The Battistero di San Giovanni
(Baptistery of St John) is believed to be the
oldest building in Florence. It is particularly
famed for its three sets of magnificent and
artistically important bronze doors....
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Giotto’s bell tower
(campanile) stands on the Cathedral square
(Piazza del Duomo) in Florence, Italy.This bell
tower is one of the showpieces of the Florentine
gothic style. Standing isolated next to the
Cathedral...
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The Ponte Vecchio believed to
have been first built in Roman times, it was
originally made of wood. After being destroyed by
a flood in 1333 it was rebuilt in 1345, this time
in stone. Most of the design is attributed to
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The Palazzo Vecchio is the
town hall of Florence, Italy. This massive,
Tuscan Gothic, crenellated fortress-palace is
among the most impressive town halls of Tuscany.
Overlooking the Piazza della Signoria with its
famous...
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The Palazzo Pitti, in English
usually called the Pitti Palace, is a vast mainly
Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy. It is
situated on the south side of the River Arno, a
short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core
of the...
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The Uffizi Gallery, housing
one of the oldest and most famous art museums in
the world, was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560
for Cosimo I de' Medici as the offices for the
Florentine magistrates....
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The Boboli Gardens, in Italian
Giardino di Boboli, form a famous park in
Florence, Italy, that is home to a distinguished
collection of sculptures dating from the
sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, with
some Roman antiquities.
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The Basilica di San Lorenzo
(Basilica of St Lawrence) is one of the largest
churches of Florence, Italy, situated at the
centre of the city’s main market district,
and the burial place of all the principal members
of the Medici family...
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Santa Maria Novella is a
church in Florence, Italy, situated just across
the main railway station which shares its name.
Chronologically, it is the first great basilica
in Florence...
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The Basilica di Santa Croce
(Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the principal
Franciscan church of Florence, Italy, and a minor
basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. It is
situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, to the
east of the Duomo.....
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Santa Maria del Carmine is a
church in the Oltrarno district. It is famous as
the location of the Brancacci Chapel housing
outstanding Renaissance frescoes by Masaccio and
Masolino da Panicale, later finished by Filippino
Lippi......
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