Capital of Italy (1865-1871) after the unification of Italy, was in the Middle Ages an important cultural, commercial, economic and financial center, in modern times, covering the role of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany under the rule of the Medici and Lorena family. It is considered the place of origin of the Renaissance and is universally recognized as one of the cradles of art and architecture, and renowned as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. In fact, thanks to its numerous monuments and museums - including the Duomo, Santa Croce, the Uffizi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria and Palazzo Pitti - is one of the most beautiful and important tourist destinations of Italy and the world. Cradle of the Renaissance: the city is everywhere characterized by the extraordinary development of literary, artistic and scientific, which took place in the XIV-XVI century. Florence, with their artists, thinkers, writers, world-class scientists (think of Leonardo, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raffaello, Sandro Botticelli, Niccolò Machiavelli, Filippo Brunelleschi, Galileo, among many others) enjoy in all aspect, material and spiritual , of this great social change and became one of the catalysts of the current of thought and one of the most important centers for the revival of world culture.
The heart of Florence is

THE UFFIZI GALLERY
The building host a superb collection of works of art, including the largest collection of paintings by Botticelli. Divided into several rooms, set up for schools and styles in chronological order, exhibits works by Giotto, Cimabue, Beato Angelico, Piero della Francesca, Masaccio, Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, Michelangelo, Mantegna, Correggio, Raffaello, Tiziano, Tintoretto, Paolo Uccello, Chardin, Peter Paul Rubens, Francisco Goya, Caravaggio, Giorgio Vasari, Canaletto, Bernini, Rembrandt, El Greek, Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach, Antonello da Messina, Simone Martini and many others.
The Uffizi,

Residence of kings and important museum
Pitti Palace was formerly the residence of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and the King of Italy. Today is a magnificent complex that includes galleries and museums, here are preserved beautifull and important collections of paintings and sculptures, objets d'art and porcelain. Furthermore, it is the home of the famous Boboli Gardens, one of the earliest and most beautiful Italian gardens.
The Pitti Palace includes:
Palatin's Gallery
Modern Art Gallery
Boboli Gardens
Costume Gallery
Silver Museum
Porcelain Museum
The museum contains about 500 paintings collected over the centuries by various members of the Medici family, through which much of this extraordinary artistic and cultural heritage was not lost, but entrusted entirely to the city of Florence in 1743, this is the will of the last heir of the dynasty, Anna Maria Luisa de 'Medici'. Moreover,in the Pitti Palace are also preserved collections of Vittoria della Rovere, the last heir of the Dukes of Urbino, who owned a large number of paintings by Raphael and Titian. The first public opening of the museum dates back to 1833, with a collection of exceptional works belonging to Raphael, Andrea del Sarto and some of Caravaggio and Titian, Rubens and Van Dyck.
The Boboli Gardens, built in the heart of Florence between Fort Belvedere and the Pitti Palace, is a monumental park of the highest scenic effect, considered one of the greatest examples, perhaps the most grandiose of those plants that have contributed to consolidate the classic type of the Italian garden.
Boboli covers nearly five acres and its completion affects more than four centuries of history from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century, is inevitably the result of several successive interventions wanted by rulers who gradually have stayed at the palace.
Is a spectacular sequences of perspective, a typical expression of the formal conception of the Italian garden, with the presence of architectural order and of a single and rare botanical heritage.
Boboli is an extraordinary open-air museum, a witness of the glories of an illustrious past but also a kaleidoscope of different gardens in the hours and in the seasons, an unpredictable universe peopled with fantastic presence that always has on travelers and intellectual charm unquestioned.
Information for visiting
From Tuesday to Sunday, hours 8.15-18.50
Closed: Every Monday, New Year, May 1st, Christmas
Reservations Tel +39 055 294883 - fax +39 055 264406