Limite sull'Arno, a river port on the river of the same name, is home to the oldest rowing club in Italy, founded in 1861, and numerous shipyards: an activity, the latter, that has its origins in the [...]
Piazza Mino, in Fiesole, is the heart of this hilltop town. It is home to Fiesole's main public and religious buildings, such as the Town Hall, the small church of Santa Maria Primerana, the Cathedral [...]
The theatre was built in 1913 by the members of the centennial Mutual Benefit Society of Rifredi who are still the owners. During the mid-20s it was burned by the fascist brigades and later [...]
The Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce is built around the two cloisters at the side of the famous Franciscan Basilica. The evocative rooms include first and foremost the Pazzi Chapel, a Renaissance [...]
Inside the Cathedral steps lead down to the excavations that uncovered the ancient cathedral of Santa Reparata,evidence of the earliest Christianity in Florence, demolished after the new cathedral had [...]
Remembered by Dante as “beautiful San Giovanni”, the octagonal-shaped Baptistery is one of the city’s oldest buildings; it acquired its current appearance in the 11th–12th centuries but probably dates [...]
The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo houses, for conservation reasons, a whole series of works of art from the Santa Maria del Fiore complex (Cathedral, Baptistery and Bell Tower). A complete refurbishment [...]
The bell tower of Florence Cathedral, known as Giotto’s Campanile, was designed by the great 14th-century master. 84.7 metres tall and approximately 15 metres in breadth, it is the most eloquent [...]
One of the most important Florentine Renaissance building bound up with the history of the Medici family. The basilica consacreted by Saint Ambrose in 393 and rebuilt in a Romanesque form in the 11th [...]
Florence Cathedral was designed at the end of the 13th century by Arnolfo di Cambio and is dedicated to Santa Maria del Fiore, a reference to the lily, the city's symbol. The third largest cathedral [...]
