The first written evidence regarding this building appears in a document dating to February 11 1120 which mentions it under the patronage of the Camaldolese order. Later, it was given to the Impruneta...
The first mention of the church is found in an edict by Pope Adrian IV of November 29 1156 when it was confirmed to the parish priest of Santa Maria in Pineta, then an "ecclesia de S. Irsoleo" is...
Porta Aretina (also known as the Clock Tower) is the only one of the three gates of the historical center that has maintained much of the original structure of the 13th-century fortification. It...
Frescoed with the Last Supper by Domenico Ghirlandaio in 1488, the refectory in the convent of Ognissanti still has the original lavabos and portal, and an early 15th-century Annunciation. The...
The Antiquarium adjoins the Parish Church of Sant’Appiano, rebuilt in the Romanesque age over an earlier building and housing a series of Florentine School frescoes from the end of the 15th century...
The educationally oriented Archaeological Documentation Centre, situated near the Parish Church of Sant’Agata, houses items relating to human presence in the Mugello from the Early Palaeolithic (300...
Donated to the State in 1969, the collection comprises paintings (works by Cimabue, Andrea del Castagno and Giovanni Bellini), sculptures, including a fine Saint Lawrence by Bernini, majolicas and...
The Giuliano Vangi Permanent Collection exhibited in Palazzo Pretorio consists of a polychrome plaster "Girl with woolen dress" and 79 graphics, of different sizes, made with various engraving...
Set up to preserve local historic roots and with a clear educational mission, the Ethnographic Museum is divided into three sections: geo-archaeological materials uncovered during excavation of the...
The Cabinet of Drawings and Prints contains one of the most significant collections of graphic art in the world; begun around the middle of the 17th century by Cardinal Leopoldo de’Medici, it is still...
