The convent, where Franciabigio frescoed the entire end wall with the Last Supper in 1514, was known as S. Giovanni alla Porta di San Pier Gattolino. Its current name derives from the hood of the [...]
The tiny Church of San Martino al Vescovo, founded in the 10th century and thought to be where Dante Alighieri married, was rebuilt in 1479 by the Compagnia dei Buonomini di San Martino. The [...]
The Oratory of Vannella is located in Settignano, hilly hamlet of Florence. It was built and frescoed between 1719 and 1721 in memory of the apparition of the Virgin Mary to a young girl named Vanna [...]
The dome in Florence Cathedral was begun in 1420 by Filippo Brunelleschi, who conceived an innovative, self-supporting double shell that did away with the need for traditional centring during [...]
Inside the Cathedral steps lead down to the excavations that uncovered the ancient cathedral of Santa Reparata,evidence of the earliest Christianity in Florence, demolished after the new cathedral had [...]
Santa Felicita is an important church in Florence located in the Oltrarno district a few steps after Ponte Vecchio. As soon as you enter, on the right (in the Brunelleschi Cappella Capponi), you can [...]
The cloister of the Scalzo (barefoot) is the entrance to the chapel of the Confraternity of Saint John the Baptist – known as the ‘Scalzo’ order because during processions the cross-bearer went [...]
The imposing building, with an unusual shape, along via Calzaioli, was built in 1337 originally as a municipal granary, near a vegetable garden named after San Michele Arcangelo; the loggia on the [...]
The church of Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the oldest in the city and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It has a rough exterior in pietra forte; the first building was in Romanesque style while its [...]
The church of Sant'Ambrogio is in the part of the city having this name. It is an old church rebuilt in the late 13th century. The interior has pretty Renaissance side altars. It is worth a visit for [...]
The Basilica of Santa Trìnita is one of the most important in the historical and artistic evolution of the city of Florence: it overlooks the homonymous Piazza Santa Trinita and also gives its name to [...]
Romanesque church. It contains a marbel pulpit of the XII century, decorated with black and white marble. The legend says that Dante and Boccaccio spoke from this pulpit.
San Salvatore al Monte is an important basilica near san Miniato, in a grove of cypresses. The building is a work by Simone del Pollaiolo, very loved by Michelangelo who called it his "bella [...]
The church of San Salvatore in Ognissanti was founded in the mid-thirteenth century by the Umiliated friars, a religious order that was dedicated to the processing and trade of wool, taking advantage [...]
The church of Santa Maria del Carmine leans imposingly with a rough façade in stone and brick in the homonymous piazza del Carmine. The church was founded in 1268 and finished in 1476. It houses the [...]
The foundation dates back to 1257, dedicated to Santa Maria Maddalena delle Convertite, in the place where there was already a home for women with bad reputation who followed the rule of San Benedetto [...]
The Romanesque church of Santi Apostoli is one of the oldest churches of the city. According to legend it was founded by Charlemagne but documents state it in 1075. It stands very close to the Roman [...]
The church of Santi Michele and Gaetano, more often simply called San Gaetano, is one of the most important examples of Baroque style in Florence. The church dates back to the 11th century and was [...]
The Church of San Bartolomeo at Monte Uliveto, is a place of worship and part of a former monastic complex located in Via Monte Uliveto in Florence. The complex was founded in 1334 by a monk from the [...]
Large monastic complex founded in 1342 by the Florentine banker Niccolò Acciaioli, which stands on a hill a few kilometers south of Florence. The complex underwent major remodelling at the end of the [...]
