In 1070, on its site there was at that point a church extremely sober, of Romanesque style, whose grave and the interior of the veneer still bear traces. It was reconstructed in the Gothic style somewhere in the range of 1250 and 1405.
In business since 1612, this sublime perfumery-drug store started life when Santa Maria Novella's Dominican friars started to compose cures and sweet-smelling unguents using therapeutic herbs created in the monastery garden.
The Salvatore Ferragamo museum in Florence is a most visited must-see for all shopping and fashion lovers. The museum is focused on the history of perhaps the most famous Italian fashion firms, highlighting an assortment of shoes
The church of San Salvatore in Ognissanti was established during the thirteenth century by the Umiliated friars, a religious request that was dedicated to the exchange and processing of fleece, misusing the course of the Arno and Mugnone which streamed here.
The second and third floors of the royal residence must be visited by guided tours that run at 10am, 11am and early afternoon on weekdays and at 3pm, 4pm and 5pm during weekends;reservations are mandatory.
Figline Valdarno is a village wealthy in history with a solid medieval tradition that is too often hidden behind the shadow of the significant towns of Tuscany.
The Gates of Paradise is the main focal gate of the Baptistry of Florence (Battistero di San Giovanni), situated in front of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. The Porta del Paradiso, in Italian,
In a city loaded up with works of art, the San Marco Museum (Museo di San Marco) has the distinction of being home to Florence’s biggest collection of paintings by Fra Beato Angelico.
Piazza della Repubblica is one of the most significant and elegant squares in the center of Florence, lined with porticoed nineteenth century palazzi, high-end boutiques, Grand Dame hotels, historic cafés and
Piazza Santo Spirito is a wonderfully, lived-in and famous hub of local Florentine life, a meeting point for Florence’s Oltrarno areas. The piazza's deep rooted occupation actually proceeds with today;