Whatever city that can claim to a title like Cradle of the Renaissance is getting to be worth passing a little time in. The good point is that Florence Italy can repay you handsomely for the time you invest in it. You might not arrive in Florence worrying at all about art, but you’ll be hard-pressed to leave without at least apprizing what Florence (Firenze) has to offer. (more…)

The municipality of Florence is in reality the Tuscany’s capital city in the area and stands alongside the lovely banks of the Arno River, near the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas. Active with local industry, which includes artistic creations and crafts, business and tourism; Florence is a particularly historic location, absorbed in heritage. (more…)

Florence practically made-up the Renaissance: the narrow streets and piazzas will take you straight back to the quattrocento; the art of master Michelangelo and other artists fills the churches and museums; exquisite Medici villas mark the surrounding hills. And for those who want yet more in their Florence Italy travel, they must see the place where Leonardo da Vinci tested his historic flying machine and the shaded hillside stone works where Michelangelo learnt his craft. Florence boasts the glory of one of the most beautiful cities in Italy, the Renaissance capital of the world, the birthplace of Leonardo, Dante and Michelangelo. Florence is located in the heart of Tuscany, a picturesque Italian province of green hills and mountains. (more…)

Pictures from Florence Italy – daily photos from this Italian art city.

The city has a number of celebrated monuments marking the various phases of Florence’s artistic history: the Baptistery with its mosaics; the Cathedral, a majestic example of Gothic architecture topped by Filippo Brunelleschi’s dome, a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture; medieval churches decorated with fresco cycles; public and private palaces like Palazzo Vecchio, Palazzo Pitti, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi and Palazzo Davanzati, built by leading architects on behalf of the city’s most eminent families. (more…)