Villa Medici La Petraia was built for Cosimo I de Medici, who has acquired it in 1544. He gave it in 1568 to his son Cardinal Ferdinando (1549 – 1609), who changed ... read more
The Villa La Quiete is a blueprint of the history of the Medici House, devotion and female education, featuring artistic treasures of the 17th and 18th centuries. The ... read more
The Villa il Gioiello, or Villa Galileo, is the home where the great scientist spent the last part of his life, from 1631 until his death in 1642, confined to house ... read more
Villa Bardini (ancient Villa Manadora) dates back to the 1600s, and is an exhibition center and home to the Capucci Museum and the Annigoni Museum. It is surrounded ... read more
The Uffizi Gallery, dating back to 1560 and commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici, is today one of the best known museums in the world, housing the priceless Medici ... read more
The Porcelain Museum, opened in 1973 and a section of the Silver Museum, displays mainly porcelain tableware belonging to the royal families of Medici, Lorraine, and ... read more
The Medici Chapels, located at the historical Basilica of San Lorenzo (Brunelleschi, 15th-century), are 16th and 17th extensions in honour of the Medici family, the ... read more
The Innocenti Museum is located in the monumental complex that includes the building designed in 1419 by Filippo Brunelleschi, an example of early Renaissance ... read more
The Fondazione Roberto Longhi was founded in 1971 by the last will and testament of the academic, art historian and curator, Roberto Longhi (1890 – 1970). He left ... read more
The Brancacci Chapel (14th century) is famous for its frescoes, commissioned in 1423 by the merchant Felice Brancacci, and mainly made by Masolino and Masaccio. They ... read more
Stibbert Museum is a 57 room villa, once the home of the rich art collector Frederick Stibbert (1838–1906), containing artefacts from all over the world, paintings, ... read more
The Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, opened in 1995, is a company museum, dedicated to the history of the Ferragamo company, the life of its founder, Salvatore Ferragamo, and ... read more
The Pietro Bazzanti & Son Art Gallery (Pietro Bazzanti e Figlio Art Gallery) established in 1822, holds high the traditional artisan techniques of sculpture in ... read more
The Palazzo Vecchio (Old Palace), built between 1299 and 1314, is one of the most famous symbols of the city of Florence. Its function was to become the residence and ... read more
The Palazzo Strozzi is one of the greatest masterpieces of Florentine architecture, a symbol of Renaissance style, built in 1489 and designed by Benedetto da Maiano. ... read more
The Palazzo Pitti has been a royal residence of three dynasties, the Medici (since 1550), the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (which succeeded the Medici from 1737), and ... read more
Palazzo Medici Riccardi, built between 1444 and 1484 for Cosimo de' Medici and designed by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, is today the seat of the Metropolitan City of ... read more
The Palazzo or Casa Martelli is a well preserved aristocratic Florentine house, which has been for centuries owned by the Martelli family. After the death in 1986 of its ... read more
The Palazzo Davanzati Museo, also known as the Museum of the Historic Florentine House (Museo della Casa Fiorentina Antica), was originally home to the Davizzi, a ... read more
The Orsanmichele Church and Museum, part of the Bargello Museum, was built by the guilds between 1380 and 1404 in 'pietra forte' and adorned with sculptures ... read more