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The Oltrarno
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Giardino di Boboli
Palazzo Pitti's famous gardens.
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Palazzo Pitti
Galleries galore fill this palace.
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Piazzale Michelangelo
From here, see the all rooftops of Florence.
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San Miniato al Monte
One of the city's oldest churches.
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Santa Maria del Carmine
These frescoes changed the course of Western art.
Map of The Oltrarno
A walk through the Oltrarno (literally "the other side of the Arno") takes in two very different aspects of Florence: the splendor of the Medici, manifest in the riches of the mammoth Palazzo Pitti and the gracious Giardino di Boboli; and the charm of the Oltrarno, a slightly gentrified but still fiercely proud working-class neighborhood with artisans' and antiques shops. Farther east across the Arno, a series of ramps and stairs climbs to Piazzale Michelangelo, where the city lies before you in all its glory (skip this trip if it's a hazy day).
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