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Religious Sites in Florence
| Name | Category | Location |
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Badia Fiorentina
Originally endowed by Willa, Marquess of Tuscany, in 978, this... |
Religious Sites | The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio |
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Battistero
The octagonal Baptistery is one of the supreme monuments of the... |
Religious Sites | The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio |
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Cappelle Medicee
This magnificent complex includes the Cappella dei Principi,... |
Religious Sites, Memorials / Monuments | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
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Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia
The frescoes of the refectory of a former Benedictine nunnery... |
Religious Sites | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
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Certosa
The incredible Carthusian complex was largely funded in 1342... |
Religious Sites | The Oltrarno |
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Chiostro dello Scalzo
Often overlooked, this small, peaceful 16th-century cloister... |
Religious Sites | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
Duomo
In 1296 Arnolfo di Cambio (circa 1245-circa 1310) was commissioned... |
Religious Sites | The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio |
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Museo del Cenacolo
This way-off-the-beaten-path museum (the name translates as the... |
Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites | Santa Croce |
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Museo di San Marco
A Dominican convent adjacent to the church of San Marco now houses... |
Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
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Museo Horne
Englishman Herbert P. Horne (1864-1916), architect, art historian... |
Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites | Santa Croce |
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Ognissanti
The Umiliati owned this architectural hodgepodge of a church... |
Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue), Religious Sites | Santa Maria Novella to the Arno |
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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 |
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San Lorenzo
Filippo Brunelleschi designed this basilica, as well as that... |
Religious Sites | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
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San Michele Visdomini
Aficionados of 16th-century mannerism should stop in this church... |
Religious Sites | The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio |
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San Miniato al Monte
This church, like the Baptistery, is a fine example of Romanesque... |
Religious Sites | The Oltrarno |
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Sant'Ambrogio
Named for the Bishop of Milan, this 10th-century church once... |
Religious Sites | Santa Croce |
Santa Croce
Like the Duomo, this church is Gothic, but, also like the Duomo... |
Religious Sites | Santa Croce |
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Santa Felicita
This late-baroque church (its facade was remodeled between 1736... |
Religious Sites | The Oltrarno |
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Santa Maria del Carmine
The Cappella Brancacci, at the end of the right transept of this... |
Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue), Religious Sites | The Oltrarno |
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Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi
One of Florence's hidden treasures, a cool and composed Crucifixion... |
Religious Sites | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
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Santa Maria Novella
The facade of this church looks distinctly clumsy by later Renaissance... |
Religious Sites | Santa Maria Novella to the Arno |
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Santa Trinita
Started in the 11th century by Vallombrosian monks and originally... |
Religious Sites | Santa Maria Novella to the Arno |
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Santissima Annunziata
Dating from the mid-13th century, this church was restructured... |
Religious Sites | San Lorenzo to the Accademia |
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Santo Spirito
The plain, unfinished facade gives nothing away, but the interior... |
Religious Sites | The Oltrarno |
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Sinagoga
Jews were well settled in Florence by the end of the 14th century... |
Religious Sites | Santa Croce |