In the 15th century the area of the garden was part of the ancient kitchen-garden of the Annalena nuns. At the beginning of the 19th century the marquis Tommaso Corsi became the owner and entrusted to [...]
In 1854 the " Società Toscana d'Orticultura" (Tuscan Society of Horticulture) was constituted. In the second half of the 19th century the garden got larger and Giacomo Roster designed the big [...]
***The garden is temporarily closed Formerly the garden of a Medici house, it became an Italian style garden in the XVII Century. At the end of the XIXth century the Director of the Museum of [...]
Since 1251 the is the symbol of Florence: ever since 1954 this garden has been keeping and showing the most beautiful varieties of this flower and has 2.500 species. 2.5 hectares partly with olive [...]
The Villa Medici at Castello is one of the oldest suburban residences of the Medici family, who came into possession of it in 1477. In 1538 Cosimo I commissioned the sculptor and architect Niccolò [...]
Ugolino Grifoni, secretary of Cosimo I , asked Bartolomeo Ammannati to build the villa and the garden. The works, started in 1563, lasted 10 years, and created a garden rich in philosophical meanings [...]
In 1591 Alessandro Acciaiuoli bought the land and entrusted the building of the palace to Buontalenti. The work wasn't completed due to financial problems, and the property was sold in 1621 to Filippo [...]
The garden is an amalgamation of three different properties that are still clearly discernible: the large central Baroque staircase leading to the Belvedere (from here one of the best panoramas of [...]
The Rose garden is a green terrace right below Piazzale Michelangelo overlooking the historic centre of the city and enjoying a breath-taking view equal in beauty to that from Forte Belvedere. The [...]
The Pazzagli Art Park is situated in the south of Florence in a context of hills dotted with villas and castles. The Arno runs nearby. In the wide area of 23,900 square meters, it is possible to [...]
The Gherardesca garden occupied the last green space before the ancient city walls. The ancient garden had a masterly restoration by Pietro Porcinai. After having been at the centre of a radical new [...]
In 1864, Giuseppe Fabbricotti bought “Lo Strozzino” property and, in the same year, he commissioned architect Vincenzo Micheli to turn the old hunting lodge into a luxurious residence. None of the [...]
T he Jewish Monumental Cemetery established in 1777, remained in operation until 1870. A high perimeter wall encloses an important cultural treasure consisting of funerary chapels and monuments, among [...]
On the beautiful hill of San Miniato al Monte, at the foot of the Romanesque church is one of the most important monumental cemeteries in Florence, the Cimitero delle Porte sante. You can see the [...]
The Allori Cemetery is an extraordinary place where you have the opportunity to feel art and history. Inaugurated in 1878, the Cemetery was created to give a proper burial to non-Catholics not [...]
Situated on a mound in the middle of Piazzale Donatello, the Protestant cemetery was used between 1827 and 1877. The tombs are not arranged in orderly rows but in a rather Romantic fashion accentuated [...]
The complex of San Salvi was established in place of the old psychiatric hospital of San Bonifazio in via San Gallo. The same architect of the Tepidarium in via Bolognese, Giacomo Roster, was in [...]
The villa had belonged to the Salviati family from the 15th to the 17th century. It is immersed in a 19th century garden. Sculptures and terracotta tondi by Rustici are all over the park. After a long [...]
The Medici Villa of Castello, one of the oldest Medici residencies, was one of the favourite villas of Cosimo I especially for its garden, designed in 1538 by Niccolò Tribolo. Thanks to the plenty of [...]
Villa della Petraia is situated a few kilometres from the city centre; the ancient fortified building, of which the large tower still remains today, was enlarged towards the end of the 16th century [...]
