Porta Romana, founded in 1328, is the largest gate in Florence after San Frediano; in ancient times, it allowed people to leave the city in the direction of Siena and Rome. The central lily, a work by...
The former Spedale Serristori was founded in 1399 by Ser Ristoro di Jacopo Ristori, who assigned a group of multy-storey houses, provided with a courtyard and basements and arcades owned by the family...
The imposing Palazzo Vecchio was born on the ruins of the Roman Theatre of Florentia. Just a few steps downstairs and you find yourself back in ancient Rome! The theatre could host 10 thousand people...
The Bastion of San Giorgio owes its name to its proximity to the gate of the same name and is located in Via di Belvedere: it still retains its original dimensions today, running externally along the...
Of all the gates in Florence's city walls, Porta San Frediano, founded in 1333 probably to a design by Andrea Pisano, is the largest and most imposing. Scapitozzata (i.e. lowered) in the 16th century...
The building was erected at the end of the 13th century in a prime location: at the time it directly overlooked the market square and served as the palace of the podestà, thus being the headquarters...
This square, squeezed between the Oblate Complex and the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, sums up a lot of the history of Florence, of the assistance given over the centuries to the needy and the sick...
At the far end of Cascine Park, stands an oriental-style and eccentric-looking funerary monument, in memory of the sad and short story of a traveler coming from remote India. In 1870, young Indian...
The palace housing Cassa di Risparmio in via Bufalini has a long history. It was built at the end of the 16th century not far from Palazzo Pucci. It experienced its golden age at the end of the 20th...
ACF Fiorentina's new sports centre, considered the biggest in Italy, was inaugurated in October 2023 and designed by the Archea Associati studio. Located in the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli, it...
