Larth is the proper name of an Etruscan fighter whose tomb, dating back to the year 340 before Christ, was discovered in 1870 in Tarquinia (a municipality in the Lazio region, Italy).

By the middle of the tenth century, Larciano belonged to the Guidis thanks to a donation that Ranieri and Guido, Count Tegrimo's sons, made to the cathedral and to the bishop of Pistoia.

In fact, this denomination used to be referred to the western slope of the Montalbano area: this explains the decision of the city to strengthen its walls and other defense works.

Around the year 1391, the castle became a solid base organized by Pistoia and Florence, with the same purpose of protecting themselves by the danger of a possible offensive in Tuscany by Gian Galeazzo Visconti.

Guided by a deep faith in a better, free and democratic country, the locals participated in the struggle against Nazi-fascism, giving a great example of exceptional self-denial, firmness and patriotism."

The original inhabited center, dating back to the end of the thirteenth century when a "castrum Martini Jacobi Admannati" is mentioned in the Liber censuum, is located west of via Francesca; in the same area there was the ancient hospital of San Donnino in Cerbaia, which has now disappeared and it is remembered through the name of the current church of Castelmartini.

The Parish Church of Castelmartini, built as a chapel around 1200, underwent a radical makeover at the end of the nineteenth century, resulting in a late neoclassical aspect.

Its purpose is to promote initiatives aimed to the conservation and enhancement of the marsh from an environmental and naturalistic point of view, in terms of an area of national and international interest.

Proceeding towards the Morette Port, which is a particularly interesting area of access to the marsh, the Villa Poggi Banchieri is situated; it was built by expanding and modifying the ancient Castrum Martini which gave its name to this place.

Within the walls there is the church of San Nicola, whose origins are Romanesque; the external hemicycle of the apse is preserved even if the entire structure has been radically remodelled over the centuries.

It has preserved the urban structure of a medieval village, developed on a sloping terrain, and it keeps the walls of the twelfth century with three entrance gates.

The most important element of the fortress is the high quadrangular tower, from which you can observe a suggestive panorama that ranges from the Valdinievole area to the Lower Valdarno.

Recently, the Larcianese football club has achieved unexpected goals for a little village such as Larciano: it won the Italy Amateur Cup in 1998 and it had been playing in D-Series for several years.

The tournament of the districts is an amateur football event that generally takes place during summer and a large part of the residents of Larciano are actively engaged.

It organizes the GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, a cycling race for professionals that generally takes place at the beginning of March, between the Strade Bianche and the Tirreno-Adriatico.