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The Church of Santa Maria Novella was the first of the great Florentine basilicas and the first

The Augustinian complex of Santo Spirito of one of the great religious and artistic monuments of

Remembered by Dante as “beautiful San Giovanni”, the octagonal-shaped Baptistery is one of the city

The basilica is the main Marian shrine in Florence. It was founded in 1250 by the "Seven Saints" of

One of the most important Florentine Renaissance building bound up with the history of the Medici

San Miniato al Monte, founded in 1018, is one of the most extraordinary exemples of Romanesque

Designed by Arnolfo di Cambio (1296), it is the largest Franciscan church in the world; it is also

Founded in 1049 by San Giovanni Gualberto, it is a picturesque monastic complex fortified located

Surrounded by forests fir trees, the Moscheta abbey was founded by Saint John Gualberto in 1034. The

Located on the border between Florence and Lastra a Signa, the abbey of San Salvatore and Lorenzo

This church was the former cathedral of Fiesole, it was restored thanks to Cosimo de' Medici and

Located in the heart of the ancient city in front of the Bargello, it is the oldest Benedectine

The Benedictine Abbey of San Gaudenzio is located on the Forlì road that leads to the Muraglione

The Vallombrosa abbey is very ancient, it was founded in 1036 by San Giovanni Gualberto, a

This is one of the ‘New Jerusalems’ built in the 16th–17th centuries, mainly in central and northern

The Museo di Casa Buonarroti is to all intents and purposes the temple of Michelangelo's memory

After the death of Indro Montanelli, the contents of his studies in Milan and Rome were moved to

The museum occupies the house where Giotto is traditionally thought to have been born in 1267, and

Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett arrived in Florence in 1847, when Elizabeth was already a well

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) was a well-known composer and pianist of the XX° century. He is the

In Leonardo’s birthplace in Anchiano, a cluster of houses about two kilometres from Vinci, there is

Rodolfo Siviero, who succeeded in bringing back to Italy hundreds of masterpieces that had

Works by Sauro Cavallini are displayed in the house atelier and in the surrounding park on Fiesole's

The tower of San Niccolò is in piazza Poggi. The gate, that has been isolated from the city walls