpellini, following the red and white CAI mark. A few paces forward will take us to Via del Pelagaccio, which veers sharply uphill to the left that we leave behind and walk forward along the straight gravel footpath leading towards the wood. After 200m we come to a board on the right showing a map of the park. The footpath now takes us through the wood. Swinging uphill to the left at the first Y-junction and bearing in mind to follow the red and white CAI blazes on the trees or rocks, disregarding the blue-red marks, we turn right after 50m. It takes about 10 minutes to reach a handrail on the right and a wooden bench on the left. Here we have another eye-filling view over the Arno valley. The Florence soccer stadium is straight down in the foreground and the Cathedral and Palazzo Vecchio are just over to the right.
Downhill again, we come to the first stone quarry on the left. A dark sinister hole in the hillside, worthy of a short prudent visit. These forsaken quarries, which were still active until the 50’s and once supplied the blocks for some of the most prominent buildings in Florence, are no longer the womb of unborn stone gods.
When that which is divine in us doth try
To shape a face, both brain and hand unite
To give, from a mere model frail and slight,
Michelangelo
At the nearby 3-pronged junction, we take the middle path on our same level that swings over to the left, following the red and