making it both the birthplace and the proving ground of the Renaissance. Brunelleschi’s dome still rises from the terra-cotta sea of Florence’s roof tiles, itself terra-cotta clad yet ...

Magnificent temples to wealth were designed across Florence and the largest dome in the world was built by Filippo Brunelleschi, the brilliant engineer. Men no longer accepted at face value the ...

including the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore with its iconic dome, the Florence Cathedral, the Renaissance-era Palazzo Vecchio, and the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, to name a few.

Rarely do the Renaissance and radicality meet. At the Hoxton’s new Florence residence, that rarity is reality. The hotel’s in-house interior design team, AIME Studio, collaborated with Lev ...

As the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, Florence continues to enchant visitors with its sun-kissed piazzas, fresco-filled chapels, and crimson Chianti wines. In Italy’s cultural capital, art, ...