Points of interest

On the slopes of Monte Giovi, a few kilometers from Vicchio, there is Barbiana, a small village including: the church of Sant’ Andrea, the small cemetery, a few nearby houses, others scattered in the...

The construction of the church of Santa Maria al Prato, commissioned by the Dominican Fathers of Santa Maria Novella, dates back to 1304. In the 16th century it was deeply modified and in 1631 it...

The abbey was founded in 1036 by a Benedictine monk named San Giovanni Gualberto, gradually growing and taking on its current basic appearance at the end of the 15th century. The tower was erected in...

The parish church of Saints Giovanni Battista and Lorenzo in Signa since December 2010, houses the new museum of Sacred Art, supported by the Municipality, with the patronage of the Tuscany Region and...

The Oratory of Vannella is located in Settignano, hilly hamlet of Florence. It was built and frescoed between 1719 and 1721 in memory of the apparition of the Virgin Mary to a young girl named Vanna...

The parish church is a 10th century structure which was reconstructed between 1520 and 1530, and later modified in the 19th century. Interesting and unusual is the 11th century bell tower with an...

Works by Sauro Cavallini are displayed in the house atelier and in the surrounding park on Fiesole's hills. The villa also hosts a Center for studies on the artist.

After the death of Indro Montanelli, the contents of his studies in Milan and Rome were moved to Fucecchio, into Palazzo Montanelli della Volta, the premises of the foundation set up at the journalist...

The museum occupies the house where Giotto is traditionally thought to have been born in 1267, and acts as an archive centre for documents and accounts relating to the life of the great master. It...

The American philosopher Charles Augustus Strong, in 1914, entrusted the construction of the villa and the garden to the English landscapist Cecil Pinset and the architecture historian Geoffrey Scott...