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Richard-Ginori Museum of the Manifattura di Doccia

14:13 25 August in by Piccoli Grandi Musei

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Bandini Museum of Fiesole

14:00 30 July in by Piccoli Grandi Musei

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_tabs style="horizontal"][vc_tab title="Museum" tab_id="1401092217359-3-5"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] The Museum Of Sacred Art of San Donnino, recently opened up, is housed in the complex adjacent to the church of Sant'Andrea which, as regards the visit to this museum, represents its natural complement. The visit starts in an open gallery...

Museum of the Works of the Prato Cathedral

13:56 30 July in by Piccoli Grandi Musei

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San Donnino
Museum of Sacred Art

10:06 30 July in by Piccoli Grandi Musei

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_tabs style="horizontal"][vc_tab title="Museum" tab_id="1401092217359-3-5"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] The Museum Of Sacred Art of San Donnino, recently opened up, is housed in the complex adjacent to the church of Sant'Andrea which, as regards the visit to this museum, represents its natural complement. The visit starts in an open gallery...

Villa medicea della Petraia

07:43 19 September in by Piccoli Grandi Musei

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_tabs style="horizontal"][vc_tab title="Museum" tab_id="1401092217359-3-5"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Villa della Petraia is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful Medici villas. Originally, it was the property of the Brunelleschi family. During the 15th century, it passed first to the Strozzi and then to the Salutati family. Cosimo I de’...

Villa Corsini in Castello

09:29 19 September in by Piccoli Grandi Musei

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_tabs style="horizontal"][vc_tab title="Museum" tab_id="1401092217359-3-5"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] The imposing and attractive baroque appearance of the Villa Corsini in Castello that we see today is actually the result of the many structural changes the house underwent for at least three hundred years. Like Villa della Petraia, it too was...

Garden of the Medici Villa in Castello

10:15 23 October in by Piccoli Grandi Musei

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_tabs style="horizontal"][vc_tab title="Museum" tab_id="1401092217359-3-5"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Home of the prestigious Accademia della Crusca, the Medici Villa in Castello is a beautiful 14th-century building. In 1480, the villa was bought by the brothers Lorenzo and Giovanni di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici, cousins of Lorenzo the Magnificent. It was the...

Tomb of Montagnola

10:04 22 September in by Piccoli Grandi Musei

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_tabs style="horizontal"][vc_tab title="Museum" tab_id="1401092217359-3-5"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] The Montagnola tholos is one of the most important Etruscan monuments of the Orientalizing period in all of northern Etruria. Explored by Giacomo Caputo in 1959, the tomb stands on the bank of the Zambra River in the Quinto Alto area...

Museum of Sacred Art
of San Martino a Gangalandi

12:45 23 October in by Piccoli Grandi Musei

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_tabs style="horizontal"][vc_tab title="Museum" tab_id="1401092217359-3-5"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] San Martino a Gangalandi was, in 1986, the first museum of sacred art established in the Florentine district in a synergic collaboration with the State, church authorities, and the Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, which financed the project. Adjoining the...

Abbey of San Salvatore
and San Lorenzo in Settimo

09:34 06 November in by Piccoli Grandi Musei

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[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_tabs style="horizontal"][vc_tab title="Museum" tab_id="1401092217359-3-5"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][vc_column_text] The Abbey of San Salvatore e San Lorenzo is one of our national heritage’s most important monuments. It stands near the river about 7 miles from Florence’s town centre, on the border between Florence and Lastra a Signa, and just over...