Points of interest

This cemetery opened in 1960 and here are the headstones of 4,402 military, fallen during the Italian campaign of Second World War. It is not the biggest one in Italy: this primacy goes to Nettuno...

The Monumental Cemetery of Antella, a locality in the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli, is an extremely interesting place from an artistic point of view, due to its particular history and grandeur. When...

The property of Mondeggi has a very old origin; already mentioned in the XIV century, the possession of the Bardi family from Florence was sold in 1427 to the Portinari and then transferred to Della...

The Park of Poggio Valicaia is set in the hills to the south west of Florence in the municipality of Scandicci. It was once an extensive, privately-owned farm but when it was donated to the town, it...

With an extension of about 7 hectares it has maintained intact those characteristics, once general for the whole plain, of wetland, relict of a larger lake system with a network of paths bordered by...

Composed of a villa, a formal garden, a park, olive groves and a wooded area, the Villa Peyron complex at the Fontelucente Wood is located in a panoramic position overlooking Florence. The garden is...

This is one of the ‘New Jerusalems’ built in the 16th–17th centuries, mainly in central and northern Italy, to enable people to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre without actually going to...

Founded in 1049 by San Giovanni Gualberto, it is a picturesque monastic complex fortified located among the Chianti hills, at Passignano. The architectural complex still appears to be enclosed within...

Located on the border between Florence and Lastra a Signa, the abbey of San Salvatore and Lorenzo was founded towards the end of the 11th century, and inhabited by various religious orders, including...

This church was the former cathedral of Fiesole, it was restored thanks to Cosimo de' Medici and here worked first Brunelleschi and then Michelozzo. The Romanesque façade with white and green marble...