Sights & Attractions in Florence

Worth Noting

Sights Overview
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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