Points of interest
Giardino di Boboli
Behind Palazzo Pitti lies the wonderful Boboli Gardens. The Medici first took care of the arrangement, creating the model of Italian garden that became exemplary for many European courts. The vast green area is divided into a regular, is a real open-air m...
Palazzo Pitti
Purchased in 1550 by Cosimo I de'Medici and his wife Eleonora di Toledo to transform it into the new grand-ducal residence, Palazzo Pitti soon became the symbol of the consolidated power of the Medici on Tuscany. Palace of two other dynasties, that of the...
Galleria dell'Accademia
The Accademia Gallery is a museum of Florence. The museum, the fourth in Italy by number of visitors after the Uffizi, displays the largest number of sculptures by Michelangelo in the world (seven), including the famous David.
Inside the Gallery are also...
Basilica di Santa Croce
The Basilica of Santa Croce is one of the largest Franciscan churches and one of the greatest achievements of Gothic in Italy, and has the rank of minor basilica. It is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italian characters, such as Michelang...
