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...
Large monastic complex founded in 1342 by the Florentine banker Niccolò Acciaioli, which stands on a hill a few kilometers south of Florence. The complex underwent major remodelling at the end of the...
The Romanesque church of Santi Apostoli is one of the oldest churches of the city. According to legend it was founded by Charlemagne but documents state it in 1075. It stands very close to the Roman...
Santa Felicita is an important church in Florence located in the Oltrarno district a few steps after Ponte Vecchio. As soon as you enter, on the right (in the Brunelleschi Cappella Capponi), you can...
The Church of Santa Maria Novella was the first of the great Florentine basilicas and the first large-scale Gothic building in the city. Started by the Dominicans soon after 1240; it was finished in...
The frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel (Santa Maria del Carmine) are to be considered - especially thanks to the extraordinary artistic revolution introduced by Masaccio - among the highest expressions...
The imposing building, with an unusual shape, along via Calzaioli, was built in 1337 originally as a municipal granary, near a vegetable garden named after San Michele Arcangelo; the loggia on the...
The Basilica of Santa Maria all’Impruneta is one of Tuscany’s three best-known Marian sanctuaries. Its fame rests on the cult of a much-venerated effigy and on the traditional history of its loss and...
The cathedral of Fiesole is dedicated to San Romolo and dates back to the 11th century. The Romanesque layout is recognizable despite subsequent alterations. The interior has three naves; on the...
The Church of San Bartolomeo at Monte Uliveto, is a place of worship and part of a former monastic complex located in Via Monte Uliveto in Florence. The complex was founded in 1334 by a monk from the...
