The façade of the Palazzo Rucellai in Florence is a hidden Renaissance gem ... architecture to the civic philosophy of humanism was the brainchild of Leon Alberti, who was backed by the wealth of the ...

Situated in a quiet sanctuary that overlooks the Gherardesca garden, this historic hotel housed in a Renaissance palazzo sits away from the hustle and bustle of Florence’s main tourist areas.

Reluctantly, he agreed to tour the property: a 3,500-square-foot apartment on the piano nobile, or second floor, of a 17th-century palazzo. As he walked around the main hall — a “very scruffy ...

Here, you see it before you feel it. Giant glazed ceramic capital letters mounted on the palazzo’s 19th-century façade spell out “salve”, the daily salutation that Italians extend to ...

Loggia dei Lanzi, in the Piazza della Signoria, is an open-air (and free) museum that was designed in the 14th century by Orcagna, an influential architect and artist. Below the building's curved ...

The Italian Renaissance is, perhaps the most famous period in history. In Caprarola, there is building that embodies all that ...

Destination Florence bring you to discover the centuries-old chapel and the contemporary art exhibition. At the time of Masaccio, the early 1400s, his innovative use of perspective and chiaroscuro ...

Christopher Alberti; grandsons-in-law, Luke Condit and Shane Hawkins; brother, Richard (Florence) Recla; sister, Charlotte (Richard) Secord; brother-in-law, Dean Ruhf; and great-granddaughter ...

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Macy’s, established in 1858, is the Great American Department Store—an iconic retailing brand over 740 stores operating coast-to-coast and online. Macy's offers a first-class selection of top fashion ...

One of Florence’s best kept secrets is just around corner in Palazzo Medici-Riccardi; the tiny Cappella dei Magi (Via Cavour, 3) is decorated with top-to-toe frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli.