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Villa Medicea La Ferdinanda Localita Artimino, Florence |
This villa was named ‘La Ferdinanda’ after Ferdinando I. It was used by the Medici Grand Dukes primarily for hunts that were organised on the extensive neighbouring Mount Albano reserve, which was first acquired by Cosim... more
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Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo Localita Cafaggiolo, Florence, 50030 |
the summer of 2000 Karen and I returned to Italy for more archaeology, sun, and good food, this time to the little Tuscan village of San Piero a Sieve in the Apennines foothills north of Florence. Our excavation at the M... more
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Chiesa Evangelica Luterana Lungarno Torrigiani, 11, Florence, 50125 |
This church is the only Lutheran of its kind in Florence. It was built in 1901 in the garden that once belonged to the Torrigiani family. The garden, which is annexed to The Palazzo Torrigiani and was built in the 16th C... more
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Villa Medicea La Petraia Via della Petraia, 40, Florence, 50141 |
It was Ferdinando I de' Medici who commissioned the restructuring works to this castle, which belonged to the Brunelleschi family in the second half of the 16th century. It seems more than likely that Buonalenti was plac... more
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Ognissanti Piazza Ognissanti, Florence, 50123 |
The young man with black hair to the Madonna's right is said to be Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), whose letters about exploring the New World in 1499 and again from 1501 to 1502 would become so popular that a cartographer... more
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San Frediano in Cestello Piazza di Cestello, Firenze, 50124 |
The cupola of the Cestello stands out in the panorama of the Oltrarno and its bare, unfinished facade is visible from the bank on the other side of the Arno river. The church...
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Ufficio Turistico Comune di Firenze Piazza Stazione 4/a, Florence, 50123 |
, hemmed in between the hills that have made it justly famous. While the city centre has a wealth of art works and buildings of great historical and architectural value, covering a time span that ranges from the Middle A... more
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Ufficio Turistico Comune di Firenze Borgo Santa Croce, 29r, Florence, 50122 |
, hemmed in between the hills that have made it justly famous. While the city centre has a wealth of art works and buildings of great historical and architectural value, covering a time span that ranges from the Middle A... more
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San Salvatore al Monte Via Monte alle Croci, Florence, 50125 |
The building appears extremely simple. It has a plaster facade which is only animated by tympan windows and by portals. The everyday construction was the work of Cronaca who...
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Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni Piazza Santa Trinita, 1, Florence, 50125 |
This 16th Century palazzo is one of the first examples of ‘Roman style’ architecture which was brought to Florence. The prevalent Florentine style involved facades with rustication and plasterwork brought in by architect... more
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