Points of interest

Among the green mountains of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, isolated on a ridge, lies the Gamogna Hermitage, founded in 1053 by Saint Pier Damiani. The hermitage was dedicated to Saint Barnaba and...

The church of San Michele a Volognano preserves a very lovely Madonna and Child that is attributed to Lorenzo di Bicci, of the end of the 14th century and formerly part of a triptych that was...

The archaeological area of Castelluccio occupies a small hill in the relief overlooking the Valdarno area of Rignano. Given its proven nature as a sealed stratigraphic deposit, the presence of...

The origin of the Medici bridge, which connects the historic village of Pontassieve with the hamlet of San Francesco di Pelago, dates back to the half of the XVI century, when Cosimo I de’ Medici...

One place in Impruneta testifies more than others the traditional working of terracotta and is the Agresti Furnace. Its importance derives not only from the historical value of the building complex...

The Academy Gallery (Galleria dell'Accademia) in Florence is known around the world as the ‘ Michelangelo Museum’ (for the statues of David and the Prisoners), but it is actually much more than that...

Located in the heart of the ancient city in front of the Bargello, it is the oldest Benedectine monastery in the city. It was founded in 978 by the mother of the Marquis Ugo of Tuscany, Willa. In 1285...

Occupying premises in the Santi Quirico e Lucia complex in the park of Villa Medicea Ambrogiana, the museum has chronologically arranged exhibits of archaeological finds from the Montelupo area: tools...

The Museo Civico is in the 15th-century Palazzo del Podestà in Montaione and contains prehistoric and archaeological finds ranging from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Late Middle Ages. The highlight of...

The Park Visitor Centre is located right on the shore of Lake Londa. The Centre has a corner equipped as an educational laboratory, with an Internet connection, a library and a binocular microscope...