Famous to have given the native to Michelangelo, this castle it almost maintains intact his structure, within which the center of the Commune and the house of the Podestà are found, today Museum Michelangiolesco.
Following modern restaurations, the most ancient wing of the building is room of exposure of reproductions to the natural one of works of Michelangelo today.
Inside the museum or outside in the green, conspicuous works of the most greater constituent contemporary sculptors are admired the patrimony of the museum devoted artist to the top.
Caprese is also today known for the harvest of mushrooms, of chestnuts a great deal appreciated and the cut of woods, whose lumbers are broadly used in the rustic carpentry.
I testi sono stati tratti da: "Quattro itinerari in Valtiberina" - COMUNITÀ MONTANA VALTIBERINA TOSCANA
"Valtiberina" - AZIENDA DI PROMOZIONE TURISTICA DI AREZZO
Here is the list and details of all municipalities in the Upper Tiber Valley:
Anghiari
Badia Tedalda
Caprese Michelangelo
Monterchi
Pieve Santo Stefano
Sansepolcro
Sestino
Two more reasons to visit the Tiber Valley in all its beauty: