Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella has endured the rise and fall of various kingdoms, two World Wars, every pandemic from the Black Death to Covid, and countless other historical ...

Florence ranks as one of the world's most beautiful cities. Indeed, it's so packed with wonders that it has inspired a psychosomatic condition, Stendhal syndrome – named for the French author ...

like the Renaissance art museum inside the historic Orsanmichele Church and the oldest pharmacy in the world, the Officina ...

Among Florence's churches, Santa Maria Novella is often overlooked: it lacks the grandeur of the Duomo and the poignancy of Santa Croce, where Michelangelo and Galileo are entombed. And while its ...

While Santa Maria Novella is not nearly as grand as the world-famous Duomo, it is still one of the most important Gothic churches in Tuscany. Located just 750 feet from Firenze Santa Maria Novella ...