Places in Medieval Italy

From your About.com Guide, Machiavelli's history in eight books comprising 55 chapters, with an introduction by Hugo Albert Rennert, Ph.D.

This delightful site provides photos and background history for dozens of castles in Italy's fabulous region of Tuscany. Also available in Italian.

A concise page on the work at Florence's old cathedral includes two nice photos and an overview of the changes the cathedral underwent since the eighth century, at the Your Way to Florence site.

Explore the Duomo, Campanile, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, the Uffizi, the Palazzo Pitti and much more at this PBS site. Click the link for the interactive tour of Florence to open it in a new window.

Also offering a biography of the influential architect and a timeline of Venetian history, this site focuses on five of Palladio's surviving mansions, providing a photo and architectural information on each.

Wonderful online exhibit exploring Rome after the empire fell, with glorious images and explanatory text.

Hyperlinked timeline of significant events in Venice's history from the invasion of Attila in 452 to the surrender of its sovereignty in 1797 presented by Boglewood Corporation.