Overview
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Thinking of Collodi, Pinocchio immediately springs to mind. In fact, it was here, in the municipality of Pescia, that Carlo Lorenzini's mother was born, who gave her son the idea for the pseudonym Carlo Collodi.
Not to be missed is the Pinocchio Park, a real open-air museum, with the Land of toys, bronze sculptures and buildings referring to the episodes of the novel, real monuments to play with. The wooden puppet and its history are then reproduced in the painted walls, works of artists on the facades of the houses of the country and honoured with the highest Pinocchio statue in the world (16 meters!).
Also worth a visit are the historic garden of Villa Garzoni and the Butterfly House, a greenhouse in which you can immerse yourself in a typical tropical habitat, surrounded by exotic butterflies, insects and colourful birds.
Finally, it is pleasant to take a stroll through the ancient village, following the cascade of small houses that descend from the ancient Rocca along the slope to Villa Garzoni.
Collodi LU, Italia
