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...
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 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...
The Vallombrosa abbey is very ancient, it was founded in 1036 by San Giovanni Gualberto, a Benedictine monk, founder of the Vallombrosano order based on austere common life, poverty, refusal of gifts...
Open since July 2022, the museum collects the archaeological remains that were found in the archaeological site of Gonfienti, between the municipalities of Prato and Campi Bisenzio and is located...
Housed in the Palazzina Uzielli and the ancient castle of the counts Guidi, dating back to the 11th century. It is dedicated to Leonardo 's activities as a scientist, technologist and engineer. On...
The fame and fortune of the sanctuary is based on the cult of a miraculous image of the Madonna, considered to be the protectress of Florence, which is traditionally attributed to Saint Luke the...
Housed in the medieval Palazzo dei Vicari in Scarperia the museum preserves the knife manufacturing’s old tradition. It is divided into two sections: one focuses on the history of knives and their...
At the beginning of the 18th century, Domenico Michelacci started straw production on an industrial scale and until the 1950s Signa became the centre of the manufacture of hats made of this material...
The museum is housed in premises next to the Parish Church of San Pietro a Cascia, one of the masterpieces of Tuscan Romanesque architecture. The basilica, dating to the 11th century, has a nave and...
