In every hospital there is a chapel for prayer, but at the Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova there is a proper church dedicated to St Egidio. The hospital incorporated it in 1305, although its current...
Indian Prince Rajaram Chuttraputti was 20 years old, travelling from London to his home; he stopped in Florence at the Grand Hotel in Piazza Ognissanti in November 1870. Suddenly he died. According to...
The complex of Villa San Lorenzo or Villa Alberti, as it belonged to the Counts Alberti and later to the Counts Moriubaldini-Alberti, consists of two main bodies. The Villa that was acquired by the...
This ancient palace, originally designed by Gherardo Silvani in the seventeenth century, houses an extraordinary pictorial cycle by Sebastiano Ricci, an undisputed protagonist of Italian Rococo in the...
In an area outside the walls, which was in use by the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, the Misericordia of Florence found space for its own cemetery, reserved for the brothers. Around the end of the...
The church rises in the hamlet of Colonnata, in the municipality of Sesto Fiorentino. Originating in the 13th century, it was renovated in 1620. The most interesting aspect of this church is its...
The park surrounding the l'Ambrogiana Medici Villa, in Montelupo Fiorentino hosts, from May 2022, the site specific installation by artist Marco Bagnoli "Settantadue nomi - Italian Garden", made up of...
It’s the first church built in Isolotto neighborhood, the working-class district inaugurated in the 50s by the city mayors Fabiani and La Pira. The denomination of this cult site comes from the name...
The building is named after the last owner, Luigi Pozzolini, who bought it in 1859 at an auction of properties of the Ginori family. The construction of the villa dates back to the 16th century...
The bulk of Palazzo Spini Feroni dominates piazza Santa Trinita and its construction dates back to the end of the 13th century, possibly to a design by Lapo Tedesco. It is a three-storey building...
