Points of interest

In the second half of the 16th century, Bernardo Vecchietti had the park of his villa embellished with an unusual nymphaeum, the Spring of Morgan le Fay , a two-storey building fashioned like a...

Inside the complex of S. Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, founded in 1256 and renovated in Renaissance forms at the end of the fifteenth century, there is the Chapter House decorated, around 1495, with a...

Occupying the cellars of Villa Spalletti di Poggio Reale, the museum traces the history of viticulture and winemaking in the Val di Sieve, with particular emphasis on the techniques used. Tools and...

The villa, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013, was designed by Giuliano da Sangallo for Lorenzo il Magnifico and is an example of Renaissance architecture that combines classical elements...

The Villa Medici at Castello is one of the oldest suburban residences of the Medici family, who came into possession of it in 1477. In 1538 Cosimo I commissioned the sculptor and architect Niccolò...

It was in 1921 that Guccio Gucci opened his company and first store in Florence with a dream and a vision that still lives on today. The Gucci Galleria, situated inside the historic Palazzo della...

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...

The large tower of the heating plant dates back to 1938–1939 and was designed by engineer Vittorio Bonadè Bottino as part of the FIAT industrial complex located at Via di Novoli 2. Separated from the...

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...