The medieval Palazzo Vecchio is a gem of a museum. There are so many interesting nooks and crannies and it spans the great Florentine period, from the republic in the medieval period to the dukedom…. continue ›
The Refectory room of the cloistered Benedictine nuns of Sant’Apollonia, Florence. The scene of the Last Supper with Christ and his disciples before the crucifixion is the most commonly found decoration in the refectories (eating…. continue ›
The splendid palazzo Mellini-Fossi is in via de Benci at number 20. The land was bought by Duccio di Noferi Mellini in the 1460s and the facade that we see today is thought to have…. continue ›
Giovanni Tornabuoni in the late 1400s was one of the most wealthy and influential men in Florence. He was the treasurer for Pope Sixtus IV (pope 1471-1484), an extremely lucrative job for him and the…. continue ›
The Laocoon Group, marble copy by Baccio Bandinelli after the Hellenistic original With the reorganisation of the Uffizi gallery, the exit is no longer mid-way down the third corridor, but at the end of it….. continue ›
