The Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana originates from the collection of Cosimo the Elder de' Medici (1389-1464), considerably enriched by Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492) and “his” circle of humanists...
The new Opera House of Florence is an avant-garde music center for all of Europe. The “Park of Music and Culture”, which comprises the theatre, the auditorium and an open air amphitheatre, was planned...
Palazzo Strozzi, with its imposing facades clad in pietra forte, is one of the most significant Renaissance palaces in Florence and a privileged venue for important art exhibitions. One of the rooms...
Villa Bardini, within the magnificent garden overlooking the skyline of Florence, was built in 1641 by Gherardo Silvani for Francesco Manadori, it recalls the Houses of Delight common in Florence at...
The Sanctuary of Saint Verdiana was built with the aim of giving a worthy home to the remains of Verdiana, the patron saint of Castelfiorentino, a woman of humble origins, who lived between the 12th...
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...
Founded in 1819 by Giovan Pietro Vieusseux, a merchant of Genevan origin, the G. P. Vieusseux Scientific-Literary Cabinet was a reading cabinet, open to conversation and exchange of ideas. It houses a...
Residence of the Corsini family, the Palazzo Corsini al Prato via the entrance on Via il Prato gives access to the stupendous Italian garden, a large geometric parterre of boxwood hedges adorned with...
The Sant'Orsola Complex, located in the San Lorenzo district, is undergoing a phase of recovery and re-functionalisation on the basis of an agreement that regulates, for the next 50 years, the use of...
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)...
