Palaces, Villas and Castles

Duke Alfonso II d’Este was the one who built the "Fortress of Mont’Alfonso," which covers an area of about 60,000 square meters,… Read the rest

The Villa della Petraia is an evocative Medici building located on a panoramic terrace at the gates of Florence in the small hamlet of Castello. The P… Read the rest

The Villa Medicea di Castello, near Florence, is an ancient complex that boasts not only an elegant Medici villa but also a splendid Italian garden se… Read the rest

The Medici Villa of Poggio a Caiano, erroneously also called Ambra (Ambra was an old ruined house), is one of the most famous Medici villas in Tuscany… Read the rest

Palazzo Portinari Salviati in Via del Corso 6 belonged to Folco Portinari, Beatrice’s father, a banker and founder of the Hospital of Santa Mari… Read the rest

Villa Demidoff is the modern name of the ancient Medici Paggeria of Pratolino. Located in the hills around Florence, along the Via Bolognese towards M… Read the rest

In the heart of the Maremma Park, on a hill overlooking the small town of Alberese stands the Villa Granducale, a majestic fifteenth-century building… Read the rest

The town of Scarlino is dominated by the medieval fortress…From the archaeological excavations carried out between 1979 and 1983, it emerged tha… Read the rest

At the top of Corso della Libertà is this fourteenth century building where Bernardino degli Albizzeschi, also known as San Bernardino da Siena, was b… Read the rest

The Palazzo del Podestà, also known as the Palace of Justice or Praetorian Palace, is one of the buildings that overlook the Piazza del Duomo and was… Read the rest