Points of interest

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 museum is housed in the former Cenacolo (Refectory) of the Santo Spirito Convent (entrance on the left side of the façade). The evocative environment, decorated with 14th-century frescoes by [...]

Literally "towering" over Florence, the 95 mt. high Tower of Palazzo Vecchio is one of the city's unmistakable symbols and focal points. It is also one of the oldest parts of the building built [...]

Palazzo Vecchio is the city's symbolic monument and, for over seven centuries, the seat of its government; it bears extraordinary testimony to all the salient phases of Florence's history and art. It [...]

The Villa Corsini in Castello, close to the famous Medici Villa La Petraia, was purchased in 1697 by the Counsellor to the Grand Duke Cosimo III de’ Medici, Filippo Corsini. Corsini then entrusted the [...]

Named after the locally born Beato Angelico, the museum was founded to protect and enhance the religious art works of the area, which have been displayed in such a way that they can be grasped in [...]

On the outskirts of the city of Sesto Fiorentino, in a beautiful landscape setting, is the park of Villa Solaria. The park covers an area of about 60,000 square metres and is characterised by large [...]

The Ernesto Ragionieri public library in Sesto Fiorentino has very old origins and an evocative history, in fact it was born in 1886 out of the donation of books by French doctor Claude Henry Amédée [...]

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 [...]

The Park of Poggio Valicaia is set in the hills to the south west of Florence in the municipality of Scandicci. It was once an extensive, privately-owned farm but when it was donated to the town, it [...]