Guidebook for Firenze
Parks & Nature
Florence, one of the most beautiful art cities in Italy, known as "La Culla del Rinascimento", a true open-air museum, to visit by bicycle or with a pleasant walk.
Begun in 1950 by Tribolo, who created one of the finest examples of Italian garden, for Cosimo De 'Medici, it covers about 45 hectares with magnificent views of the city and its surroundings. This immense park, with its rich and varied vegetation, is a true open-air museum, full of artificial caves, statues and large fountains.
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Jardins de Boboli
1 Piazza de' PittiBegun in 1950 by Tribolo, who created one of the finest examples of Italian garden, for Cosimo De 'Medici, it covers about 45 hectares with magnificent views of the city and its surroundings. This immense park, with its rich and varied vegetation, is a true open-air museum, full of artificial caves, statues and large fountains.
It offers the most beautiful view of the city. It was designed by Giuseppe Poggi as part of his project to modernize the city and build the boulevards that encircle it. the bronze monunemt in the center of the square comprses reproductions of Michelangelo's sculptures
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Piazzale Michelangelo
Piazzale MichelangeloIt offers the most beautiful view of the city. It was designed by Giuseppe Poggi as part of his project to modernize the city and build the boulevards that encircle it. the bronze monunemt in the center of the square comprses reproductions of Michelangelo's sculptures
These amazing 4 hectares of greenery on the left bank of the Arno offer magnificient view of the city. The villa - Which hosts the Museo Pietro Annigoni - is also an important exhibition venue.
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Jardin Bardini
1 Costa S. GiorgioThese amazing 4 hectares of greenery on the left bank of the Arno offer magnificient view of the city. The villa - Which hosts the Museo Pietro Annigoni - is also an important exhibition venue.
This square, dominated by Palazzo Vecchio has always been the civic and political center of Florence. There are many fine statues adorning the square such as the excellent copies of Michelangelo's David anf Judith and Holofernes by Donatello. Beneath the fourteenth century Loggia dei Lanzi are the Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini and Rope of the Sabine Women by Giambologna. The Neptine Fountain by Barlolommeo Ammannati and the Equestrian Monument to Cosimo I by Giambologna are on the left side of the square.
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Piazza della Signoria
Piazza della SignoriaThis square, dominated by Palazzo Vecchio has always been the civic and political center of Florence. There are many fine statues adorning the square such as the excellent copies of Michelangelo's David anf Judith and Holofernes by Donatello. Beneath the fourteenth century Loggia dei Lanzi are the Perseus by Benvenuto Cellini and Rope of the Sabine Women by Giambologna. The Neptine Fountain by Barlolommeo Ammannati and the Equestrian Monument to Cosimo I by Giambologna are on the left side of the square.
Arts & Culture
In 1581 Francesco de Medici decided to gather his family's extraordinary collection of italian and european paintings under one roof, in the magnificent building designed by Giorgio Vasari. In addition to Renaissance masterpieces by Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael works by Cimabue, Giotto, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Giovani Bellini,Giorgione, Mantegna , Potormo, Titian and Caravaggio are grouped by school and arranged in chronological order. The museum's most famous ancient sculptures stand Buontalenti's Tribune. Other rooms are dedicated to works by european by Durer, Rubens, and Rembrandt. The Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe contains a noteworthy collection of prints and drawings. The important Contini Bonaccosi Collection is now regularly on display. The collection of self-portraits, once along the Vasari Corridor, will be soon moved into the Uffizi.
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Galerie des Offices
6 Piazzale degli UffiziIn 1581 Francesco de Medici decided to gather his family's extraordinary collection of italian and european paintings under one roof, in the magnificent building designed by Giorgio Vasari. In addition to Renaissance masterpieces by Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael works by Cimabue, Giotto, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Giovani Bellini,Giorgione, Mantegna , Potormo, Titian and Caravaggio are grouped by school and arranged in chronological order. The museum's most famous ancient sculptures stand Buontalenti's Tribune. Other rooms are dedicated to works by european by Durer, Rubens, and Rembrandt. The Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe contains a noteworthy collection of prints and drawings. The important Contini Bonaccosi Collection is now regularly on display. The collection of self-portraits, once along the Vasari Corridor, will be soon moved into the Uffizi.
Synonymous with Michelangelo's David, but not only. Built in the eighteenth century as a didactic environment of the adjacent Academy of Fine Arts, with the Acquisition of the David it is increasingly connoted as a Michelangelo museum. In addition to the sculptural nucleus, which also includes the nineteenth-century plaster museum, it is possible to visit the pictorial section and the one dedicated to ancient musical instruments.
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Galleria dell'Accademia
58 Via RicasoliSynonymous with Michelangelo's David, but not only. Built in the eighteenth century as a didactic environment of the adjacent Academy of Fine Arts, with the Acquisition of the David it is increasingly connoted as a Michelangelo museum. In addition to the sculptural nucleus, which also includes the nineteenth-century plaster museum, it is possible to visit the pictorial section and the one dedicated to ancient musical instruments.
The cathedral is among the most distinguished religious buildings in the world. Built on the site of the previous early Christian basilica, construction was begun by Arnolfo di Cambio at the end of the thirteenth century. The immense dome was inaugurated, a masterpiece of engineering by Filippo Brunelleschi, decorated inside by the frescoes by Vasari and Zuccari. It preserves important Renaissance works. The baptistery of San Giovanni, dedicated to the Patron Saint of Florence, is famous for its doors and for the grandiose mosaic of the dome inside. Giotto's bell tower, begun by the famous artist in, is decorated with a series of statues and panels, whose originals are in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
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Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
Piazza del DuomoThe cathedral is among the most distinguished religious buildings in the world. Built on the site of the previous early Christian basilica, construction was begun by Arnolfo di Cambio at the end of the thirteenth century. The immense dome was inaugurated, a masterpiece of engineering by Filippo Brunelleschi, decorated inside by the frescoes by Vasari and Zuccari. It preserves important Renaissance works. The baptistery of San Giovanni, dedicated to the Patron Saint of Florence, is famous for its doors and for the grandiose mosaic of the dome inside. Giotto's bell tower, begun by the famous artist in, is decorated with a series of statues and panels, whose originals are in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
It is one of the symbolic monuments of the city. Designed at the end of the 13th century by Arnolfo di Cambio, it is still the seat of the city government. With the advent of Cosimo I De 'Medici, who elected him as his residence, an interior decoration project was started by Vasari and his pupils focused on the celebration of the Medici family. In the grandiose hall of the sixteenth century there is the Victory of Michelangelo, while the Judith and Holoferme of Donatello and the Puttino of Verrocchio are in the oldest part of the Palace. Inside the children's museum organizes workshops and themed tours. Recently opened to the public: the patrol walkway, the Arnolfo Tower (splendid panorama) and the archaeological remains of the Roman Theater.
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Palazzo Vecchio
Piazza della SignoriaIt is one of the symbolic monuments of the city. Designed at the end of the 13th century by Arnolfo di Cambio, it is still the seat of the city government. With the advent of Cosimo I De 'Medici, who elected him as his residence, an interior decoration project was started by Vasari and his pupils focused on the celebration of the Medici family. In the grandiose hall of the sixteenth century there is the Victory of Michelangelo, while the Judith and Holoferme of Donatello and the Puttino of Verrocchio are in the oldest part of the Palace. Inside the children's museum organizes workshops and themed tours. Recently opened to the public: the patrol walkway, the Arnolfo Tower (splendid panorama) and the archaeological remains of the Roman Theater.
The imposing palace, covered with rustic ashlar, is the result of numerous extensions of the original fifteenth-century building designed in the Brunelleschi area for Luca Pitti. The courtyard designed by bartolomeo Ammannati (1560) was splendid, commissioned by Cosimo I. It was the residence of the Medici, of Lorraine and, at the time of Florence the Capital, of the Savoys. Includes the following museums: Modern Art Gallery and Costume Gallery.
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Palais Pitti
1 Piazza de' PittiThe imposing palace, covered with rustic ashlar, is the result of numerous extensions of the original fifteenth-century building designed in the Brunelleschi area for Luca Pitti. The courtyard designed by bartolomeo Ammannati (1560) was splendid, commissioned by Cosimo I. It was the residence of the Medici, of Lorraine and, at the time of Florence the Capital, of the Savoys. Includes the following museums: Modern Art Gallery and Costume Gallery.
The first of the Florentine bridges, built starting in 1345, in correspondence of the ancient Roman bridge, is populated by the famous goldsmith shops, above which runs a section of the Vasari corridor, link between Uffizzi and Palazzo Pitti, with its famous collection of self-portraits
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Pont Ponte Vecchio
Ponte VecchioThe first of the Florentine bridges, built starting in 1345, in correspondence of the ancient Roman bridge, is populated by the famous goldsmith shops, above which runs a section of the Vasari corridor, link between Uffizzi and Palazzo Pitti, with its famous collection of self-portraits
CHURCH: The famous Dominican church dates back to the second half of the 1200s. The ancient facade in white and green marble was masterfully completed by Alberti around 1470. In the grandiose Gothic interior, one can admire masterpieces such as La Trinità di Masaccio, the famous crucifixes of Giotto and Brunelleschi and, in the transept, the vivid Renaissance pictorial cycles of Ghirlandaio and Filippino Lippi.
MUSEUM: It is divided into various monumental spaces. The Green Cloister was frescoed by Paolo Uccello at the beginning of the fifteenth century, while the grandiose Cappellone degli Spagnoli, instead, is entirely decorated with fourteenth-century frescoes by Andrea Bonaiuti. In the ancient refectory there is a collection of sacred furnishings.
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Basilique Santa Maria Novella
18 P.za di Santa Maria NovellaCHURCH: The famous Dominican church dates back to the second half of the 1200s. The ancient facade in white and green marble was masterfully completed by Alberti around 1470. In the grandiose Gothic interior, one can admire masterpieces such as La Trinità di Masaccio, the famous crucifixes of Giotto and Brunelleschi and, in the transept, the vivid Renaissance pictorial cycles of Ghirlandaio and Filippino Lippi.
MUSEUM: It is divided into various monumental spaces. The Green Cloister was frescoed by Paolo Uccello at the beginning of the fifteenth century, while the grandiose Cappellone degli Spagnoli, instead, is entirely decorated with fourteenth-century frescoes by Andrea Bonaiuti. In the ancient refectory there is a collection of sacred furnishings.
It is the mausuleo of the Medici dynasty. The dark crypt precedes the imposing, sumptuous Cappela dei Principi: a vast seventeenth-eighteenth-century setting covered with hard stone inlays made by the famous Opificio, where the sarcophagi of the Medici Grand Dukes dominate. Adjacent is the famous New Sagrestia by Michelangelo - an extraordinary synthesis of sculpture and architecture - in which we can admire the Tombs of Giuliano Duca di Nemours and Lorenzo Duca di Urbino, in addition to the sublime Madonna with Child.
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Chapelles Médicis
6 Piazza di Madonna degli AldobrandiniIt is the mausuleo of the Medici dynasty. The dark crypt precedes the imposing, sumptuous Cappela dei Principi: a vast seventeenth-eighteenth-century setting covered with hard stone inlays made by the famous Opificio, where the sarcophagi of the Medici Grand Dukes dominate. Adjacent is the famous New Sagrestia by Michelangelo - an extraordinary synthesis of sculpture and architecture - in which we can admire the Tombs of Giuliano Duca di Nemours and Lorenzo Duca di Urbino, in addition to the sublime Madonna with Child.
CHURCH: Designed by Arnolfo di Cambio (1296), it is the largest Franciscan church in the world; it is also known as "Phanteon of Italian glories" for the illustrious sepulchres that it preserves in its suggestive Gothic interior. Among the more than 200 tombs stand the Renaissance monuments of Leonardo Bruni and Carlo Marsuppini. It contains masterpieces such as the Bardi and Peruzzi chapels frescoed by Giotto, the Annunciation and the crucifix by Donatello. MUSEUM: Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel, the two cloisters and the cenacle are visited: works by Taddeo Gaddi, Donatello, Cimabue.
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Basilique Santa Croce
16 Piazza di Santa CroceCHURCH: Designed by Arnolfo di Cambio (1296), it is the largest Franciscan church in the world; it is also known as "Phanteon of Italian glories" for the illustrious sepulchres that it preserves in its suggestive Gothic interior. Among the more than 200 tombs stand the Renaissance monuments of Leonardo Bruni and Carlo Marsuppini. It contains masterpieces such as the Bardi and Peruzzi chapels frescoed by Giotto, the Annunciation and the crucifix by Donatello. MUSEUM: Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel, the two cloisters and the cenacle are visited: works by Taddeo Gaddi, Donatello, Cimabue.
Its characteristic mixtilinear facade is the background of the homonymous, lively and picturesque square. The harmonious and linear interior is the work of Brunellechi, who reached the extreme results of his artistic career here. It holds important works by Michelangelo, Filippino Lippi, Sansovino.
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Basilique Santo Spirito
30 Piazza Santo SpiritoIts characteristic mixtilinear facade is the background of the homonymous, lively and picturesque square. The harmonious and linear interior is the work of Brunellechi, who reached the extreme results of his artistic career here. It holds important works by Michelangelo, Filippino Lippi, Sansovino.
Shopping
Via dei Calzaiuoli is the most central and most elegant street in Florence, a constant destination for intense pedestrian traffic. The street, about four hundred meters long, has no sidewalks, as it has been located in the pedestrian area for many years and along its sides there are many of the most elegant shops in Florence.
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Via dei Calzaiuoli
Via dei CalzaiuoliVia dei Calzaiuoli is the most central and most elegant street in Florence, a constant destination for intense pedestrian traffic. The street, about four hundred meters long, has no sidewalks, as it has been located in the pedestrian area for many years and along its sides there are many of the most elegant shops in Florence.
Via de 'Tornabuoni, or Via Tornabuoni, is a luxurious street in the historic center of Florence that runs from Piazza Antinori to the Santa Trinita bridge, crossing Piazza Santa Trinita.
It is one of the most elegant streets in Florence since the Renaissance when it was the subject of a process of profound transformation with the construction of numerous noble palaces that occupied both street fronts. Today it is characterized by the presence of the best boutiques of high fashion designers such as Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Enrico Coveri, Roberto Cavalli, Emilio Pucci and others; and jewelery such as Damiani, Bulgari and Buccellati
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Via de' Tornabuoni
Via dè TornabuoniVia de 'Tornabuoni, or Via Tornabuoni, is a luxurious street in the historic center of Florence that runs from Piazza Antinori to the Santa Trinita bridge, crossing Piazza Santa Trinita.
It is one of the most elegant streets in Florence since the Renaissance when it was the subject of a process of profound transformation with the construction of numerous noble palaces that occupied both street fronts. Today it is characterized by the presence of the best boutiques of high fashion designers such as Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Enrico Coveri, Roberto Cavalli, Emilio Pucci and others; and jewelery such as Damiani, Bulgari and Buccellati
Via Roma in Florence is located between Piazza San Giovanni and Piazza della Repubblica, and is parallel to Via dei Calzaiuoli.
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Via Roma
Via RomaVia Roma in Florence is located between Piazza San Giovanni and Piazza della Repubblica, and is parallel to Via dei Calzaiuoli.
Via Panzani (or de 'Panzani) is located in Florence, between Piazza dell'Unità Italiana and Via de' Cerretani. The street, among the busiest in the historic center, is on the way from the Santa Maria Novella station to the Duomo.
Via Panzani
Via PanzaniVia Panzani (or de 'Panzani) is located in Florence, between Piazza dell'Unità Italiana and Via de' Cerretani. The street, among the busiest in the historic center, is on the way from the Santa Maria Novella station to the Duomo.
Drinks & Nightlife
Piazza Santo Spirito is a square in the Oltrarno district of Florence.
The square was formed in the thirteenth century, like other squares in front of important religious buildings, to accommodate the crowds who attended the prayers of the Augustinians, owners of the basilica of Santo Spirito
Frequent site of markets and markets (one daily takes place every morning, while others take place on weekends), is full of restaurants and nightclubs, craft shops and artists' studios.
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Piazza Santo Spirito
Piazza Santo SpiritoPiazza Santo Spirito is a square in the Oltrarno district of Florence.
The square was formed in the thirteenth century, like other squares in front of important religious buildings, to accommodate the crowds who attended the prayers of the Augustinians, owners of the basilica of Santo Spirito
Frequent site of markets and markets (one daily takes place every morning, while others take place on weekends), is full of restaurants and nightclubs, craft shops and artists' studios.
Entertainment & Activities
Teatro Goldoni
15 Via Santa MariaTeatro della Pergola
12 Via della PergolaTeatro Puccini
41 Via delle CascineStade Artemio Franchi
4 Viale Manfredo FantiForum Nelson Mandela
1 Piazza Enrico BerlinguerFood Scene
Mercato Centrale
Via dell'ArientoEataly Firenze
22R Via de' MartelliOsteria All'antico Vinaio
65r Via dei Neri