Sights & Attractions in Florence

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Bargello
During the Renaissance, this building was headquarters for the...
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Museums / Galleries The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio
 
Battistero
The octagonal Baptistery is one of the supreme monuments of the...
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Religious Sites The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio
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Cappelle Medicee
This magnificent complex includes the Cappella dei Principi,...
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Religious Sites San Lorenzo to the Accademia
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Duomo
In 1296 Arnolfo di Cambio (circa 1245-circa 1310) was commissioned...
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Religious Sites The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio
 
Galleria degli Uffizi
The venerable Uffizi Gallery occupies the top floor of the U-shaped...
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Museums / Galleries The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio
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Galleria dell'Accademia
The collection of Florentine paintings, dating from the 13th...
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Museums / Galleries San Lorenzo to the Accademia
 
Giardino di Boboli
The main entrance to these landscaped gardens is from the right...
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Gardens / Arboretums The Oltrarno
 
Museo di San Marco
A former Dominican convent adjacent to the church of San Marco...
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Religious Sites San Lorenzo to the Accademia
 
Palazzo Pitti
This enormous palace is one of Florence's largest architectural...
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Museums / Galleries The Oltrarno
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Piazza della Signoria
This is by far the most striking square in Florence. It was here...
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Squares The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio
 
Piazza Santa Croce
Originally outside the city's 12th-century walls, this piazza...
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Squares Santa Croce
 
Piazzale Michelangelo
From this lookout you have a marvelous view of Florence and the...
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Squares The Oltrarno
 
Ponte Vecchio
This charmingly simple bridge is to Florence what the Tower Bridge...
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Bridges / Tunnels The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio
 
San Lorenzo
Filippo Brunelleschi designed this basilica, as well as that...
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Religious Sites San Lorenzo to the Accademia
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San Miniato al Monte
This church, like the Baptistery, is a fine example of Romanesque...
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Religious Sites The Oltrarno
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Santa Croce
Like the Duomo, this church is Gothic, but, also like the Duomo...
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Squares Santa Croce
 
Santa Maria del Carmine
The Cappella Brancacci, at the end of the right transept of this...
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Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue) The Oltrarno
 
Santa Maria Novella
The facade of this church looks distinctly clumsy by later Renaissance...
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Religious Sites Santa Maria Novella to the Arno
 
Santa Trinita
Started in the 11th century by Vallambrosian monks and originally...
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Religious Sites Santa Maria Novella to the Arno
 
Sinagoga
Jews were well settled in Florence by 1396, when the first money-lending...
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Squares Santa Croce
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