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...
The Marino Marini museum houses the Little Temple of the Holy Sepulchre , an interesting and unknown architectural work, placed in an outbuilding of the Convent of St. Pancrazio, later dismembered and...
The church of Santi Michele and Gaetano, more often simply called San Gaetano, is one of the most important examples of Baroque style in Florence. The church dates back to the 11th century and was...
The church of Santa Maria del Carmine leans imposingly with a rough façade in stone and brick in the homonymous piazza del Carmine. The church was founded in 1268 and finished in 1476. It houses the...
The church of Sant'Ambrogio is in the part of the city having this name. It is an old church rebuilt in the late 13th century. The interior has pretty Renaissance side altars. It is worth a visit for...
The cloister of the Scalzo (barefoot) is the entrance to the chapel of the Confraternity of Saint John the Baptist – known as the ‘Scalzo’ order because during processions the cross-bearer went...
The Convent of Bosco ai Frati, which dates back to before the year 1000, was rebuilt by Michelozzo in the first half of the 15th century at the wishes of Cosimo de’ Medici, who possessed the nearby...
The dome in Florence Cathedral was begun in 1420 by Filippo Brunelleschi, who conceived an innovative, self-supporting double shell that did away with the need for traditional centring during...
