Points of interest

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 [...]

Rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century on the site of the Alighieri home, the house contains exhibits illustrating life in Florence at the time of the great poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), one [...]

With an extension of about 7 hectares it has maintained intact those characteristics, once general for the whole plain, of wetland, relict of a larger lake system with a network of paths bordered by [...]

The city wall of the ancient village is still visible in the old town of Lastra a Signa. The hamlets of Lastra and Malmantile, conveniently located at the intersection of several trade routes, both [...]

The Cemetery of the Badiuzza is located in the countryside of Rignano, between Troghi and Le Corti. One of the many small country cemeteries in Valdarno, which became the symbol of the massacre of the [...]

For years it was the most beautiful cinema in Florence, the Odeon Cinema, built inside the Palazzo dello Strozzino, one of the most important in the city. Built around 1457 according to Palla Strozzi [...]