In 1591 Alessandro Acciaiuoli bought the land and entrusted the building of the palace to Buontalenti. The work wasn't completed due to financial problems, and the property was sold in 1621 to Filippo [...]
In the 15th century the area of the garden was part of the ancient kitchen-garden of the Annalena nuns. At the beginning of the 19th century the marquis Tommaso Corsi became the owner and entrusted to [...]
Called Bobolino (or small Boboli) this public park, located on Viale Machiavelli near Porta Romana , is a sloping garden, entirely made up of grassy slopes, steps and gravel yards with pretty green [...]
This narrow garden, which clings to the rocky hill below the centre of Fiesole, affords one of the most beautiful views over Florence and the Arno Valley. Architect Giovanni Michelucci, who lived here [...]
A bothanical garden in a panoramic position in Valdelsa. 5 thematic routes according to the five human senses. It makes an intensive exhibit activity and here disabled people are involved in [...]
Historic - monumental building, designed by Aurelio Ghersi, one hectare of tropical garden with 340 rare species, 92 of which are grown outdoors: among them a magnificent specimen of Metasequoia [...]
Property of Bernardo Rucellai, the garden was the seat for the meetings of literary men, humanists, philosophers and historians (like Machiavelli, Buondelmonti, Jacopo da Diacceto and Luigi Alemanni) [...]
Formerly the oratory of Palazzo Vescovile, the chapel dates to the first half of the 11th century and is decorated with a large fresco by Bicci di Lorenzo of the Coronation of the Virgin with Angels [...]
Romanesque church. It contains a marbel pulpit of the XII century, decorated with black and white marble. The legend says that Dante and Boccaccio spoke from this pulpit.
The church of Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the oldest in the city and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It has a rough exterior in pietra forte; the first building was in Romanesque style while its [...]
