Museo dell’Opera del Duomo

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo Firenze
Florence is well known for its signature domed cathedral or Duomo, located in the Piazza del Duomo (Church Square). Most people visit it and see the works of art on display without ever realizing that there is an entire museum dedicated to the collection of those works of art that have been removed from... Read more

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

Palazzo Medici Riccardi Firenze
Palazzo Medici Riccardi is also called as Palazzo Medici. It has been named after the family which lived in it and expanded the palace in 1679. The Palazzo Medici is located in Florence, in via Cavour, and is a huge palace of the Renaissance period. The large palace was designed and built by the famous architect Michelozzo... Read more

Basilica di Santo Spirito

Church of Holy Spirit Florence
The Basilica Di Santo Spirito in Florence (Basilica of the Holy Spirit) is also called as the Basilica of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito (“St. Mary of the Holy Spirit”). It is a church situated in Florence, Italy, located facing the Oltrarno Square, in the Oltrarno quarter of the area. Read more

Museo del Bargello

Bargello Museum Florence
Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Bargello Museum) is a famous art museum in Florence, Italy. Previously it used to serve as a barrack and prison, but now it is just a museum containing some of the most impressive artifacts, which have extreme historical significance. It is also referred to as the Bargello palace or Palazzo... Read more

Basilica di San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo Church Florence
San Lorenzo church, also known as Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of St. Lawrence) is located at the centre of Florence city’s main square. It is one of the largest and oldest churches in all of Italy, and holds extreme significance due to the fact that most of the high ranking members of the... Read more

Versilia

Piazza Duomo Pietrasanta Versilia
Situated in the north-west province of Lucca is the Tuscan region known as Versilia. This area, perhaps best known for its stretches of long sandy beaches, extends along the coast from Liguria in the north almost to Pisa, which marks its southern extremity. The Apuan Alps form a backdrop to its historical towns, villages... Read more

Galleria dell’Accademia

David Michelangelo Florence
The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, or "Gallery of the Academy of Florence" is an art museum in Florence, Italy. Famed for being home to Michelangelo's sculpture 'David', this museum hosts many other works of arts as well. Many of Michelangelo's works of art are displayed here as well as various paintings, statues and sculptures... Read more

Giardino di Boboli

Giardino di Boboli Florence
Giardino di Boboli or the Boboli Garden is located behind the Palazzo Pitti (Pitti Palace) in Florence, within the region of Tuscany, Italy. When Eleanor of Toledo, wife of The Duke of Florence, bought the Pitti Palace from the Pitti family, she envisioned this garden behind the palace. Her husband, Cosimo I di Medici,... Read more

David di Michelangelo

David di Michelangelo
Michelangelo Buonarroti’s ‘David’ has been hailed as a Renaissance masterpiece and the work of an artistic genius. The statue, sculpted from a leftover block of Carrara marble between 1501 and 1504 when Michelangelo was in his late twenties, towers at a height of 17 feet and represents David about to slay the giant... Read more

Piazza della Signoria

Piazza Signoria Florence
The large L-shaped Piazza della Signoria is one of the most popular squares in central Florence both for visiting tourists and as a place for local Florentines to meet and gather. The piazza is full of important and beautiful statuary as well as being surrounded by a host of buildings of enormous cultural significance.... Read more