The settlement of the Augustinian Hermits in an area of ​​the Oltrarno (the area beyond the river Arno) included within the city walls of 1173 dates back to 1250 and is of fundamental importance for [...]
This square - piazza dei Cavalleggeri - opening onto the Arno at Lungarno alle Grazie is dominated by the imposing mass of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale. Actually, history tells us of a property [...]
The nucleus from which the National Central Library of Florence was born was the private library of Antonio Magliabechi, consisting of some 30,000 volumes, which in 1714 was left, according to his [...]
In every hospital there is a chapel for prayer, but at the Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova there is a proper church dedicated to St Egidio. The hospital incorporated it in 1305, although its current [...]
In Radda in Chianti, on the premises of the 18th-century convent of Santa Maria al Prato, the Casa del Chianti Classico offers routes and experiences for lovers of good wine. In the Il Convento wine [...]
At the foot of the hill on which the Convent of Montesenario (Vaglia) stands this cylindrical building. It was the largest ice house in Europe, and today it is a building in need of restoration. The [...]
Indian Prince Rajaram Chuttraputti was 20 years old, travelling from London to his home; he stopped in Florence at the Grand Hotel in Piazza Ognissanti in November 1870. Suddenly he died. According to [...]
The complex of Villa San Lorenzo or Villa Alberti, as it belonged to the Counts Alberti and later to the Counts Moriubaldini-Alberti, consists of two main bodies. The Villa that was acquired by the [...]
The Travalle Park, in the municipality of Calenzano, is a vast green area furrowed by the Marina stream and enclosed between the Calvana massif on one side and the Calenzano hill on the other. This is [...]
Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio carries on the ancient tradition of hand-weaving silk, gold and silver. Our premises are dominated by large hand looms from the late 19th century which, under the [...]
