Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Florence, Italy
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Experience Florence in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in FlorenceIndividual Sights in FlorenceSight 1: Orti Oricellari
The Orti Oricellari is a monumental garden in the street of the same name near Santa Maria Novella, in Florence. It was the garden of what is now called Palazzo Venturi Ginori, and belonged to the Rucellai family, of which "Oricellari" is a variant of the family name.
Sight 2: Chiesa di San Jacopo di Ripoli
The church of San Jacopo di Ripoli is a Catholic place of worship located in Via della Scala in Florence, in the area of Santa Maria Novella.
Sight 3: Chiesa della Beata Elisabetta Vendramini
The church of Beata Elisabetta Vendramini is a Catholic place of worship located on Via degli Orti Oricellari in Florence, Italy.
Sight 4: Chiesa di San Giuliano (Firenze)
The church of San Giuliano is a Catholic place of worship located on Via Faenza in the historic center of Florence.
Sight 5: Cenacolo di Fuligno
The Last Supper of Fuligno is a museum in Florence, dedicated to the great Last Supper by Pietro Perugino, in the refectory of the former monastery of Sant'Onofrio, also known as the Nuns of Foligno.
Sight 6: Chiesa di San Barnaba
The church of San Barnaba is a small Renaissance-style church in the center of Florence, at the corner of Via Panicale and Via Guelfa
Sight 7: Chiesa di San Basilio degli Armeni
The former Methodist Episcopal Church, now the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is a religious building in Florence, Italy, located on the corner of Via San Gallo and Via Guelfa. It was originally called the church of San Basilio, also known as the Church of the Armenians.
Sight 8: Cenacolo Di Sant'Apollonia
Sant'Apollonia was a former Benedictine convent, founded in 1339, just north of the center of Florence, in Italy.
Sight 9: Oratorio di Gesù Pellegrino
The Oratory of Gesù Pellegrino, also called the Oratorio dei Pretoni, is a Roman Catholic prayer hall or small church found on the corner of Via San Gallo and via degli Arazzieri in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 10: Generale Manfredo Fanti
The monument to General Manfredo Fanti is a statue of Pio Fedi (1873), located in Florence in the center of St. Mark's Square.
Sight 11: Basilica di San Marco
St. Mark's Basilica in Florence is one of the churches in the historic city center, overlooking a crowded square and serving as a reference point for the surrounding urban area. The church was originally part of the large complex of the convent of San Marco, where many of the most important representatives of fifteenth-century spirituality and culture lived and worked: Cosimo the Elder, St. Antonino, Fra Angelico, Ambrogio Catarino Politi, Fra Bartolomeo, Tommaso Caccini and, above all, Fra' Girolamo Savonarola, who preached against the decadence of morals, He was hanged and burned in Piazza della Signoria in 1498. From 1934 the mayor of Florence, Giorgio La Pira, also lived there, and was later buried in the Basilica.
Sight 12: Chiostro dello Scalzo
The Chiostro della Scalzo or is a cloister in Florence, Italy that originally led to a chapel once belonging to a religious company known as the Compagnia del diciplinati di San Giovanni Battista or della Passione di Cristo. The term "scalzo" makes reference to the barefoot brother who carried the Cross during its public processions.
Sight 13: Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze - Sezione Geologia e Paleontologia
The Museum of Geology and Paleontology in Florence preserves and exhibits fossils of vertebrate and invertebrate animals, which lived millions of years ago, as well as fossil plants and rocks.
Wikipedia: Museo di storia naturale sezione di geologia e paleontologia (IT)
Sight 14: Galleria dell'Accademia
The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, or "Gallery of the Academy of Florence", is an art museum in Florence, Italy. It is best known as the home of Michelangelo's sculpture David. It also has other sculptures by Michelangelo and a large collection of paintings by Florentine artists, mostly from the period 1300–1600. It is smaller and more specialized than the Uffizi, the main art museum in Florence. It adjoins the Accademia di Belle Arti or academy of fine arts of Florence, but despite the name has no other connection with it.
Sight 15: Fontane dei mostri marini
The two fontane dei mostri marini are located in the Piazza della Santissima Annunziata in Florence, Italy.
Sight 16: Basilica della Santissima Annunziata
The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata is a Renaissance-style, Catholic minor basilica in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. This is considered the mother church of the Servite Order. It is located at the northeastern side of the Piazza Santissima Annunziata near the city center.
Sight 17: Cappella di San Luca
The Cappella di San Luca, also called dei Pittori is a chapel found in the cloisters of the convent of Santissima Annunziata in Florence, Italy. It was built to serve as the burial chapel for members of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, and was donated by the Servites to the Academy in a document from 1565. It contains a collection of terracota statues from a number of prominent Florentine Mannerist sculptors.
Sight 18: MAF Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze
The National Archaeological Museum of Florence is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy. It is located at 1 piazza Santissima Annunziata, in the Palazzo della Crocetta.
Wikipedia: National Archaeological Museum, Florence (EN), Website
Sight 19: Oratorio di San Pierino
The oratory of San Pierino, formerly the headquarters of the Compagnia della santissima Annunziata, is located in Via Gino Capponi, in the historic center of Florence.
Sight 20: Fondazione Scienza e tecnica
The Science and Technology Foundation is a scientific and cultural institution based in Florence, in Via Giusti 29, where it manages the FirST - Firenze Scienza e Tecnica Museum.
Sight 21: Chiesa Evangelica Valdese di Firenze (Holy Trinity Church)
The Waldensian Church of Florence is located in Via Pier Antonio Micheli on the corner with Via Alfonso La Marmora. It was an Anglican place of worship with the title of Holy Trinity Church from its construction until 1966.
Sight 22: Chiesa di San Giovannino dei Cavalieri
San Giovannino dei Cavalieri previously named Church of San Giovanni Decollato, is a parish church situated in Via San Gallo in central Florence, Italy.
Sight 23: Chiesa di Sant'Agata
The church of Sant'Agata is a Catholic place of worship located on Via San Gallo in Florence, Italy.
Sight 24: Arco di Trionfo
The Triumphal Arch of the Lorraine located in Piazza della Libertà in Florence, Italy, is an 18th-century, monumental triumphal arch, bypassed by the viali di Circonvallazione that skirt Florence through the space once girded by its 16th-century walls. The piazza stands at the northernmost end of Via Cavour, Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 25: Chiesa di San Francesco
The church of San Francesco is a Catholic place of worship located in Piazza Savonarola in Florence, Italy.
Sight 26: Teatro Le Laudi
The Teatro Le Laudi is a theatre in Florence, Italy.
Sight 27: Galleria Rinaldo Carnielo
The Galleria Rinaldo Carnielo is a museum encompassing the small palace and studio of the artist Rinaldo Carnielo (1853-1910), located on Piazza Savonarola #3, Florence, region of Tuscany. Italy.
Sight 28: Casa famiglia Santa Lucia
The Santa Lucia Family Home in Borgo Pinti in Florence is a charitable institution.
Sight 29: Chiesa dei Sette Santi Fondatori
Other dictions:Church of the Holy Seven Founders in Rome
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