Sights & Attractions in Florence

Worth Noting

Name	Category	Location

American Military Cemetery About 8 km (5 mi) south of Florence on the road to Siena is one...	Cemeteries	Santa Croce

Badia Fiorentina Originally endowed by Willa, Marquess of Tuscany, in 978, this...	Religious Sites	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana Michelangelo the architect was every bit as original as Michelangelo...	Libraries	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Campanile The Gothic bell tower designed by Giotto (circa 1266-1337) is...	Architectural Sites	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Casa Buonarroti If you are really enjoying walking in the footsteps of the great...	Museums / Galleries	Santa Croce


Cenacolo del Foligno This delightful Last Supper, executed sometime in the 1470s...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue)	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia The frescoes of the refectory of a former Benedictine nunnery...	Religious Sites	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Certosa The incredible Carthusian complex was largely funded in 1342...	Religious Sites	The Oltrarno

Chiostro dello Scalzo Often overlooked, this small, peaceful 16th-century cloister...	Religious Sites	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Cimitero degli Inglesi Familiarly known as the English Cemetery, this is the final resting...	Cemeteries	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Colonna della Giustizia In the center of Piazza Santa Trinita is this column from Rome's...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue)	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Croce al Trebbio In 1338 the Dominican friars (the Dominican church of Santa Maria...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Giardino Bardini Garden lovers, those who crave a view, and those who enjoy a...	Military Sites	The Oltrarno

Giardino dei Semplici Created by Cosimo I in 1550, this delightful garden was designed...	Gardens / Arboretums	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Le Cascine In the 16th century this vast park belonged to the Medici, who...	Parks	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Mercato Centrale Some of the food at this huge, two-story market hall is remarkably...	Markets / Bazaars	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Mercato Nuovo The open-air loggia, built in 1551, teems with souvenir stands...	Markets / Bazaars	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Museo Archeologico Of the Etruscan, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman antiquities here...	Museums / Galleries	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Museo Bardini The 19th-century collector and antiquarian Stefano Bardini turned...	Museums / Galleries	The Oltrarno

Museo dei Ragazzi Florence's "Children's Museum" may be the best-kept public access...	Museums / Galleries	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Museo del Cenacolo This way-off-the-beaten-path museum (the name translates as the...	Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites	Santa Croce

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo At press time, the museum was undergoing some serious expansion...	Museums / Galleries	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure Adjacent to this fascinating small museum is an opificio, or...	Museums / Galleries	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Museo di Casa Martelli The wealthy Martelli family, long associated with the all-powerful...	Museums / Galleries	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Museo Galileo Although it tends to be obscured by the glamour of the neighboring...	Museums / Galleries	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Museo Horne Englishman Herbert P. Horne (1864-1916), architect, art historian...	Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites	Santa Croce

Museo Marino Marini A 21-foot-tall bronze horse and rider, one of the major works...	Museums / Galleries	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia Housed in part of what was once an ancient hospice across the...	Museums / Galleries	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Museo Salvatore Ferragamo If there's such a thing as a temple for footwear, this is it...	Museums / Galleries	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Museo Stibbert Federico Stibbert (1838-1906), born in Florence to an Italian...	Museums / Galleries	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Ognissanti The Umiliati owned this architectural hodgepodge of a church...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue), Religious Sites	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Oratorio dei Buonomini di San Martino Founded in 1441 by Antoninus, Bishop of Florence, to offer alms...	Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Orsanmichele This multipurpose structure began as an 8th-century oratory and...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue)	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Ospedale Santa Maria Nuova Folco Portinari, the father of Dante's Beatrice, founded this...	Hospitals	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Palazzo Davanzati The prestigious Davanzati family owned this 14th-century palace...	Castles / Palaces	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Palazzo Medici-Riccardi The main attraction of this palace, begun in 1444 by Michelozzo...	Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Palazzo Rucellai Architect Leon Battista Alberti (1404-72) designed perhaps the...	Castles / Palaces	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Palazzo Strozzi The Strozzi family built this imposing palazzo in an attempt...	Houses / Mansions	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Palazzo Vecchio Florence's forbidding, fortresslike city hall was begun in 1299...	Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Piazza dei Ciompi Now the site of a daily flea market, this piazza was a working-class...	Squares	Santa Croce

Piazza della Repubblica The square marks the site of the ancient forum that was the core...	Squares	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

San Michele Visdomini Aficionados of 16th-century mannerism should stop in this church...	Religious Sites	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Sant'Ambrogio Named for the Bishop of Milan, this 10th-century church once...	Religious Sites	Santa Croce

Santa Felicita This late-baroque church (its facade was remodeled between 1736...	Religious Sites	The Oltrarno

Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi One of Florence's hidden treasures, a cool and composed Crucifixion...	Religious Sites	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Santissima Annunziata Dating from the mid-13th century, this church was restructured...	Religious Sites	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Spedale degli Innocenti The orphanage built by Brunelleschi in 1419 to serve as an orphanage...	Museums / Galleries	San Lorenzo to the Accademia
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