The Shooting Range in Florence has 5 main polygons. A 10 meter range for pistols and air rifles. 2 polygons at 25 meters for the specialties of automatic pistol, standard pistol and large caliber [...]
The Riding club was opened in the 1904. They organize basis courses, introduction to horse riding, jumping, combined courses of American and English riding.
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 [...]
You enter the square from Borgo San Frediano, Borgo Stella, via Santa Monaca and Piazza Piattellina. The name refers to the Carmelite church, Santa Maria del Carmine, which dominates the square [...]
The theatre building dates back to 1976. Theatre performances, usually held here, are mainly related to the Commedia Fiorentina d’autore (Florentine original theare). The structure has a capacity of [...]
The square is dominated by the Church and, on the right side of the facade, the Museo di San Marco (Saint Mark Museum, famous for Beato Angelico's Renaissance paintings). Following the example of the [...]
The Piazza della Santissima Annunziata is characterised by the Renaissance aspect which Brunelleschi conferred in it with the construction of the colonnade for the Ospedale degli Innocenti ( Museum) [...]
The vast square piazza della Repubblica is the result of the nineteenth-century demolition of the ancient city centre, at the time of Florence as the capital of Italy (1865-1871). This was one of the [...]
The religious centre of the city is made up of the monumental complex the Cathedral and the Baptistery, and by the two squares which surround them. In Roman and late Mediaeval Florence this area was [...]
This square took shape at the end of the 13th century, when the worldwide famous Basilica of Santa Croce, of the Franciscan Order, was rebuilt (1295), based on a design by Arnolfo di Cambio, and [...]
The square came into being along with the Palazzo Vecchio between the thirteenth and fourteenth century, establishing itself from the first as an area dedicated to the civic life of the city. Inside [...]
The creation of Piazza Santa Maria Novella dates back to the end of the 13th century, the beginning of the 14th century, in parallel with the construction works of the grandiose Dominican complex of [...]
This relatively small square, dominated by the Church of Santa Trinita preserves the irregular layout of the Medieval urban areas. Its development is closely connected with the Vallombrosan religious [...]
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 [...]
Do you think Florence is only a city of Art? Well, actually no… it is also an amazing city of Science! There are many science museums in town: zoology, astronomy, mathematics and more! That's perfect [...]
Parco degli animali is a modern structure of about 2,5 hectars hosting stray dogs coming from Firenze and the surrounding municipalities. The park is managed by municipal employees and a health [...]
The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo houses, for conservation reasons, a whole series of works of art from the Santa Maria del Fiore complex (Cathedral, Baptistery and Bell Tower). A complete refurbishment [...]
