Joanelle italy

Both architecturally and artistically unique, this monastery commissioned in 1342 by Niccolò Acciaioli, viceroy of t …

The Medici family reserved rooms for their prestigious collection during use of the gallery as magistrate's court …

The grandness of this Palazzo reminds one of the important position held by the Congiura family in Renaissance Flore …

The Giardino Torrigiani extends from Viale Petrarca, with the old Arnolfi walls on each side, to Piazza Torquato …

The museum connected to the opificio (meaning 'factory') contains the Medici collection of carved hard stone. …

This palazzo is the model described in the refined 15th-century text by Giovan Battista Alberti, De re aedificatoria …

The construction of the Basilica of Santa Croce began in 1294. Giotto's frescoes in the chapels at the head of the t …

Encompassing the Biblioteca Laurenziana (the Laurentian Library - one of the most prestigious libraries in Italy …

Best known of all Florence's treasures, this glorious bridge was the only one of six spared by the retreating …

Inside this garden lies the Buontalenti grotto (1583-1593). Decorated with Mannerist-style scenes from Greek and …

No doubt inspired by his trip to Venice in 1444, Andrea del Castagno probably painted the Last Supper in the refectory …

As part of a tradition that goes back centuries, the whole city of Florence congregates in Piazza del Duomo on …

The foundations of one of the city's oldest churches date back to the 4th century, when Christianity was in its …

The building which contains the Bargello dates back to 1255. In the 16th century it became the residence of the …

The Medici Chapels are historical labors that are as grand in their own way as are the pyramids of Egypt. Started …

This 2nd-century church is found in the Oltrarno. It was completely destroyed by a fire and rebuilt in the 18th …

In the second half of the 19th century Federico Stibbert amassed a rich and varied collection of art in his villa …