Fortezza Medicea restaurant

Gourmet dinners are cooked and served to paying guests by inmates in the prison housed in the town's Renaissance-era fortress (Fortezza Medicea, lit.

[2][3] Inmates selected for their good behaviour[1] prepare a multi-course dinner and serve it at the prison.

[3][6] Guests must apply at least two weeks in advance, undergo a background check, and on arrival show identification and be assigned a registration number;[1] cutlery is plastic.

[3][4] The restaurant operates part-year, one day a month, serving a six-course meal in the former chapel[4][5][6] or a courtyard.

[1][3] In September 2007, a seven-course medieval feast was served by inmates in period costume.