COLLODI, Province of Pistoia — When most people travel to Tuscany, they will spend time inside museums in Florence. They go to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower. They get behind the wheel of a Fiat 500 and tour the countryside or stop at a local winery near San Gimignano.

But there is a medieval village in Tuscany with a story to tell. A story you have heard before.

Welcome to Collodi, Italy.

"This is a painting of Carlo Collodi, the writer of Pinocchio, that was made in 1887," said Roberto Vezzani inside the Collodi Library.

Collodi's original name was Carlo Lorenzini, but his mother was from Collodi and worked there and met Carlo's father before moving to Florence.

"(Carlo) Collodi often came here during his lifetime and attended elementary school and even as an adult, he came here ve

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