The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (St.Mary of the Flower) is one of the largest churches in the world and its name derives form the golden flower...  [ more >> ]

In front of the cathedral we find the Battistero (baptistry), a circular building where took place the cerimonies of baptism, in Romanic style and covered with...  [ more >> ]

Piazza della Signoria is the political centre of Florence and it had been for some centuries also the center of Italian politics: there are the Palazzo Vecchio...  [ more >> ]

The Palace of Uffizi, initially built by Vasari in 1560 to be the seat of Florentine bureaucracy, is nowadays one of the most important paintings museums...  [ more >> ]

The Galleria dell'Accademia (Academy's Gallery) is another important muesum in Florence, containing several sculpture works by Michelangelo...  [ more >> ]

Church built by the Medici near their noble palace, nowadays named Palace Medici Riccardi. Its construction was committed to Brunelleschi in 1420...  [ more >> ]

It is the most ancient bridge in Florence, the only saved during the Second World War. The current construction belongs to the XIV century...  [ more >> ]

After Ponte Vecchio, on the other side of Arno, we find Pitti Palace, a huge building in Renaissance style and highest expression of Florentine ashlar-work...  [ more >> ]

On the city side of the hill behind Pitti Palace there is the wide garden of Boboli, done by will of Cosimo I de' Medici starting from 1549, following the project by...  [ more >> ]

The Brancacci Chapel, highest example of florentine Renaissance painting, is inside the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine. Its walls were painted...  [ more >> ]

The Dominican Church of Santa Maria Novella was built from 1279 to 1360, except the upper side of the facade, done in 1458 by Leon Battista Alberti...  [ more >> ]

Santa Croce is one of the most ancient churches in Florence: it was built by Franciscan monks from 1294 and completed in the 2nd half of XIV century...  [ more >> ]