Points of interest

On the road connecting Florence with Bologna is a beautiful park that is also a Unesco heritage site: the Parco Mediceo di Pratolino In the second half of the 16th century, Francesco I de’ Medici [...]

The Stibbert Museum, conceived by Frederick Stibbert (1838-1906), is a rare example of a 19th-century museum: an extraordinary collection of arms, armour and works of art is displayed in a series of [...]

This museum collects the historical and artistic heritage of the ancient Spedale degli Innocenti, a building designed at the beginning of the 15th century by Filippo Brunelleschi, in order to welcome [...]

The St. Mark's Museum, commonly known as the ‘Beato Angelico's museum’, occupies the spaces of the former Dominican convent that Michelozzo rebuilt in Renaissance style on the commission of Cosimo il [...]

The Bargello National Museum is a place of extraordinary interest. The evocative medieval building houses a unique collection of Italian sculpture, mainly from the Renaissance period (masterpieces by [...]

The Associazione per l’Arte e la Cultura Collezione Casamonti presents contemporary art in Florence’s historic city centre, spanning the period from the late 19th century to the present day [...]

The Vasari Corridor ("Corridoio vasariano") was built by the celebrated architect Giorgio Vasari in just five months during 1565 to enable the Grand Dukes to move freely – and safely – from the seat [...]

The Ceramics Archive preserves the manufacturing history of Sesto Fiorentino, where the ceramics and porcelain industry was a driving force until the post-war period. Ceramics are the beating heart of [...]

Located in the very heart of Valdelsa, this is one of the ‘New Jerusalems’ built in the 16th–17th centuries, mainly in central and northern Italy, to enable people to make a pilgrimage to the Holy [...]

The Museo Novecento, on piazza Santa Maria Novella in the premises of the former Leopoldine schools, is dedicated to 20th-century Italian art, presenting a selection of works from the civic [...]