The abbey was founded in 1036 by a Benedictine monk named San Giovanni Gualberto, gradually growing and taking on its current basic appearance at the end of the 15th century. The tower was erected in...
The parish church of Saints Giovanni Battista and Lorenzo in Signa since December 2010, houses the new museum of Sacred Art, supported by the Municipality, with the patronage of the Tuscany Region and...
The parish church is a 10th century structure which was reconstructed between 1520 and 1530, and later modified in the 19th century. Interesting and unusual is the 11th century bell tower with an...
Works by Sauro Cavallini are displayed in the house atelier and in the surrounding park on Fiesole's hills. The villa also hosts a Center for studies on the artist.
After the death of Indro Montanelli, the contents of his studies in Milan and Rome were moved to Fucecchio, into Palazzo Montanelli della Volta, the premises of the foundation set up at the journalist...
The museum occupies the house where Giotto is traditionally thought to have been born in 1267, and acts as an archive centre for documents and accounts relating to the life of the great master. It...
The American philosopher Charles Augustus Strong, in 1914, entrusted the construction of the villa and the garden to the English landscapist Cecil Pinset and the architecture historian Geoffrey Scott...
The Villa del Trebbio was acquired in the 14th century in the early days of the rise in the Medici's fortunes. It was built on the ruins of a Lombard tower. Restored by Michelozzo, its architecture...
The Villa di Cafaggiolo is an ancient Medici family property acquired in the 14th century. It is located in the Mugello area, on the road to Bologna. It was originally a medieval farm. In 1451 Cosimo...
The castle has already been mentioned since the fourteenth century with chronicles which attribute the property to the Visdomini family, but only a few ruins had remained before its nineteenth-century...
