What to see in Florence

Porta San Niccolò

Porta San Niccolò is part of the walls of Florence and is located in Piazza Giuseppe Poggi, in Oltrarno. Due to its isolated, massive, and slender appearance, it resembles more of a tower today (although in the past, all gates of Florence were...

Palazzo Pandolfini

This palace, one of the first to be built in the north-west corner of the walled city at the end of theFirenze, Palazzo Pandolfini, Il giardino decorato da statue 15th century, had a small "Garden of Delights" and a larger vegetable garden....

Museum of Old Florentine House - Palazzo Davanzati

Palazzo Davanzati houses the Museum of the Old Florentine House.It was erected in the second half of the 14th century by the Davizzi family, who were wealthy members of the wool guild. In 1516 it was sold to the Bartolini and, later that century,...

Church of San Felice in Piazza

The Chiesa di San Felice (Church of St Felix) is a church in Florence, Italy. It is located on the south bank of the River Arno, just west of the Pitti Palace. It is predominantly Gothic, but has a Renaissance façade by Michelozzo, added in 1457....

Porta San Frediano

Museum Casa Rodolfo Siviero

Rodolfo Siviero was a Minister in the 1950s, but his greatest merit, to which his memory is most closely linked, was that of an art detective who returned to our country many important works of art that had been illegally looted during World War...

Church of the Holy Apostles

The Church of Santi Apostoli is a church in Florence, Italy. It was built in the 11th century, and, though remodelled in the 15th and 16th centuries, is one of the few in the city to have maintained its High Middle Ages features. It faces the...

Neptune Fountain

The Fountain of Neptune is a fountain in Florence, Italy, situated on the Piazza della Signoria (Signoria square), in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. The fountain was commissioned in 1565 and is the work of the sculptor Bartolomeo Ammannati.This...

Brunelleschi Dome - Duomo

Its greatness prevented the traditional construction method using the aid of centering, leading to many hypotheses about the construction technique employed. The current building of the Duomo was started in 1294-1295, and the base of the drum of...

Chestnut Tower

The Castagna Tower, also known as the Iron Mouth, is one of the ancient towers in the historic center of Florence, among the best preserved, located in Piazza San Martino at the corner with Via Dante Alighieri. The tower is very old and has a...

Via Cavour - Chiostro dello Scalzo

The Cloister of the Scalzo is an important fresco cycle located in a small cloister at number 69 on Via Cavour in Florence. A hidden gem of the city, it was actually the access porch to the destroyed church of the Compagnia dei Disciplinati di...

Porta San Gallo

Piazza del Duomo

Piazza del Duomo (English: "Cathedral Square") is located in the heart of the historic center of Florence, (Tuscany - Italy). It is one of the most visited places in Europe and the world; here we can find the Florence Cathedral with the Cupola...

Casa Guidi Museum

Casa Guidi is the fifteenth-century patrician house in Piazza San Felice, 8, near the south end of the Pitti Palace in Florence, in which the piano nobile apartment was inhabited by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning between 1847 and Mrs...

Church of Santi Michele and Gaetano

San Gaetano, also known as Santi Michele e Gaetano is a Baroque church in Florence, Italy, located on the Piazza Antinori.The church was built for the Theatine order, who obtained funding from the noble families in Florence, including the...

Church of San Frediano in Cestello

San Frediano in Cestello is a church in the Oltrarno section of Florence.The name cestello derives from the Cistercians who occupied the church in 1628. Previously the site had a 1450s church attached to the cloistered Carmelite convent of Santa...

Church of San Salvi

San Salvi, also known as San Michele a San Salvi, is a church built in the 11th century by the Vallombrosans as part of an abbey complex. During the 1529 Siege of Florence, the church was partially destroyed. It was reconstructed in accordance...

Church of Sant'Ambrogio

Allegedly built where Saint Ambrose would have stayed when in Florence in 393, the church is first recorded in 998. The first building is thought to date from the 8th century, as a chapel of a nunnery built in honour of the saint.Francesco...

Church of Santa Margherita dei Cerchi

The Chiesa di Santa Margherita de' Cerchi is an ancient church dedicated to Margaret the Virgin in the centre of Florence, Italy. It is first recorded in 1032 and is said, contentiously, to have been the location of Dante's marriage to Gemma...

Ponte alle Grazie

Ponte alle Grazie is a bridge over the Arno River.The original Ponte alle Grazie was constructed in 1227. It was rebuilt in 1345 with nine arches, making it the oldest and longest bridge in Florence. Two of the arches were filled in during 1347...

Church of San Salvatore al Monte

Fortress Gardens

The Gardens of the Fortress, also known as the Vascone, are located on the east side of the Fortezza da Basso in Florence, between the bastions and the Filippo Strozzi avenue. The area was designed by Giuseppe Poggi, as part of the works for the...

House - Martelli Palace Museum

Palace of White Hat

Palazzo Guicciardini Corsi Salviati

Arno

The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a southward curve. The river...

Belfry of the Basilica of Santa Croce

Holy Spirit Square

Piazza Santo Spirito is a square in the Oltrarno district of Florence. The square was formed in the 13th century, like other squares in front of important religious buildings, to welcome the crowds attending the prayers of the Augustinians, the...

Church of San Barnaba

The Church of San Barnaba is a Catholic place of worship located in Florence on Via Panicale at the corner with Via Guelfa. Built in 1322, it was named in memory of the victorious Battle of Campaldino against the Aretini, fought on June 11, 1289,...

Russian Orthodox Church of Nativity

Children's Museum

The Children's Museum, later renamed Mus.e, is a non-profit association based in Florence. Founded in 2000, it offers activities and workshops to promote the knowledge of the Florentine Civic Museums. It is located in Palazzo Vecchio and...

Nonfinito Palace - (National Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology)

Piazza San Firenze

Piazza San Firenze in Florence is named after the complex of San Filippo Neri, also known as San Firenze due to a distortion of the name of a pre-existing building dedicated to St. Fiorenzo. The square has an elongated "almond" shape and on the...

Piazza Santa Maria Novella

Porta Romana

Cenacle of the Conservatory of Fuligno

Arch of Triumph

The Arch of Triumph is an architectural monument in Florence located in Piazza della Libertà. Built in the eighteenth century by architect Jean-Nicolas Jadot, the construction involved contributions from architect Schamant and decorative artists...

Boboli Amphitheater (Boboli's Garden)

Arch of San Pierino

Auditorium al Duomo