If you think of the cities of Tuscany, Livorno may not immediately spring to mind. With “rivals” like Florence, Siena and Pisa, it couldn’t be more difficult to stand out!

Yet, the quaint port city that the great Amedeo Modigliani once called home has a lot to say and to show to its visitors. Its history is tied with that of Tuscany’s most notable family, the Medicis who, in the 16th century, transformed a small fishermen’s village built around the Mastio di Matilde di Canossa, Matilde of Canossa’s fortress, into one of the most important ports of the Tyrrhenian Sea.