Points of interest

Villa Medici in Fiesole, dates back to the period between 1451 and 1457, built for Giovanni, son of Cosimo Il Vecchio. The project was formerly attributed to Leon Battista Alberti, flanked by Bernardo...

It Is the second biggest garden (after Boboli Gardens) inside the city walls and it is a perfect sample of an English-style garden from an aesthetic and philosophical point of view. In 1813 Pietro...

Built in the XVI century by Bernardo Buontalenti for the grand duke Ferdinando de' Medici. It became the summer residence of the Medici family and was decorated with frescoes by Passignano and...

The ancient defensive stronghold of Florence from the year 1000, the castle of Nipozzano is the most celebrated and historic property of the Frescobaldi family. According to popular belief Nipozzano...

In 1854, the Villa of Renaissance origins first owned by the Zati family and then by the Alessandri family was given to John Temple Leader. In 1906, it was bought by Bernard Berenson, famous art...

The Santa Maria Novella train station in Florence, ideally located in the city centre, is the gateway for many travellers. It is a terminus station, with many services and rooms inside, whose design...

The complex of San Salvi was established in place of the old psychiatric hospital of San Bonifazio in via San Gallo. The same architect of the Tepidarium in via Bolognese, Giacomo Roster, was in...

The creation of Piazza Santa Maria Novella dates back to the end of the 13th century, the beginning of the 14th century, in parallel with the construction works of the grandiose Dominican complex of...

The vast square piazza della Repubblica is the result of the nineteenth-century demolition of the ancient city centre, at the time of Florence as the capital of Italy (1865-1871). This was one of the...

This square took shape at the end of the 13th century, when the worldwide famous Basilica of Santa Croce, of the Franciscan Order, was rebuilt (1295), based on a design by Arnolfo di Cambio, and...