The splendid palazzo Mellini-Fossi is in via de Benci at number 20. The land was bought by Duccio di Noferi Mellini in the 1460s and the facade that we see today is thought to have…. continue ›
Palazzo Mellini-Fossi
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This was my wife and my second time with Freya. We cannot recommend her highly enough; she has no equal. On this trip we were accompanied by our daughter, her husband and their one year…. continue ›
Tornabuoni chapel in Santa Maria Novella
Giovanni Tornabuoni in the late 1400s was one of the most wealthy and influential men in Florence. He was the treasurer for Pope Sixtus IV (pope 1471-1484), an extremely lucrative job for him and the…. continue ›
Laocoon
The Laocoon Group, marble copy by Baccio Bandinelli after the Hellenistic original With the reorganisation of the Uffizi gallery, the exit is no longer mid-way down the third corridor, but at the end of it….. continue ›