It is a Medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge, noted for still having shops built along it. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers and art dealers.
It is the focal point of the origin and of the history of the Florentine Republic and still maintains the political hub of the city. Located near Ponte Vecchio and Piazza Duomo and gateway to Uffizi.
It is an art academy and it is now the operative branch of the still existing Accademia delle Arti del Disegno ("Academy of the Arts of Drawing") that was the first academy of drawing in Europe.
It is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504. It is a 5.17-metre, marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the Biblical hero David. FANTASTIC!
It is located near piazza della Signoria and the National Central Library and takes its name by the Basilica that overlook the square. GOOD NIGHTLIFE! A lots of nice bars, restaurants, pub, etc..
It is on the site, first of the city's forum and then of the city's old ghetto, which was swept away during the city improvement works, when Florence was the Capital of Italy. VERY BEAUTIFUL!
It is so called to distinguish it from the old market located in the area of Piazza della Repubblica. It was intended for the sale of silk and luxury goods and then for the famous straw hats.
Before a Fountain of the Piglet now a copy of a bronze wild boar; the original is in Palazzo Pitti. Popular tradition has it that rubbing the nose brings fortune. Visitors place a coin in the mouth.
It is the first basilica (Dominican church). The church, the adjoining cloister, and chapterhouse contain a store of art treasures and funerary monuments. Frescoes by masters of Gothic & Renaissance.
It is a wide square located near Piazza Stazione and San Lorenzo Market, with palaces typically bourgeois where lived Guido Nobili and Theodosia Gorrow Trollope wife of the writer Anthony Trollope.
It is situated in the main market district and the burial place of all the Medici family. It is one of several churches that claim to be the oldest in Florence. It was consecrated in 393.
It is a park that is home to a collection of sculptures dating from the 16th through the 18th centuries with some Roman antiquities. The main seat of the Medici grand dukes of Tuscany. VERY BEAUTIFUL!
The name from the Basilica of Santa Maria del Santo Spirito. It is located in the Oltrarno quarter. The building on the interior is one of the pre-eminent examples of Renaissance architecture. NICE!
It was created in the 19th century. It host the triumphal arch of Florence and the Parterre where in winter is set an ice rink for skating. In this square is located the beautiful triumphal arch.
It is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world. Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Giotto, Titian, Michelangelo, Raphael, Cimabue, P. della Francesca, P. di Cosimo, Caravaggio...
Building of the palace was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici as the offices for the Florentine magistrates. The niches in the piers were filled with sculptures of famous artists.
