E. Pazzagli Art Park
The passing trains bring to the world a massage of this
beautiful vision. Six acres, more than two hundred
illuminated art works, give an evocative and
unforgettable night image.
Opificio delle Pietre Dure
The Opificio delle Pietre Dure (also known as the OPD in
its abbreviated form) is an autonomous Institute of the
Ministry for Cultural Heritage, whose operational,
research and training activities find expression in the
field of conservation of works of art.
Clock Museums
At the center of the important horological holdings of
the Science Museum in Florence is the new (made in 1995)
replica of the astronomical clock, which was calculated,
designed and first made in 1510 by Lorenzo della Volpaia
(1442 -1512). The replica was built based on contemporary
16th century illustrations and detailed notes and
calculations in a notebook from that time.
Uffizi
This is one of the most famous museums of paintings and
sculpture in the world. Its collection of Primitive and
Renaissance paintings comprises several universally
acclaimed masterpieces of all time.
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Medici Riccardi Palace is one the most important
monuments in Florence, a prototype of Renaissance and
Baroque architecture.
Specola
Science museum, founded in 1775, with important general
and specialised zoological collections (very rich in the
lepidopterists collection); the dioramas; the collection
of the Count of Turin’s hunting trophies.
Alinari
Founded in Florence in 1852, Fratelli Alinari is the
oldest firm in the world working in the field of
photography, the image and communication. The birth of
photography and the story of the Firm go hand in hand in
their development and growth
Bargello
The National Museum has its setting in one of the oldest
buildings in Florence and one of the most beautiful in
Italy, which was begun in 1255. In the sixteenth century
it became the residence of the Bargello or head of police
spies from which it took its name.
Stibbert
The museum ows its existence to an extraordinary man,
Frederick Stibbert (1838-1906), the son of an englishman
and an italian woman, born in Florence but educated in
England.
San Marco
The museum occupies a vast area of the Dominican convent
of San Marco and preserves much of its original
atmosphere. Founded in 1436 and designed by the architect
Michelozzo, the convent played an important role in the
cultural and religious life of Florence, especially at
the time of Savonarola.
Marino Marini
We find Marino Marini Museum into the deconsecrated
church of Saint Pancrazio houses. The museum is dedicated
to Marino Marini, one of the foremost 20th century
Italian sculptors.
Horne
A splendid building of the 14th century, a few steps away
from Ponte alle Grazie over the Arno River and from Santa
Croce, in the heart Florence: this is the Horne Museum.
Casa Buonarroti
Visiting the museum of the Casa Buonarroti arouses, first
of all, the emotion of admiration for several early works
by Michelangelo contained within its walls. These very
famous works by Michelangelo of extreme artistic
importance include the "Madonna of the Stairs"
and the "Battle of the Centaurs".
Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
More of Leonardo's drawings have survived than any of his
contemporaries'. Notebooks filled with prescient
investigations of everything from flight to water
remained unknown until the nineteenth century.
Bardini Museum
The Bardini Museum, one of the less important Florentine
museums which, however, possesses a fascination that is
all its own. It was originally the house and warehouse of
antiquarian and art collector Stefano Bardini (1836-1922)
who left it and all its contents to the City Council.
Museo di Santa Maria Novella
In 1219, twelve Dominicans, lead by Giovanni da Salerno,
were sent to Florence from Bologna on San Domenico's
initiative to engage in intense preaching activity aimed
at working against the "catare" doctrines that
were common in the city.
Museo di Palazzo Vecchio
From its origins in the 1300s, the fortress-like hall has
played a critical role in Florentine government, while
also housing an impressive collection of art.
Vasari Corridor
The Corridor was built in 1564 by Giorgio Vasari in only
five months at the time of the wedding between Francesco
I de' Medici and Giovanna of Austria; it served to link
up the Pitti Palace, where the Grand Duke resided, with
the Uffizi (or offices) where he worked.
Pitti Palace
The group of museums contained in the Pitti Palace were
formed during five centuries of history. It is certainly
the largest museum complex in the city (the building
alone is 32.000 square metres in size) and perhaps can
also be considered the most fascinating and complete of
them all,
Palatine Gallery - Pitti Palace
The Palatine Gallery occupies the whole left wing of the
first floor of the Pitti Palace, which was the residence
of the Medici grand-dukes.
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Silver Museum
In the architectural and artistic setting of Palazzo
Pitti, the Silver Museum gathers precious objects
belonging to the collections of the Grand-dukes of
Tuscany.
Modern
Art Gallery-Pitti Palace
The historic Palazzo Pitti opens its doors to the
Galleria d'arte Moderna. The apartments occupied by the
royal family until 1920 are today 30 rooms filled with
masterpieces of Italian painting.
Duchess
of Aosta's Apartments (Winter Quarters)
Bookshop, cafeteria and access for the disabled.
Information and bookings for the Florentine State Museums
is as follows: Firenze Musei - from Monday to Friday
8.30am-6.30pm;
Historical
Costume Gallery- Pitti Palace -
The Costume Gallery was founded in 1983 by Kristen
Aschengreen Piacenti and organized in the rooms that
hosted the Lorena (until 1799) and the Savoy (1862-1946).
The exhibit, under the care of Carlo Sisi and Caterina
Chiarelli is refined and attentive to details
Academy
Gallery
Galleria dell'Accademia hosts the examples of paintings
and sculptures by the great masters of the Florentine
14th and 15th centuries who have made Florence the
capital of art.
Archeological
Museum
Since 1880 the Crocetta Palace has been the home of the
National Archeological Museum of Florence: rich and
precious collections, testimonies of now-extinct
cultures, now-extinct, that is, but that take root and
live on in the history of man.
Medici
Chapels
The Medici Chapels were built as a personal sepulchre of
the Medici family right in the basilica of San Lorenzo,
the one considered by the Medici as their private church
and located in front of the residential palace in via
Larga
House
of Dante
Located in the heart of the historical centre of
Florence, in the most Medieval area, in via Dante
Alighieri, the Museo Casa di Dante is certainly one of
the most admired and longed-for museums of the city.
Hospital
of Innocents
Beginning with its sponsorship and through its services
as well as its architecture, the "Innocenti"
represents the evolving humanistic views of Florence of
the early Renaissance.
Opera
of S. Croce
This Franciscan basilica was begun in 1295 to plans by
Arnolfo di Cambio. It contains countless artworks,
including Giotto's famous frescoes in the Peruzzi and
Bardi chapels, and it is universally famous as the final
resting place of several great Italians.
Opera
of S. Maria del Fiore
The Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore is a lay institution
founded by the Republic of Florence in 1296 to
superintend the construction of the new Cathedral and its
bell tower.
Giotto
Belltower
The belltower of Santa Maria del Fiore, one of the most
beautiful in Italy, was an (extremely costly) invention
of genius by Giotto which was created more as a
decorative monument than a functional one.
Cupola
of the Duomo and Crypt of S. Reparata
The Cathedral, externally, for all its solemn hugeness,
strikes the same note of would-be reasoned elegance and
cheer; it has conventional grandeur, of course, but a
grandeur so frank and ingenuous even in its parti-pris.
Botanical
Gardens and Museum
The botanical garden in Florence was founded in 1545 and
covers an area of about two and a half acres with trees
of great height and wild growing plants in the beds of
the garden.
Brancacci
Chapel
The chapel in the right-hand arm of the transpt in the
church of Santa Maria del Carmine is consacrated to the
Madonna del Popolo, and a painting of the Virgin stands
on the altar.
Sinagogue
and Jewish Museum of Florence
The center of the 1,000-strong Jewish community in
Florence is this imposing Moorish-Byzantine synagogue,
built in the 1870s.
Roman
Amphitheatre and Archeological Museum
The theater was constructed toward the end of the first
century B.C., using stone excavated from the rocky slope
on which the various levels of the amphitheater were
progressively being laid.
Primo
Conti Museum
The Museo di Primo Conti, located in the Villa le Coste,
was opened to the public in 1987. It contains more than
sixty oil-paintings and more than one hundred and fifty
drawings by the Florentine artist Primo Conti
(1911-1985).
Boboli
Gardens
Found on the Boboli hill, between Pitti Palace and the
Belvedere Fort, it is said to be one of the most
beautiful gardens in Italy. Magnificent panoramic view of
Florence.
Villa
Demidoff Park
The Colossus of the Apennine, designed by Giambologna in
gigantic dimensions, remains the most striking example of
the decorations from the original park.
Certosa
di Galluzzo (Carthusian Monastery)
The last Carthusian left in 1956 when the monastery
passed to the Cistercians. The Benedictine monks who have
the monastery today will gladly take visitors round - the
tour is usually in Italian - for a voluntary
contribution.
Forte
di Belvedere
The Forte Belvedere (often called simply Belvedere) is a
fortification in Florence, Italy. It was built by Grand
Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici during the period 1590–1595,
with Bernardo Buontalenti as the designer, to protect the
city and the Medici rule thereover.
The
"Luigi Pecci" Museum of Modern Art
Built on the basis of plans drawn up by the Florentine
rationalist architect Italo Gamberini, the Centre for
Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci was founded in 1988 in
memory of the son of the Industrialist Enrico Pecci, with
contributions by the city administration, various
companies, business people and private citizens.
The
Doccia Porcelain Museum
Opened in 1965, this museum is mainly devoted to the
production by the Manufacture founded in 1737 by Carlo
Ginori in the vicinity of his villa at Doccia.
Leonardo
Museum
The original "Renaissance Man", Leonardo da
Vinci was a great painter, designer, scientist, futurist
and thinker. His works are even more popular now than
they were in his day.
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