Points of interest

The original bridge was the second one built over the Arno after Ponte Vecchio, hence the name 'new bridge'. It was also known as the "ponte alle Carra": the work was erected at the behest of the...

The original bridge was built in1252, and it was named after the nearby church. Like all of Florence's historical bridges, it was rebuilt several times following the numerous floods of the Arno; after...

In the heart of Florence, the desecrated church of Santo Stefano al Ponte is one of the lesser-known masterpieces of this city’s architectural heritage. The entire structure has been digitally mapped...

This imposive glazed terracotta tabernacle was done by Giovanni della Robbia in 1522. In the centre of the monumental composition stands the Madonna with Child, Young Saint John and four saints, above...

Built near a quarry in 1692, later enlarged with the side chapels and the portico, it leaves visible the rock from which the source flows, whose waters are thought to have miraculous properties. With...

The Ghirlandaio Chapel is located inside the private structure Dimora Ghirlandaio, named like this after a long restoration carried out between 2012 and 2018, to celebrate and remember the famous...

The “Teatro Puccini” was newly opened in 1940 as a theatre for the Recreation Workers’ Circle. After the war, it was used as a dance hall and for boxing matches; then, between 1964 and 1972, business...

The “Teatro le Laudi” was born in Florence in the early ‘80s as the most important part of a complex of structures created with the contribution of many people, in order to build a community house, a...

Born at the beginning of the past century as a small parish hall and closed during the II World War, the theatre re-opened at the end of the ‘50s with a bigger auditorium, provided with comfortable...

The garden is divided in geometrical box flowerbeds and has a camellias little woods on the east side. At the end of the garden there is a walled-fountain of the 18th century.