A holiday in Mugello holds tons of surprises. The beauty of the Mugello countryside with its vine rows, its olive groves, its woods will be the first thing that will struck you. The majestic Mugello villas , once mansions of powerful families such as the Medici, will enchant you with their parks and luxury apartments. The Mugello cuisine, with the semplicity of its typical products, will seduce you. Finally you’ll be able to discover th traditions and the old trades of this area, such as the ancient art of ceramics.

The art of ceramics goes a long way back in Mugello. The first ceramics factory was built for want of a member of the Medici family, nearby Villa di Cafaggiolo. From that moment on the art of ceramics has been developing till today.

Expert masters are still the repositories of those ancient techniques. In Borgo San Lorenzo, at the beginning of ‘900, the San Lorenzo Furnaces were founded by the Chini brothers. It was here that the production of ceramics and liberty style glass windows was started. If during your holidays in Mugello You happen to pass by Borgo San Lorenzo stop off and admire these beautiful and unique handicraft products.

As he painted, Giotto had in his eyes the magical harmony of this land that was his birthplace. The colours, the smells, and the alternation of its hills also inspired the talents of Fra Angelico, another illustrious talent born in this area. What other corner of Tuscany could be more appropiate for an unforgettable painting course?

Villa Campestri organizes ceramic courses and workshops, painting and drawing experiences of 4 and 8 days to explore the fourteenth-century techniques used by Giotto and the artists of his school up to Leonardo da Vinci. The painting experiences are coordinated by Alain Pascuzzi, an artist and art teacher specialized in fourteenth-century drawing and painting techniques such as egg tempera on gold leaf, frescos, charcoal and brush drawing, pen and ink, and silverpoint.