This narrow garden, which clings to the rocky hill below the centre of Fiesole, affords one of the most beautiful views over Florence and the Arno Valley. Architect Giovanni Michelucci, who lived here...
Villa La Pietra boasts a unique garden. The former baroque garden belonging to the Capponi family was transformed into an English style garden in the 19th century. The actual garden, whose owner was...
The garden dates back to 1292 and, according to some historical texts, it belonged to the Gianni family, which united three houses and built the Palace of the Tower. Later, it was bought by the Vegni...
A bothanical garden in a panoramic position in Valdelsa. 5 thematic routes according to the five human senses. It makes an intensive exhibit activity and here disabled people are involved in...
Historic - monumental building, designed by Aurelio Ghersi, one hectare of tropical garden with 340 rare species, 92 of which are grown outdoors: among them a magnificent specimen of Metasequoia...
Property of Bernardo Rucellai, the garden was the seat for the meetings of literary men, humanists, philosophers and historians (like Machiavelli, Buondelmonti, Jacopo da Diacceto and Luigi Alemanni)...
The Benedictine Abbey of San Gaudenzio is located on the Forlì road that leads to the Muraglione pass. According to tradition, the abbey was built by Jacopo il Bavaro, Bishop of Fiesole.
Surrounded by forests fir trees, the Moscheta abbey was founded by Saint John Gualberto in 1034. The abbey had periods of great splendor, then it was suppressed in the Lorraine period and reduced to a...
Located in the heart of the ancient city in front of the Bargello, it is the oldest Benedectine monastery in the city. It was founded in 978 by the mother of the Marquis Ugo of Tuscany, Willa. In 1285...
One of the most important Florentine Renaissance building bound up with the history of the Medici family. The basilica consacreted by Saint Ambrose in 393 and rebuilt in a Romanesque form in the 11th...
