Originally called Villa San Donato, it was built in the 15th century by the will of Carlo de' Medici, with the aim of hosting the parsons of the nearby church. The later owners, Bombicci-Pontelli [...]
In the rear spaces of the great Basilica of Santa Croce, discover the Garden of Francis: a true ode to creation and the beauty of nature. In every Franciscan convent and church, there has always been [...]
Piazzale Michelangelo, the most famous panoramic terrace of the Florence... The works for the construction of the square ended in 1875. The entire square should have become a monument to Michelangelo [...]
Founded in 1819 by Giovan Pietro Vieusseux, a merchant of Genevan origin, the G. P. Vieusseux Scientific-Literary Cabinet was a reading cabinet, open to conversation and exchange of ideas. It houses a [...]
Le Cascine was once the property of Alessandro and Cosimo I de’ Medici (sixteenth century) who purchased the land, using it as a hunting ground and a place to farm and breed cattle. During the 18th [...]
Giovanni Michelucci, a great protagonist of 20th century Italian culture, was one of the greatest Italian architects of the 20th century. In the Foundation's headquarters, Villa Il Roseto which is the [...]
A short walk from Piazza Santissima Annunziata is the Brunelleschi Rotunda , a sober building with a long history. Filippo Brunelleschi designed it in the 1430s as a centrally planned building, part [...]
Residence of the Corsini family, the Palazzo Corsini al Prato via the entrance on Via il Prato gives access to the stupendous Italian garden, a large geometric parterre of boxwood hedges adorned with [...]
The Sant'Orsola Complex, located in the San Lorenzo district, is undergoing a phase of recovery and re-functionalisation on the basis of an agreement that regulates, for the next 50 years, the use of [...]
Ponte Vecchio, one of Florence's landmarks, stands at the Roman bridge of ancient Florentia. Over the centuries the bridge was rebuilt several times, also due to the numerous floods of the Arno [...]
