Points of interest

The Ceramics Archive preserves the manufacturing history of Sesto Fiorentino, where the ceramics and porcelain industry was a driving force until the post-war period. Ceramics are the beating heart of [...]

Located in the very heart of Valdelsa, this is one of the ‘New Jerusalems’ built in the 16th–17th centuries, mainly in central and northern Italy, to enable people to make a pilgrimage to the Holy [...]

The St. Mark's Museum, commonly known as the ‘Beato Angelico's museum’, occupies the spaces of the former Dominican convent that Michelozzo rebuilt in Renaissanche style on the commission of Cosimo il [...]

On the road connecting Florence with Bologna is a beautiful park that is also a Unesco heritage site: the Parco Mediceo di Pratolino In the second half of the 16th century, Francesco I de’ Medici [...]

The Bargello National Museum is a place of extraordinary interest. The evocative medieval building houses a unique collection of Italian sculpture, mainly from the Renaissance period (masterpieces by [...]

The Museo Novecento, on piazza Santa Maria Novella in the premises of the former Leopoldine schools, is dedicated to 20th-century Italian art, presenting a selection of works from the civic [...]

The Vasari Corridor ("Corridoio vasariano") was built by the celebrated architect Giorgio Vasari in just five months during 1565 to enable the Grand Dukes to move freely – and safely – from the seat [...]

This museum collects the historical and artistic heritage of the ancient Spedale degli Innocenti, a building designed at the beginning of the 15th century by Filippo Brunelleschi, in order to welcome [...]

The museum exhibits chart the ancient history of Fiesole and the surrounding area: human presence in the zone dates back at least as far as the Bronze Age (around 2000 BC), while the city itself began [...]

The Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi is situated near the marshes of Fucecchio, which is rich in wildlife and was built by Cosimo I de Medici as a hunting lodge. Work started in 1556 and the design with [...]