The castle is located in Santa Brigida, a village near Pontassieve, and its original nucleus dates back to the 12th century. It was owned by the Pazzi family until the end of the 15th century when...
One of the two exercise yards of the Florentine prison of the Murate has become a new city square: Piazza Madonna della Neve. The square, which is fully pedestrianised, is entirely surrounded by the...
Piazza Santa Maria Soprarno is a tiny square, named after a church that no longer exists. One of the oldest parish churches of the Oltrarno, dedicated to Santa Maria and also known as Santa Maria de'...
The name of Piazza Poggi, overlooking the Arno River, dates back to 1911 when it was named after the architect who completely redesigned Florence at the end of the 19th century. Previously, the area...
The Third Garden is an unusual park on the Arno river bank, very close to the idea of a small nature reserve, where fauna and flora regain their rightful place within the urban setting. This is why it...
The name Via dei Renai reveals that here was a deposit of sand left by the river Arno. Before the redesigning of the river banks by Giuseppe Poggi, this whole area was called Piazza delle Molina...
The settlement of the Augustinian Hermits in an area of the Oltrarno (the area beyond the river Arno) included within the city walls of 1173 dates back to 1250 and is of fundamental importance for...
This square - piazza dei Cavalleggeri - opening onto the Arno at Lungarno alle Grazie is dominated by the imposing mass of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale. Actually, history tells us of a property...
The nucleus from which the National Central Library of Florence was born was the private library of Antonio Magliabechi, consisting of some 30,000 volumes, which in 1714 was left, according to his...
In every hospital there is a chapel for prayer, but at the Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova there is a proper church dedicated to St Egidio. The hospital incorporated it in 1305, although its current...
