Points of interest

The original bridge was the second one built over the Arno after Ponte Vecchio, hence the name 'new bridge'. It was also known as the "ponte alle Carra": the work was erected at the behest of the [...]

The original bridge was built in1252, and it was named after the nearby church. Like all of Florence's historical bridges, it was rebuilt several times following the numerous floods of the Arno; after [...]

The Municipal Theatre of Figline e Incisa Valdarno, named after Giuseppe Garibaldi, was built near the 14th century walls of the "cassero" on a design by the architect Angelo Pierallini and on the [...]

A building in Orientalist style, the biggest in Italy, redesigned in its current form in the second half of the 19th century by Ferdinando Panciatichi Ximenes d'Aragona, who surrounded it with a large [...]

The estate is owned by the Corsini family, one of the oldest Italian aristocratic families, with a size of around 250 hectares in the heart of the Chianti Classico territory, in San casciano Val di [...]

In the heart of Florence, the desecrated church of Santo Stefano al Ponte is one of the lesser-known masterpieces of this city’s architectural heritage. The entire structure has been digitally mapped [...]

The church overlooks piazza Mino da Fiesole, the main town square. Originally it used to be an oratory, mentioned for the first time in 966, probably built on an even older place of worship. The [...]

The palace is currently the town hall and overlooks the main square of Fiesole: piazza Mino da Fiesole. It was built in the 14th century, but was reworked in the 15th century and in the following [...]

This imposive glazed terracotta tabernacle was done by Giovanni della Robbia in 1522. In the centre of the monumental composition stands the Madonna with Child, Young Saint John and four saints, above [...]

In times past the village of Palazzuolo sul Senio belonged to the powerful Ubaldini family, who sold it to Florence for a large fee in 1362. There are no outer walls: the village grew up around the [...]