Many travelers make the mistake of overpaying for maiolica in Florence, when the ceramics mecca of Montelupo Fiorentino is just a short jaunt to the outskirts of the city. For some 500 years, ceramicists in Montelupo have supplied Florentines with brightly colored tableware and custom ceramic works to commemorate engagements, marriages, family ties, and political alliances. Have you been there?
