Republic Square (Piazza della Repubblica
It was realized at the end of the nineteenth century after the demolition of the middle age market. The coffee bars on the west hand side where once meeting places for artists and writers.
Davanzati Palace (Palazzo Davanzati)
The palace lodges the Museum of the ancient Florentine house displaying furniture, sculptures, paintings, majolica, fabrics, tapestries, european laces and objects of everyday use during the 15th-18th century.
Via Calimala
To be noted, the fountain known as the piglet (porcellino, but in realty is a wild boar) on the side, in front of the Merci borsa, copy by Pietro Tacca (1612).
Palazzo dei Capitani di Parte Guelfa
The building dating back to the beginning of the fourteenth century was developed during different epochs, by both the Brunelleschi and Vasari and restored in 1930.
St.Stefano al Ponte’s Diocesan Museum (Museo diocesano di S. Stefano al Ponte)
The museum lodges an anomonous church and displays works by the curia such as paintings, sculptures, furniture together with the Giotto’s Madonna in trono, Masolino’s San Giuliano and the Nativity by Paolo Uccello.
Old Pier (Ponte Vecchio)
It is the most famous bridge in Florence and was built in 1345 by Neri of Fioravante. It is composed of three arches and shops run along both sides, once used to sell wool and vegetables, but are nowadays, jeweler shops.
Pitti’s Palace (Palazzo Pitti)
It was constructed based on Brunelleschi project in 1458. In 1558 it was enlarged by Bartolomeo Ammannati and later by Giulio Parigi. Today, the palace is the landmark of important Florentine museums: the Palatine Gallery, the modern Art Gallery, the Coach Museum, the royal apartments, the Costume Gallery and the Porcelain Museum.
Palatine Gallery (Galleria Palatina)
The gallery holds works from sixteenth and seventeenth century, among which, those of Raffaello, Tiziano and Andrea del Sarto stand out.
Royal Apartments
A number of halls compose the Medici and Lorena family’s residence; it later became the residence of representation of the Savoia.
Modern Art Gallery (Galleria d’Arte Moderna)
A rich collection of italian paintings from the neoclassicism to the 20th century together with other sculpture and works by foreign artists.
Museo degli Argenti
A collection of precious metals, semi-precious stones, ivories and crystals are kept in the museum. Lorenzo the Magnificent collection of semi-precious stone vases are highly considered along with a double amethyst cup, german ivory polished vases, the Alemannic stem in ebony, a silver service realized by the Augusta goldsmiths around 1585-90, semi-precious stone vases and cups and rock crystals.
Bòboli Garden (Giardino di Bòboli)
Il giardino si estende su 45000 metri quadrati, tra palazzo Pitti , il forte di Belvedere e la Porta Romana.
Porecelain Museum (Museo delle Porcellane)
The collection of porcelain derives from the Real Factory of Naples, from the manufacture Ginori of Doccia, of Sévres, along with the Parisian manufactures of Vienna, Berlin, Maisse, Worchester and Chantilly.
Palazzina della Meridiana
The structure was erected at the beginning of 1776 by Gaspare Maria Paletti and completed in 1840 by Pasquale Poccianti. Inside it is possible to visit the residence of the Costume Gallery.
Costume Gallery (Galleria del Costume)
Every two years examples of historic costumes representing the evolution of the costume from the beginning of the 18th century to the start of the 19th century are exposed.
San Felice in Piazza
The church is Romanesque with a renaissance facade attributed to Michelozo. Inside, above the fifthteenth century altars, it is possible to admire paintings from the 15th – 17th century.
Zoological Museum (Museo Zoologico "La specola")
The natural history museum of the University holds a zoological collection, together with a collection of anatomical wax pieces stored in 600 glass cases from the 18th-19th century, mainly from the works of Clemente Susini.
St. Spirito
The structure layout of the Church is from the renaissance period. It was built in 1444 by Filippo Brunelleschi and later continued by
Antonio Manetti in 1446 and completed in 1488.
St. Maria del Carmine
The Church dates back to the Middle Ages, it was restored in 1771. Masaccio and Masolino’s frescos decorating Brancacci’s chapel are remarkably important.
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Republic Square