Duomo of Florence Santa Maria del Fiore was constructed on the site of the old cathedral of Santa Reparata, which had been built in the time of Bishop Zanobius in the early decades of the 5th century. The initial project was to enlarge the original cathedral, but in 1294 the Council of the Hundred opted […]

      Home Florence Locations City map Photo gallery Botticelli – Mappa dell’Inferno Battaglia di Marciano Giorgio Vasari Venice Photo gallery City map Istanbul Photo gallery City map You are here: Home Florence Locations Accademia Gallery This museum owes its fame to the extraordinary collection of works by Michelangelo. Besides a collection of XIII-XVI […]

      Home Florence Locations City map Photo gallery Botticelli – Mappa dell’Inferno Battaglia di Marciano Giorgio Vasari Venice Photo gallery City map Istanbul Photo gallery City map You are here: Home Florence Locations Pitti palace Pitti palace The original central section of this palace was constructed in 1458 by Luca Fancelli, working from […]

Boboli gardens Behind Palazzo Pitti, which was for nearly four centuries the residence of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and for a short period of the kings of Italy, stretches  the beautiful Boboli Gardens. Lying on the hill, between Palazzo Pitti, Forte Belvedere and Porta Romana, the garden has a triangular shape and occupies an […]

      Home Florence Locations City map Photo gallery Botticelli – Mappa dell’Inferno Battaglia di Marciano Giorgio Vasari Venice Photo gallery City map Istanbul Photo gallery City map You are here: Home Florence Locations Ponte Vecchio Ponte Vecchio This is the oldest bridge in the city and until the construction of Ponte alla Carraia […]

      Home Florence Locations City map Photo gallery Botticelli – Mappa dell’Inferno Battaglia di Marciano Giorgio Vasari Venice Photo gallery City map Istanbul Photo gallery City map You are here: Home Florence Locations Vasari Corridor Vasari Corridor The Corridoio Vasariano is an additional and elevated passage that is over a kilometer long, which […]

Palazzo Vecchio The foundations of the palace designed by Arnolfo di Cambio were laid in February 1299. The main facade and the 94-metre tower had already been completed by 1302, but the rear of the building was constructed and amplified in various periods through to the final modifications made by Ammannati in 1588. It was […]

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