Founded in 1049 by San Giovanni Gualberto, it is a picturesque monastic complex fortified located among the Chianti hills, at Passignano. The architectural complex still appears to be enclosed within...
Located on the border between Florence and Lastra a Signa, the abbey of San Salvatore and Lorenzo was founded towards the end of the 11th century, and inhabited by various religious orders, including...
This church was the former cathedral of Fiesole, it was restored thanks to Cosimo de' Medici and here worked first Brunelleschi and then Michelozzo. The Romanesque façade with white and green marble...
The Convent of Bosco ai Frati, which dates back to before the year 1000, was rebuilt by Michelozzo in the first half of the 15th century at the wishes of Cosimo de’ Medici, who possessed the nearby...
The Church of Santa Maria in Figline dates back to the 13th century, though it was extensively remodelled in the centuries that followed. It houses many works of art, including a 14th-century panel...
Located a short distance from the centre of Gambassi, the parish church of Santa Maria a Chianni is a good example of a Romanesque religious building, one of the most important in the Valdelsa area...
The great writer Francesco Petrarca was born in Arezzo in 1304 and in 1305 he came to Incisa , where he stayed in his grandfather's property until the age of seven , while his father was under a...
In the second half of the 16th century, Bernardo Vecchietti had the park of his villa embellished with an unusual nymphaeum, the Spring of Morgan le Fay , a two-storey building fashioned like a...
The Arnovecchio area, located in an eroded riverbed of the Arno that was corrected during the 16th century, was marked in more recent times by extraction activities for the production of gravel...
The Municipal Vallesiana Library is located along the main street of the high old town, in a historic building dating back to the 18th century. It was inaugurated on 17th of November 1889 with a...
