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1. Duomo
Religious Building/Site/ShrineIn 1296 Arnolfo di Cambio (circa 1245–circa 1310) was commissioned to build "the loftiest, most sumptuous edifice human invention could devise...Read More
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2. Santa Croce
Religious Building/Site/ShrineLike the Duomo, this church is Gothic, but, also like the Duomo, its facade dates from the 19th century. As a burial place, the church probably...Read More
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3. Badia Fiesolana
Religious Building/Site/ShrineFrom the church of San Domenico it's a five-minute walk northwest to the Badia Fiesolana, which was Fiesole's original cathedral. Dating to...Read More
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4. Badia Fiorentina
Bargello | Religious Building/Site/ShrineOriginally endowed by Willa, Marquess of Tuscany, in 978, this ancient church is an interesting mélange of 13th-century, Renaissance, Baroque...Read More
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5. Battistero
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe octagonal Baptistery is one of the supreme monuments of the Italian Romanesque style and one of Florence's oldest structures. Local legend...Read More
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6. Cappelle Medicee
San Lorenzo | Religious Building/Site/ShrineThis magnificent complex includes the Cappella dei Principi, the Medici chapel and mausoleum that was begun in 1605 and kept marble workers...Read More
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7. Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia
San Marco | Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe frescoes of the refectory of a former Benedictine nunnery were painted in sinewy style by Andrea del Castagno, a follower of Masaccio (1401...Read More
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8. Certosa
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe incredible Carthusian complex was largely funded in 1342 by the wealthy Florentine banker Niccolò Acciaiuoli, whose guilt at having amassed...Read More
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9. Chiostro dello Scalzo
San Marco | Religious Building/Site/ShrineOften overlooked, this small, peaceful 16th-century cloister was frescoed in grisaille by Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530) and Franciabigio with...Read More
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10. Duomo
Religious Building/Site/ShrineA stark medieval interior yields many masterpieces. In the raised presbytery, the Cappella Salutati was frescoed by 15th-century artist Cosimo...Read More
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11. Museo del Cenacolo
Museum/GalleryThis way-off-the-beaten-path museum (the name translates as the Museum of the Last Supper) has a stunning fresco by Andrea del Sarto. Begun...Read More
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12. Museo di San Marco
Museum/GalleryA Dominican convent adjacent to the church of San Marco now houses this museum, which contains many stunning works by Fra Angelico (circa 1400...Read More
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13. Ognissanti
Santa Maria Novella | Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe Umiliati owned this architectural hodgepodge of a church before the Franciscans took it over in the mid-16th century. Beyond the fanciful...Read More
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14. Oratorio dei Buonomini di San Martino
Bargello | Museum/GalleryFounded in 1441 by Antoninus, Bishop of Florence, to offer alms to the poveri vergognosi (the ashamed poor), this one-room oratory is decorated...Read More
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15. San Domenico
Religious Building/Site/ShrineIf you really want to stretch your legs, walk 4 km (2½ miles) toward the center of Florence along Via Vecchia Fiesolana, a narrow lane in use...Read More
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16. San Francesco
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThis lovely hilltop church has a good view of Florence and the plain below from its terrace and benches. Off the little cloister is a small...Read More
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17. San Lorenzo
Religious Building/Site/ShrineFilippo Brunelleschi designed this basilica, as well as that of Santo Spirito in the Oltrarno, in the 15th century. He never lived to see either...Read More
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18. San Michele Visdomini
Duomo | Religious Building/Site/ShrineAficionados of 16th-century mannerism should stop in this church, which has a Sacra Conversazione by Jacopo Pontormo (1494–1556). The early...Read More
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19. San Miniato al Monte
Oltrarno | Religious Building/Site/ShrineThis church, like the Baptistery, is a fine example of Romanesque architecture and is one of the oldest churches in Florence, dating from the...Read More
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20. Sant'Ambrogio
Santa Croce | Religious Building/Site/ShrineNamed for the Bishop of Milan, this 10th-century church once belonged to an order of Benedictine nuns. Just this side of austere, the church...Read More
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