The Medici Villa La Petraia is located in the quiet area of Castello, Via Petraia 40 in Florence. It is considered one of the most beautiful and famous Medici villas, situated in a panoramic position overlooking the city of Florence. The villa was a medieval fortress belonging to the Brunelleschi read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The tomb of Gian Gastone is right behind the altar in the Medici Chapels. Gian Gastone was the last Gran Duke of the ‘de Medici family. What is interesting about the tomb is that the read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The Loggia del Mercato Nuovo hosts a bicolored marble piece of work that reproduces one of the wheels of Carroccio, which was the symbol of the Florentine Republic. In the past, this spot was called read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Although the Santa Maria Novella Church is an excellent example of the gothic style, and boasts the oldest facade in Florence, it regretfully isn’t usually considered one of the principal attractions of the city. Not read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. What does St. Anne have to do with Florence? Most don’t know that St. Anne is the second saint of Florence, after St. John, and is celebrated on July 26, the day the city was read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. Piazza della Repubblica has (almost) always been the center of life for Florence and its citizens. To one side, is the “Colonna dell’Abbondanza” or “Column of Abundance” that once marked where the cardo and decumanus read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. For us Florentine citizens, “Palazzo Vecchio” is that magnificent palace that we admire, photograph but we maybe don’t know in detail. Probably, going inside and understanding it requires many days of accurate study, but sometimes read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The Frescobaldi family is one of the oldest and most important families of Florence, and they have strong ties to the Santo Spirito district; in fact, the historical family palace is in Via Santo Spirito. read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. A cemetery dating to the late Roman Age (V-VI century AD) resurfaced below the Uffizi Gallery, during the excavation work (2014) under the Magliabechiana Library. Workers found nearly sixty skeletons of people who died during read more
This content is only available in English. Please suggest a new version in your language. The city of Florence satisfies many curiosities, but it also holds many mysteries that we have not been able to unravel yet. The Basilica of San Lorenzo is a church that was very dear to read more