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 [...]
The city walls of Florence, of which only a few sections remain, were organised as follows: Gates joined by walls, alternating with towers. The distance between the towers was 200 Florentine fathoms [...]
The city walls of Florence, of which only a few sections remain, were organised as follows: gates joined by walls, alternating with towers. The distance between the towers was 200 Florentine fathoms [...]
This ancient palace, originally designed by Gherardo Silvani in the seventeenth century, houses an extraordinary pictorial cycle by Sebastiano Ricci, an undisputed protagonist of Italian Rococo in the [...]
