Sights & Attractions in Florence

Top Attractions

Name	Category	Location

Bargello This building started out as the headquarters for the Capitano...	Museums / Galleries, Jails	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Battistero The octagonal Baptistery is one of the supreme monuments of the...	Religious Sites	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Cappelle Medicee This magnificent complex includes the Cappella dei Principi,...	Religious Sites, Memorials / Monuments	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Duomo In 1296 Arnolfo di Cambio (circa 1245-circa 1310) was commissioned...	Religious Sites	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Galleria degli Uffizi The venerable Uffizi Gallery occupies two floors of the U-shaped...	Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio


Galleria dell'Accademia The collection of Florentine paintings, dating from the 13th...	Museums / Galleries	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Giardino di Boboli The main entrance to these landscaped gardens is from the right...	Gardens / Arboretums	The Oltrarno

Museo di San Marco A Dominican convent adjacent to the church of San Marco now houses...	Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

Palazzo Pitti This enormous palace is one of Florence's largest architectural...	Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces	The Oltrarno

Piazza della Signoria This is by far the most striking square in Florence. It was here...	Squares	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

Piazza Santa Croce Originally outside the city's 12th-century walls, this piazza...	Squares	Santa Croce

Piazzale Michelangelo From this lookout you have a marvelous view of Florence and the...	Squares	The Oltrarno

Ponte Vecchio This charmingly simple bridge was built in 1345 to replace an...	Bridges / Tunnels	The Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio

San Lorenzo Filippo Brunelleschi designed this basilica, as well as that...	Religious Sites	San Lorenzo to the Accademia

San Miniato al Monte This church, like the Baptistery, is a fine example of Romanesque...	Religious Sites	The Oltrarno

Santa Croce Like the Duomo, this church is Gothic, but, also like the Duomo...	Religious Sites	Santa Croce

Santa Maria del Carmine The Cappella Brancacci, at the end of the right transept of this...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue), Religious Sites	The Oltrarno

Santa Maria Novella The facade of this church looks distinctly clumsy by later Renaissance...	Religious Sites	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Santa Trinita Started in the 11th century by Vallombrosian monks and originally...	Religious Sites	Santa Maria Novella to the Arno

Santo Spirito The plain, unfinished facade gives nothing away, but the interior...	Religious Sites	The Oltrarno

Sinagoga Jews were well settled in Florence by the end of the 14th century...	Religious Sites	Santa Croce
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