Points of interest

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 Marino Marini Museum, dedicated to the famous 20th-century Italian sculptor, is housed in the former church of San Pancrazio, where Renaissance lines are combined with modern renovation. It is a...

The Castle of Calenzano still retains the characteristic appearance of a fortified village, with an oval layout typical of hilltop towns, enclosed by walls. Visible from all four cardinal points, it...

The Pagliazza Tower is one of the oldest architectures of Medieval Florence and the only tower left with a circular shape. In the Middle Ages it was a female prison; nowadays it is part of the Hotel...

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...

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 tower of San Niccolò is in piazza Poggi. The gate, that has been isolated from the city walls, was erected in 1324 to defend the Oltarno quarter. It is the only tower in Florence that has not been...

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...

Situated on a mound in the middle of Piazzale Donatello, the Protestant cemetery was used between 1827 and 1877. The tombs are not arranged in orderly rows but in a rather Romantic fashion accentuated...

The Museo di Casa Buonarroti is to all intents and purposes the temple of Michelangelo's memory. Acquired by Michelangelo Buonarroti himself around 1510, the property only became central to the...