Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Florence, Italy

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 13.1 km
Ascend 204 m
Descend 145 m

Explore Florence in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in FlorenceIndividual Sights in Florence

Sight 1: Chiesa di Santa Maria al Pignone

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The church of Santa Maria al Pignone is a Catholic place of worship in Florence located in the square of the same name, between Via Felice Cavallotti and Via della Fonderia, and today represents one of the few aggregation spaces in the Florentine district of Pignone, located west of San Frediano in the Oltrarno area. The name of the suburb derives from an ancient wall structure for the mooring of boats that traveled the Arno, called "pigna".

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria al Pignone (IT)

1013 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Firenze Porta al Prato

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Firenze Porta al Prato railway station was a railway station at the head of Florence, with a central metropolitan platform. Without rail traffic since September 2022 and suppressed in February 2024, the management of circulation fell within the scope of the Firenze Cascine Movement Post of the Leopolda railway from which the connecting branch was born.

Wikipedia: Stazione di Firenze Porta al Prato (IT)

700 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Giardino Corsini

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The Corsini al Prato garden is part of the complex of Palazzo Corsini al Prato, to be distinguished from Palazzo Corsini sul Lungarno, which belonged to the wealthy Corsini family in Florence. Numerous and illustrious guests have been at the palace, from Frederick IV of Denmark to the Prince of Wales, Charles Edward Stuart, to Queens Victoria of England and Margaret of Savoy.

Wikipedia: Giardino Corsini (IT)

904 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 4: San Jacopo in Polverosa

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San Jacopo in Polverosa

The church of San Jacopo in Polverosa, popularly known as San Jacopino, is a Catholic place of worship located just outside the center of Florence, in Via Benedetto Marcello at number 24. It gives its name to the Florentine district of San Jacopino.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Jacopino (IT)

1050 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa del Sacro Cuore al Romito

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The church of the Sacred Heart at Romito is a Catholic place of worship located in Piazza Baldinucci in Florence, in the Romito area.

Wikipedia: Chiesa del Sacro Cuore al Romito (IT)

678 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: Giardini della Fortezza

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The gardens of the Fortezza, also known as the Vascone Gardens, are located on the east side of the Fortezza da Basso in Florence, between the ramparts and Viale Filippo Strozzi.

Wikipedia: Giardini della Fortezza (IT)

504 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Porta a Faenza

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The gate in Faenza was a city gate in the walls of Florence, built with the last thirteenth-century circle and then incorporated into the city walls.

Wikipedia: Porta a Faenza (IT)

364 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di San Giuliano (Firenze)

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The church of San Giuliano is a Catholic place of worship located on Via Faenza in the historic center of Florence.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giuliano (Firenze) (IT)

726 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 9: Cenacolo Di Sant'Apollonia

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Sant'Apollonia was a former Benedictine convent, founded in 1339, just north of the center of Florence, in Italy.

Wikipedia: Sant'Apollonia (EN), Website

404 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Chiesa di San Giuseppino

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The church of San Giuseppe, known as San Giuseppino, is a Catholic place of worship located in Florence, in Via Santa Caterina d'Alessandria and on the corner with Via delle Ruote.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giuseppino (IT)

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

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The church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, born with the title of Santa Maria della Concezione, is a Catholic place of worship in Florence, located in Piazza Santa Caterina d'Alessandria and on the corner with Via Enrico Poggi, in the historic center of the Tuscan capital .

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore (Firenze) (IT)

454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Chiesa russa ortodossa della Natività

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Church of the Nativity of Christ and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is a Russian Orthodox church in Florence, located on via Leone X, near the Basso Fortress. Its style is a late 19th and early 20th century imitation of the earlier Naryshkin Baroque.

Wikipedia: Church of the Nativity of Christ and St. Nicholas (Florence) (EN)

921 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 13: Chiesa Immacolata Concezione

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The Church of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic place of worship in Florence, Italy, with its main entrance in Via Paoletti and another entrance in Via Fabroni. it is joined by the church of San Martino a Montughi, located in Via Stibbert, which, before the construction of the Immaculate Conception, was the parish of the area.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dell'Immacolata (Firenze) (IT)

1041 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 14: Giardino dell'Orticoltura

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The Horticultural Garden is a garden in Florence located in Via Vittorio Emanuele II 4, with a side entrance on Via Bolognese 17.

Wikipedia: Giardino dell'Orticoltura (IT)

535 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa della Madonna della Tosse

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The church of the Madonna della Tosse is a place of Catholic worship that stands in via Giovanni Pascoli in Florence, in the area along the Mugnone at Porta San Gallo.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Madonna della Tosse (IT)

221 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa della Beata Vergine del Buon Consiglio

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The Church of the Blessed Virgin of Good Counsel is a Catholic place of worship located on Viale Don Minzoni in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Beata Vergine del Buon Consiglio (IT)

287 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Chiesa delle Suore Ausiliatrici del Purgatorio

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The church of the Sisters Help of Christians of Purgatory is a Catholic place of worship located in Via Don Minzoni in Florence.

Wikipedia: Chiesa delle Suore Ausiliatrici del Purgatorio (IT)

784 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 18: Chiesa della Beata Maria Vergine Madre della Divina Provvidenza

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The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Divine Providence is a Catholic place of worship located on Via Dino Compagni in Florence, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Beata Maria Vergine Madre della Divina Provvidenza (IT)

813 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 19: San Marco Vecchio

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The church of San Marco Vecchio is a place of Catholic worship located in the north-east area of Florence, in via Faentina.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Marco Vecchio (IT)

1550 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 20: Monastero delle Suore Domenicane

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The monastery of the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Spirit is located in Via Bolognese 111 in Florence.

Wikipedia: Monastero delle Suore Domenicane dello Spirito Santo (IT)

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