Visit Florence

Botticelli's Birth of Venus, Leonardo, Raphael and Caravaggio under one Renaissance roof in Florence

Stand before the 5.17 m marble David — Michelangelo's flawless Renaissance colossus in Florence

A square of pastel Renaissance houses between two fishponds, unchanged since the 16th century.

Ezio Auditore in Renaissance Florence and Venice; the game that made the series.

Machiavelli's advice to a ruler: better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

Vasari on Giotto, Leonardo and Michelangelo; art history begins in 1550.

A city built on water with no cars — gondolas, Byzantine mosaics, and getting happily lost in the back canals

A walled medieval upper town above modern Bergamo — Venetian ramparts, funiculars and Lombard charm