Points of interest

This church, seat of the local Misericordia confraternity, is located in the old town of Lastra a Signa. The original church was built at the end of the 14th century in the place where now stands the...

The Galileo Factory museum, established in 2006, is located at the Leonardo SpA (formerly Officine Galileo) Electronics Division plant in Campi Bisenzio. Officine Galileo was an important part of...

The Abbey of Santa Maria is located in Rosano, in the Municipality of Rignano sull'Arno, very close to Pontassieve and a few kilometres away from Bagno a Ripoli. Founded in 780, it has always hosted a...

The Antica Spezieria is nowadays located inside the Villa di San Cerbone, the building where Umberto Serristori, in the early 20th century, decided to move the whole Spedale that was previously to be...

An impressive panoramic viewpoint overlooking the whole surrounding area. A clever and tourist-friendly use of a "bulky" building. This is the Torre del Chianti, in San Casciano Val di Pesa. This...

The GAMPS geopaleontological collection in Scandicci, near Florence, is a permanent exhibition displaying a large collection of geological and paleontological findings. The collection stems from the...

Limite sull'Arno, a river port on the river of the same name, is home to the oldest rowing club in Italy, founded in 1861, and numerous shipyards: an activity, the latter, that has its origins in the...

The initial core of the museum of Doccia is made of pieces collected in the 18th century by the founder of the manufacture, marquis Carlo Ginori; added to these were the sets created over the...

Located in the former convent of San Francesco, built in the first half of the 16th century as a hospice for Franciscans travelling between Florence and Siena, the museum houses a collection of...

Villa Medici in Fiesole, dates back to the period between 1451 and 1457, built for Giovanni, son of Cosimo Il Vecchio. The project was formerly attributed to Leon Battista Alberti, flanked by Bernardo...