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 [...]
The square came into being along with the Palazzo Vecchio between the thirteenth and fourteenth century, establishing itself from the first as an area dedicated to the civic life of the city. Inside [...]
The religious centre of the city is made up of the monumental complex the Cathedral and the Baptistery, and by the two squares which surround them. In Roman and late Mediaeval Florence this area was [...]
Acquabella Castle is a privately owned villa dating back to the late 19th century. This sumptuous and distinctive building initiated Saltino's fame as a holiday resort for Italian and European élites [...]
Gremoni Herbalist's shop since 1716. An ancient herbalist shop that has been consolidated and preserved over the centuries through family management handed down from 1700 to the present day [...]
Sbigoli Terrecotte is an ancient workshop, founded in 1857 and specialised in the production of table and decorative ceramics. Taken over by the Chini Adami family, the workshop/studio is run by [...]
Giuseppe Fanara has been working in his leather workshop in the historical centre of Florence for over 30 years, a place full of passion for the tradition of classic leather goods and the ancient [...]
