Following a route on the subject of water is a theme that can seem peculiar in a city so rich in art, like Florence. Nevertheless fountains are, besides a useful tool for citizens and tourists, an [...]
The bulk of Palazzo Spini Feroni dominates piazza Santa Trinita and its construction dates back to the end of the 13th century, possibly to a design by Lapo Tedesco. It is a three-storey building [...]
The metropolitan trail of the project Toscana Terra Etrusca, in total about 90 km, begins from the connection with the Via Francigena near Fucecchio and then reaches Fiesole, passing through the [...]
Donatello can be considered one of the greatest sculptors of all time. He was a master of all sculptural techniques (he worked with marble, terracotta, bronze, wood, and stucco), an inventor of new [...]
While walking on piazza Santa Croce one's attention is captured by the facade of this palace, very unusual and very beautiful. It is the Palazzo dell'Antella or degli Antellesi, located on the right [...]
This itinerary, featuring art and spirituality, will allow you to discover an all-Florentine anomaly: the tradition of the Cenacles (conventual places decorated with the theme of the Last Supper) [...]
This historical-musical route will guide you through the most significant places and moments regarding musical production and innovation, on the traces of what was born in Florence and then reached [...]
Between Signa and Florence you can bike along an easy cycle path that, flanking the Arno river, connects the Cascine Park with the Renai Park in Signa. The cycle path is wide, on the dirt road and [...]
A cycle route of 225Km, between Tuscany and Emilia Romagna, connecting Dante's places from Florence, his hometown, through the Mugello area all the way to Marradi, and beyond the Apennine border [...]
Florence is famous worldwide for its Renaissance identity, but it has many more faces worth exploring: first of all the most ancient… the Roman one. In the historical center, many are the traces that [...]
Florence has always been tightly connected with Russia throughout the centuries. An ideal itinerary representing this bond must necessarily start from the beautiful Russian Orthodox Church situated in [...]
Not far from Fortezza da Basso, the Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Christ was built at the end of the 19th century, strongly desired by the daughter of Tsar Nicholas I. The crypt (lower [...]
The San Jacopo Path in Tuscany was born with the intention of recovering the ancient transit and pilgrimage routes that led from Florence to Pistoia, Lucca, Pisa and Livorno heading towards Santiago [...]
Piero Bargellini (1897-1980) is, in the memory of all Florentines, the mayor of Florence who had to face the terrible tragedy of the 1966 flood. But not only that, from 1051 to 1956 he had been the [...]
The palaces and buildings where famous people of the past have lived, retain the memory of its residents and pass it on to the new generations, offering itineraries for visiting and discovery in their [...]
A route in the footsteps of Dante Alighieri, straddling Tuscany and Emilia Romagna: Dante's Route is divided into 20 legs, for a total of over 380 km, in a ring route that connects Florence, his [...]
One of the most interesting personalities of the 20th century, Don Lorenzo Milani, hailed from Florence and always carried out his activities in this area. Born in Florence in 1923 to a wealthy and [...]
The Istituto Geografico Militare occupies part of the basilica of Santissima Annunziata which belonged to the Servite monastic order suppressed by the Italian government in 1866. In 1872 the Istituto [...]
