The Franco Zeffirelli Museum in the building complex of San Firenze houses more than 250 works by the Florentine-born Maestro, including scene sketches, drawings and costume designs. It is an unusual [...]
Housed in the Palazzina Uzielli and the ancient castle of the counts Guidi, dating back to the 11th century. It is dedicated to Leonardo 's activities as a scientist, technologist and engineer. On [...]
The Rose garden is a green terrace right below Piazzale Michelangelo overlooking the historic centre of the city and enjoying a breath-taking view equal in beauty to that from Forte Belvedere. The [...]
Mensola Park covers an area of about 20 hectares between Settignano and Rovezzano, and connect the village of Ponte a Mensola with the Arno banks through a pedestrian cycle path and a walkway leading [...]
The Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana originates from the collection of Cosimo the Elder de' Medici (1389-1464), considerably enriched by Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492) and “his” circle of humanists [...]
The Church of Santa Maria Novella was the first of the great Florentine basilicas and the first large-scale Gothic building in the city. Started by the Dominicans soon after 1240; it was finished in [...]
The imposing building, with an unusual shape, along via Calzaioli, was built in 1337 originally as a municipal granary, near a vegetable garden named after San Michele Arcangelo; the loggia on the [...]
The Refectory of Sant'Apollonia occupies part of the former monastery of the Benedictines of Saint Apollonia; open as a museum, it houses detached frescoes and sinopie by Andrea del Castagno and 15th [...]
The Last Supper and Museum of Andrea del Sarto at San Salvi occupies the 16th-century rooms of the ancient Vallombrosian monastery of San Salvi and is named after the splendid Last Supper frescoed by [...]
Palazzo Strozzi, with its imposing facades clad in pietra forte, is one of the most significant Renaissance palaces in Florence and a privileged venue for important art exhibitions. One of the rooms [...]
