Properly named Società Ricreativa L'Affratellamento di Ricorboli, the Association was founded as a Mutual Aid Company on July 1st, 1876 and has been in its present location since May 1888. The theatre...
The Teatro della Compagnia is one of the most recent theatres in town, designed by Adolfo Natalini, who transformed the cinema hall into a theatre. Inaugurated in 1987, it became the permanent seat of...
A permanent exhbition telling the history of the flask: the traditional oval-shaped glass container covered with marsh grass. Born in the 14th century, over the centuries it has become the favourite...
The Abbey of Santa Maria is located in Rosano, in the Municipality of Rignano sull'Arno, very close to Pontassieve and a few kilometres away from Bagno a Ripoli. Founded in 780, it has always hosted a...
The Antica Spezieria is nowadays located inside the Villa di San Cerbone, the building where Umberto Serristori, in the early 20th century, decided to move the whole Spedale that was previously to be...
An impressive panoramic viewpoint overlooking the whole surrounding area. A clever and tourist-friendly use of a "bulky" building. This is the Torre del Chianti, in San Casciano Val di Pesa. This...
The GAMPS geopaleontological collection in Scandicci, near Florence, is a permanent exhibition displaying a large collection of geological and paleontological findings. The collection stems from the...
Limite sull'Arno, a river port on the river of the same name, is home to the oldest rowing club in Italy, founded in 1861, and numerous shipyards: an activity, the latter, that has its origins in the...
Florence Cathedral was designed at the end of the 13th century by Arnolfo di Cambio and is dedicated to Santa Maria del Fiore, a reference to the lily, the city's symbol. The third largest cathedral...
