Montefioralle

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Montefioralle

Elevation347 m

Coordinates43.58°, 11.30°

Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Montefioralle is a village in Tuscany, a frazione of the comune of Greve in Chianti. It is sometimes claimed to be the birthplace of Amerigo Vespucci, though in fact it is known that Vespucci was born in Florence, in the suburb of Peretola. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Zanobi da Strada

Italian translator and scholar (1312–1361)

Giovanni da Verrazzano

Florentine explorer of North America for France

Aleandro Baldi

Italian singer-songwriter

Giuliano Dami

servant and favorite of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Gian Gastone de' Medici

Spartaco Dini

racing driver (1943-2019)

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Simone Borgheresi

Italian bicycle racer

Massimo Baldini

Italian philosopher (1947-2008)

Carlo Baldini

Italian historian (1920-2009)

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Danilo Cubattoli

Italian presbyter (1922-2006)

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Enrico Longinotti

Italian entrepreneur

Filippo di Antonio Filippelli

Italian painter (1460-1506)

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Giuliano Vanghetti

Italian physician (1861–1940)

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Nino Tirinnanzi

Italian painter (1923-2002)

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Francesco Serdonati

Italian grammarian and author

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Giovanni Favilli

Italian pathologist (1901-1989)

Alberto Bencistà

Italian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tuscany

• San Cresci
  0.6 mi away
• Greve in Chianti
  0.7 mi away · pop. 13,862
• Panzano in Chianti
  2.6 mi away · pop. 979
• Lucolena in Chianti
  4.3 mi away · pop. 199
• Montefiridolfi
  5 mi away
• Mercatale in Val di Pesa
  5.1 mi away
• Strada in Chianti
  5.4 mi away
• Il Ferrone
  5.8 mi away
• Radda in Chianti
  7.4 mi away · pop. 1,669
• Spedaletto
  8.7 mi away
• San Cipriano-Santa Barbara-Cetinale
  9 mi away · pop. 1,792
• Baruffi
  9.5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Netted shield lichen

Parmelia sulcata

Seen 2026-09-26

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Seen 2026-09-24

Scalloped Oak

Crocallis elinguaria

Seen 2026-09-22

House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

Seen 2026-09-22

Silver-washed Fritillary

Argynnis paphia

Seen 2026-09-22

Heath Dumble Dor

Trypocopris pyrenaeus

Seen 2026-09-22

Woodland Dor Beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Seen 2026-09-22

Xylocopa

Xylocopa

Seen 2026-09-22

Barred Grass Snake

Natrix helvetica

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).