MUNICIPALITY (COMUNE)

Comune di Scarperia, via dei Bastioni 3, 50038 Scarperia

Tel. 055 843161 Fax 055 846509

TOURIST INFORMATION

Tourist Information Office Palazzo dei Vicari, Piazza dei Vicari, Scarperia (Fi)

Tourist Info: Tel. 055 8468165, Fax 055 8468862

WEEKLY MARKET

Scarperia:

Friday morning: via Roma.

LIBRARY

The Public Library of Scarperia is located on the ground floor of the fourteenth century Palazzo dei Vicari.

Biblioteca comunale Palazzo dei Vicari, Piazza dei Vicari, - Scarperia Tel.e Fax 055 84 68 027 e-mail: biblioteca@comune.scarperia.fi.it

Opening Time: Monday to Thursday from 14.30 to 18.30; Friday from 9.30 hours to 12.30 and from 14.30 to 18.30; Saturday from 9.30 to 12.30.

PHARMACIES

Scarperia:

Farmacia Palazzo Dè Vicari Snc Via Roma, 76 Tel: 055-846098;

Sant'Agata:

Farmacia Comunale di S. Agata Piazza Della Libertà (località: Sant'Agata del Mugello) Tel: 055-8406810

BANKS

Scarperia:

Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze spa Viale Kennedy - 50038 - Scarperia (FI) tel: 055 846008

Banca del Mugello Credito Cooperativo Scrl Viale Matteotti, 57 - 50038 - Scarperia (FI) tel: 055 846755

Banca Toscana Spa Viale Matteotti, Snc - 50038 - Scarperia (FI) tel: 055 8468142

POST OFFICES

Scarperia:

Poste Italiane Spa, Piazza Garibaldi 50038 Scarperia Opening hours: Monday to Friday 08.15-13.30 Saturday 8.15-12.30 Tel 055 / 8431851 Fax 055 / 8431834

Sant'Agata:

Poste Italiane Spa, Via Montaccianico 50030  Sant'Agata Mugello

SEARCH FOR ACCOMMODATION IN SCARPERIA:

Coat of Arms on the Palazzo dei Vicari, Scarperia

EVENTS

Collezionisti in piazza (The first Sunday of each month): Stock Exchange trading antiques, collecting, numismatics and philately.

Rassegna Enogastronomica Mugellana (April)

Exhibition Plants and Flowers "2000 Flowers in Scarperia" (April)

Infiorata (Last Sunday in May): The streets of the town are dotted with flowers that formed colored drawings. The petals are placed inside the sketches cobbled paths on the evening before by the inhabitants of the village, according to a theme that changes from year to year.

Exhibition of Ferri Taglienti (from June to September): In the Palazzo dei Vicari knife enthusiasts can admire pieces from Italian and European public museums and collections. 

Renaissance Day (the first Sunday in September): Scarperia turns into the "Renaissance village", the seat of the Vicariate of so long ago. 

Diotto (September 8): The commemoration of the founding of Scarperia.

Mostra Mercato del Tartufo and typical local products (November).

Gastronomic festivals:

Wild Boar Festival (March)

Tortello Festival (March, April, May, September)

People festival in Marcoiano (July)

The True Porcino Mushroom Festival (July)

Feast of Santa Maria a Fagna (15 August)

Mushroom Festival (August)

Sagra del Tartufo (November) 

The facade of Palazzo dei Vicari, Scarperia	Details of coats of arms painted on the ceiling of the entrance courtyard of the Palazzo dei Vicari, Scarperia