The Benedictine Abbey of San Gaudenzio is located on the Forlì road that leads to the Muraglione pass. According to tradition, the abbey was built by Jacopo il Bavaro, Bishop of Fiesole.
Surrounded by forests fir trees, the Moscheta abbey was founded by Saint John Gualberto in 1034. The abbey had periods of great splendor, then it was suppressed in the Lorraine period and reduced to a...
Located in the heart of the ancient city in front of the Bargello, it is the oldest Benedectine monastery in the city. It was founded in 978 by the mother of the Marquis Ugo of Tuscany, Willa. In 1285...
One of the most important Florentine Renaissance building bound up with the history of the Medici family. The basilica consacreted by Saint Ambrose in 393 and rebuilt in a Romanesque form in the 11th...
Designed by Arnolfo di Cambio (1296), it is the largest Franciscan church in the world; it is also known as the "Pantheon of Italian glories" for its illustrious tombs (Michelangelo, Galileo...
Remembered by Dante as “beautiful San Giovanni”, the octagonal-shaped Baptistery is one of the city’s oldest buildings; it acquired its current appearance in the 11th–12th centuries but probably dates...
The bell tower of Florence Cathedral, known as Giotto’s Campanile, was designed by the great 14th-century master. 84.7 metres tall and approximately 15 metres in breadth, it is the most eloquent...
Formerly the oratory of Palazzo Vescovile, the chapel dates to the first half of the 11th century and is decorated with a large fresco by Bicci di Lorenzo of the Coronation of the Virgin with Angels...
Romanesque church. It contains a marbel pulpit of the XII century, decorated with black and white marble. The legend says that Dante and Boccaccio spoke from this pulpit.
The church of Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the oldest in the city and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It has a rough exterior in pietra forte; the first building was in Romanesque style while its...
