In 1854 the " Società Toscana d'Orticultura" (Tuscan Society of Horticulture) was constituted. In the second half of the 19th century the garden got larger and Giacomo Roster designed the big [...]
The country villa was completed in 1610, and in the same year the gardens were remodelled for the first time. At the beginning of the 18th century, various architectural features, statues, fountains [...]
San Miniato al Monte, founded in 1018, is one of the most extraordinary exemples of Romanesque architecture in Tuscany, and stands on the top of a hill overlooking the city, offering a great panorama [...]
The Augustinian complex of Santo Spirito of one of the great religious and artistic monuments of 15th century Florence. The basilica was designed by Brunelleschi and begun in 1444, but was still [...]
The Church of San Bartolomeo at Monte Uliveto, is a place of worship and part of a former monastic complex located in Via Monte Uliveto in Florence. The complex was founded in 1334 by a monk from the [...]
San Salvatore al Monte is an important basilica near san Miniato, in a grove of cypresses. The building is a work by Simone del Pollaiolo, very loved by Michelangelo who called it his "bella [...]
The church of San Salvatore in Ognissanti was founded in the mid-thirteenth century by the Umiliated friars, a religious order that was dedicated to the processing and trade of wool, taking advantage [...]
The foundation dates back to 1257, dedicated to Santa Maria Maddalena delle Convertite, in the place where there was already a home for women with bad reputation who followed the rule of San Benedetto [...]
The Basilica of Santa Trìnita is one of the most important in the historical and artistic evolution of the city of Florence: it overlooks the homonymous Piazza Santa Trinita and also gives its name to [...]
The Sanctuary of Monte Senario is located in a highly suggestive context: an isolated promontory, an oasis of greenery with a 360 ° view that includes the entire Mugello valley and the Tuscan-Emilian [...]
