The town of Campi Bisenzio is located in the plain of Florence, at six kilometres from the chief town, and it has a population of about 36,000 inhabitants. Its territory is crossed by four rivers: the Arno, the Bisenzio, the Ombrone and the Marina.

The XIX-century Palazzo Comunale, preserving the ancient emblems of the Podesteria, the Museo di Arte Sacra and the Parish of Santo Stefano can be visited in the town. Moreover, the XVIII-century Teatro Dante, that was one of the Historical temples of the opera in Italy and that has been recently restored, can be visited, too.
Initially, the valley where Campi Bisenzio was set had been occupied by the Liguri until the arrival of the Romans around the I century B.C. They created the current grid layout of the roads and they created most of the names still existing in the places of the Bisenzio territory. The river Bisenzio has always encouraged the development of rural communities, but in the Middle Ages the local populations and the Benedictine monks carried out numerous reclamation and bank repair works.
The origin of the centre probably dates to around the year 1000. Between the VIII and the IX century, there already was a "Castrum Mazzinghorum", also called "Castle of the fields". It belonged to the Germanic Mazzinghi family that built the Rocca in the XII century.
According to tradition, the historical rivalry between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines that steeped Tuscany in blood originated from a fight at the end of a celebration in honour of one of the Mazzinghis just in Campi. The Ghibellines devastated the Castle after their victory in the Montaperti battle. Later, new families owned the territories of Campi.
In 1292, the village entered the Florentine quarter of Santa Maria Novella and it underwent further devastations by the Arno's overflows and the Pisans' incursions. Therefore, the new Florentine republic provided for its fortification. In 1427, Campi became part of the Vicariato di Scarperia. Meanwhile, its economy took off thanks to agriculture and craft, the latter regarding straw manufacture and hats production.
The town's growth stopped in the XVII century because of the plague and malaria epidemics and the reforms made by Leopold II in the following century did not improved its conditions. Nevertheless, Campi rose in rank to city-state in 1744. It took the current name of Campi Bisenzio in 1862, during the first years of the Unity of Italy.
Yet, the local economy dropped again after a period of recovery and this obliged many inhabitants of the town to emigrate. During the Second World War, Campi was a Partisan against the Nazi-Fascist occupation and it was the scene of bloody clashes and cruel retaliations by the occupying force. Once this dark chapter ended, Campi benefited from the industrial decentralization of Prato to recover its strength and to experience a new increase in the population.