Santa Maria Novella

Federico Stibbert (1838–1906), born in Florence to an Italian mother and an English father, liked to collect things. Over a…

The Umiliati owned this architectural hodgepodge of a church before the Franciscans took it over in the mid-16th century. Beyond…

In 1338 the Dominican friars (the Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella is down the street) erected this little granite…

A 21-foot-tall bronze horse and rider, one of the major works by artist Marini (1901–80), dominates the space of the…

Architect Leon Battista Alberti (1404–72) designed perhaps the very first private residence inspired by antique models—which goes a step further…

The Strozzi family built this imposing palazzo in an attempt to outshine the nearby Palazzo Medici. Based on a model…

Started in the 11th century by Vallombrosian monks and originally Romanesque in style, the church underwent a Gothic remodeling during…

In the 16th century this vast park belonged to the Medici, who used it for hunting, one of their favorite…

It began life as a 13th-century Franciscan hostel offering shelter to tired pilgrims. It later became a convalescent home, and…

The facade of this church looks distinctly clumsy by later Renaissance standards, and with good reason: it is an architectural…