Indian Prince Rajaram Chuttraputti was 20 years old, travelling from London to his home; he stopped in Florence at the Grand Hotel in Piazza Ognissanti in November 1870. Suddenly he died. According to...
The city walls of Florence, of which only a few sections remain, were organised as follows: Gates joined by walls, alternating with towers. The distance between the towers was 200 Florentine fathoms...
The city walls of Florence, of which only a few sections remain, were organised as follows: gates joined by walls, alternating with towers. The distance between the towers was 200 Florentine fathoms...
This ancient palace, originally designed by Gherardo Silvani in the seventeenth century, houses an extraordinary pictorial cycle by Sebastiano Ricci, an undisputed protagonist of Italian Rococo in the...
Described as "fortress of Carlo degli Strozzi" in a list from 1409, the Rocca Strozzi was built a few years earlier right in the centre of the Florence plain by Ubertino di Rossello Strozzi. A defence...
In an area outside the walls, which was in use by the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, the Misericordia of Florence found space for its own cemetery, reserved for the brothers. Around the end of the...
The park surrounding the l'Ambrogiana Medici Villa, in Montelupo Fiorentino hosts, from May 2022, the site specific installation by artist Marco Bagnoli "Settantadue nomi - Italian Garden", made up of...
The bulk of Palazzo Spini Feroni dominates piazza Santa Trinita and its construction dates back to the end of the 13th century, possibly to a design by Lapo Tedesco. It is a three-storey building...
While walking on piazza Santa Croce one's attention is captured by the facade of this palace, very unusual and very beautiful. It is the Palazzo dell'Antella or degli Antellesi, located on the right...
The Etruscan tomb was accidentally discovered in 1978 and immediately the Archaeological Superintendence performed the excavation and restoration. It owes its name to the huge stele, depicting an...
